Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa

Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa

A Multidisciplinary Approach

Lindley, Sarah; Fohlmeister, Sandra; Kabisch, Sigrun; Jorgensen, Gertrud; Gasparini, Paolo; Simonis, Ingo; Kombe, Wilbard J.; Yeshitela, Kumelachew; Pauleit, Stephan; Coly, Adrien

Springer International Publishing AG

10/2016

404

Mole

Inglês

9783319348308

15 a 20 dias

Urbanisation and climate change are among the major challenges for sustainable development in Africa. Locally adapted IPCC climate change scenarios, which also consider possible changes in urban population, have been developed.
1 Urbanisation and Climate Change in Africa: Setting the Scene Angela Di Ruocco, Paolo Gasparini and Guy Weets 2 The Impacts of Climate Change on African Cities Maurizio Giugni, Ingo Simonis, Edoardo Bucchignani, Paolo Capuano, Francesco De Paola, Francois Engelbrecht, Paola Mercogliano and Maria Elena Topa 3 Vulnerability of Built Environment to Flooding in African Cities Fatemeh Jalayer, Raffaele De Risi, Alphonce Kyessi, Elinorata Mbuya and Nebyou Yonas 4 Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation in African Cities Sarah J. Lindley, Susannah E. Gill, Gina Cavan, Kumelachew Yeshitela, Alemu Nebebe, Tekle Woldegerima, Deusdedit Kibassa, Riziki Shemdoe, Florian Renner, Katja Buchta, Hany Abo-El-Wafa, Andreas Printz, Fatimatou Sall, Adrien Coly, Ndeye Mareme Ndour, Rodrigue A. Feumba, Maurice O. M. Zogning, Emmanuel Tonye, Youssoufou Ouedraogo, Saidou Bani Samari and Bakary T. Sankara 5 Small Cities and Towns in Africa: Insights into Adaptation Challenges and Potentials Ben Wisner, Mark Pelling, Adolfo Mascarenhas, Ailsa Holloway, Babacar Ndong, Papa Faye, Jesse Ribot and David Simon 6 Assessing Social Vulnerability of Households and Communities in Flood Prone Urban Areas Sigrun Kabisch, Nathalie Jean-Baptiste, Regina John and Wilbard Kombe 7 Multi-Risk Assessment as a Tool for Decision-Making Alexander Garcia-Aristizabal, Paolo Gasparini and Guido Uhinga 8 USSDM - Urban Spatial Scenario Design Modelling Andreas Printz, Hany Abo-El-Wafa, Katja Buchta and Stephan Pauleit 9 Multi-level Governance, Resilience to Flood Risks and Coproduction in Urban Africa Trond Vedeld, Wilbard Kombe, Clara Kweka-Msale, Ndeye Mareme Ndour, Adrien Coly and Siri Hellevik 10 Towards Climate Change Resilient Cities in Africa - Initiating Adaptation in Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa Lise Herslund, Dorthe Hedensted Lund, Gertrud Jorgensen, Patience Mguni, Wilbard Kombe and Kumelachew Yeshitela 11 Fostering Transformative Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the African City: Opportunities and Constraints of Urban Planning Susan Parnell 12 The Way Forward: Climate Resilient Cities for Africa's Future Sandra Fohlmeister, Stephan Pauleit, Adrien Coly, Hamidou Toure and Kumelachew Yeshitela Index
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