Climate Resilient Cities : A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters

Climate resilient cities a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters is prepared as a guide for local governments in the East Asia Region to better understand the concepts and consequences of climate change; how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities; and what is being...

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Main Authors:	Prasad, Neeraj, Ranghieri, Federica, Shah, Fatima, Trohanis, Zoe, Kessler, Earl, Sinha, Ravi
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	agricultural land air air quality atmosphere benefit analysis Building codes capital investment capital markets carbon Carbon dioxide carbon emissions Carbon monoxide casualties catastrophic event catastrophic events CFCs CH4 Chlorofluorocarbons Civil Defense Clean Development Mechanism Climate Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation climate conditions climate hazards climate impacts Climate Protection climate system CO2 CO2 emissions coal Community Emergency Response Conference of the Parties Contamination of water contingency plans cost-benefit analysis Desertification devastation development policies diesel diesel vehicles dioxins Disaster Disaster Aid disaster management disaster mitigation Disaster Preparedness Disaster preparedness plans disaster prevention Disaster Reduction disaster response Disaster Risk Disaster Risk Reduction disaster risks Disasters disease surveillance dissemination drainage drought early warning early warning systems earthquake Earthquakes economic activity Economic Development Economic Growth economic impacts Economics emergencies Emergency Management emergency medical services Emergency Preparedness Emission emission permits Emission Reduction emission reductions Emissions emissions reductions energy efficiency ENSO entitlements Environmental environmental degradation Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency environmental quality evacuation Extreme Events fault lines financial incentives financial resources fire fisheries flood Flood Control Flooding floods food production Forestry fossil fuel fossil fuels Framework Convention on Climate Change fuel economy fuel subsidies fuel-efficient vehicles Future Growth GDP GHGs glaciers Global climate change global warming greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases Gross Domestic Product health problems Housing Development Human Development hurricanes hybrid vehicles income Information System infrastructure planning infrastructures insurance Insurers Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change international agencies International Strategy for Disaster Reduction IPCC irrigation Kyoto Protocol land use landslide landslides legal status lighting Local Governments lower carbon emissions mass transit Methane mobility motor fuels N2O national income natural disasters natural hazard Natural Hazards natural resources neighboring states Nitrous oxide Nongovernmental organization nonmotorized transport NOx O&M Participatory Process Police policy environment population growth potential impacts Precipitation precipitation events producers Programs Public Awareness Public Health public transport public transport systems rail reclamation recycling reducing poverty refrigeration renewable energy resources management rising sea levels Risk Management rivers road road transport roads routes rural communities safety sanitation slum slums Southern Oscillation spatial patterns squatter settlements storm storms Sulfur dioxide Sustainable Development tax technological change tectonic plates Temperature temperature change tradable permits transit options Transport transport facilities transport planning transport policies Transport Sector transportation transportation systems tropical cyclone tropical cyclone activity tsunami tsunamis Typhoon typhoons underground UNEP United States Agency for International Development urban areas Urban centers Urban population urban sprawl vehicle vehicle fleet volcanic eruption volcanoes Vulnerability walking Waste management waste recycling water shortage weather patterns wetlands
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11986