Climate resilient cities: a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters/ (Record no. 151382)
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| fixed length control field | 00395nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780821377666 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 307.76 |
| Item number | PRA/C |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Prasad, Neeraj. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Climate resilient cities: a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Neeraj Prasad. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Washington: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiii, 157 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., col. mapas ; |
| Dimensions | 28 cm. + |
| Accompanying material | 1 CD-ROM (12 cm). |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Foreword --<br/>Acknowledgments --<br/>Executive Summary --<br/>About the Primer --<br/>The Primer Approach --<br/>The Primer User --<br/>The Primer Organization --<br/>Acronyms and Abbreviations --<br/>SECTION 1 Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management --<br/>Introduction --<br/>A/ Primer Objectives --<br/>B/ The Imperatives of Action --<br/>C/ Developing a Resilient City of the Future --<br/>D/ Mainstreaming Policy and Practice for Local Impact --<br/>E/ The Risks of Doing Nothing --<br/>Notes --<br/>SECTION 2 Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster Risk Management --<br/>Introduction. A/ What is Mitigation (Climate Change Management)? --<br/>B/ What is Mitigation (Disaster Risk Management)? --<br/>C/ What is Adaptation? --<br/>D/ What About Sea-Level Rise? --<br/>1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --<br/>2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --<br/>E/ What About Temperature? --<br/>1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --<br/>2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --<br/>F/ What About Precipitation? --<br/>1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --<br/>2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --<br/>G/ What about Resilience? --<br/>1. How Is Resilience Enhanced? 2. Are There Sound Practices? --<br/>H/ What about Extreme Events? --<br/>1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --<br/>2. What Are Some Sound Practices? --<br/>Notes --<br/>SECTION 3 Assessment Exercise: Discovery of a "Hot Spot" --<br/>Introduction --<br/>A/ Completing The City Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix --<br/>1. Select Climate Change Team --<br/>2. Hold Series of Workshops --<br/>3. Complete the Matrix --<br/>City Description --<br/>Governance and Management --<br/>Built Environment --<br/>Political and Economic Impacts --<br/>Natural Hazards --<br/>Climate Change Impacts --<br/>B/ Additional Testing for a Hot Spot --<br/>C/ is Your City a Hot Spot? Notes --<br/>SECTION 4 Information Exercise: Creating a City Information Base --<br/>Introduction --<br/>A/ The Workbook --<br/>B/ The Participatory Process --<br/>C/ The Annotated Maps --<br/>1. City/Community Base Map --<br/>2. City/Community Socio-Economic Profile Map --<br/>3. City Hazard Profile Map --<br/>4. The Future Growth Map --<br/>5. City Institutional Map --<br/>D/ The Framework --<br/>SECTION 5 Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Sound Practice 1/ Organizational Structure and Information Base --<br/>Seattle/King County, Washington, USA --<br/>New York City, New York, USA. Sound Practice 2/ Institutional Mechanism --<br/>Singapore --<br/>New York City, New York, USA --<br/>Makati City, Philippines --<br/>Dagupan City, Philippines --<br/>Albay Province, Philippines --<br/>Sound Practice 3/ Ownership by Line Departments --<br/>Sound Practice 4/ Preparing a Climate Change Strategy --<br/>Tokyo, Japan --<br/>Milan, Italy --<br/>Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA --<br/>Seattle/King County, Washington, USA --<br/>Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam --<br/>Sound Practice 5/ Generating Public Awareness --<br/>Rockville, Maryland, USA --<br/>Singapore --<br/>Makati City, Philippines --<br/>Dagupan City, Philippines --<br/>Albay Province, Philippines. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Emergency management. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Climate change. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 307.76 PRA/C | P06056 | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | General Books |