TY - BOOK AU - Prasad, Neeraj. TI - Climate resilient cities: a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters SN - 9780821377666 U1 - 307.76 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington PB - The World Bank KW - Emergency management KW - Climate change N1 - Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- About the Primer -- The Primer Approach -- The Primer User -- The Primer Organization -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- SECTION 1 Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management -- Introduction -- A/ Primer Objectives -- B/ The Imperatives of Action -- C/ Developing a Resilient City of the Future -- D/ Mainstreaming Policy and Practice for Local Impact -- E/ The Risks of Doing Nothing -- Notes -- SECTION 2 Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster Risk Management -- Introduction. A/ What is Mitigation (Climate Change Management)? -- B/ What is Mitigation (Disaster Risk Management)? -- C/ What is Adaptation? -- D/ What About Sea-Level Rise? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- E/ What About Temperature? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- F/ What About Precipitation? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- G/ What about Resilience? -- 1. How Is Resilience Enhanced? 2. Are There Sound Practices? -- H/ What about Extreme Events? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Sound Practices? -- Notes -- SECTION 3 Assessment Exercise: Discovery of a "Hot Spot" -- Introduction -- A/ Completing The City Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix -- 1. Select Climate Change Team -- 2. Hold Series of Workshops -- 3. Complete the Matrix -- City Description -- Governance and Management -- Built Environment -- Political and Economic Impacts -- Natural Hazards -- Climate Change Impacts -- B/ Additional Testing for a Hot Spot -- C/ is Your City a Hot Spot? Notes -- SECTION 4 Information Exercise: Creating a City Information Base -- Introduction -- A/ The Workbook -- B/ The Participatory Process -- C/ The Annotated Maps -- 1. City/Community Base Map -- 2. City/Community Socio-Economic Profile Map -- 3. City Hazard Profile Map -- 4. The Future Growth Map -- 5. City Institutional Map -- D/ The Framework -- SECTION 5 Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation -- Introduction -- Sound Practice 1/ Organizational Structure and Information Base -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- New York City, New York, USA. Sound Practice 2/ Institutional Mechanism -- Singapore -- New York City, New York, USA -- Makati City, Philippines -- Dagupan City, Philippines -- Albay Province, Philippines -- Sound Practice 3/ Ownership by Line Departments -- Sound Practice 4/ Preparing a Climate Change Strategy -- Tokyo, Japan -- Milan, Italy -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam -- Sound Practice 5/ Generating Public Awareness -- Rockville, Maryland, USA -- Singapore -- Makati City, Philippines -- Dagupan City, Philippines -- Albay Province, Philippines ER -