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- Abstract:
- This primer was developed by the World Bank, the GFDRR, and the ISDR as a means of improving resilience to climate change through increased awareness. It is intended to inform local governments in East Asia about climate change risks, effects on development, and current actions to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience in cities around the world. As the processes of rapid urbanization and devolution of power from national to local levels interacts with climate change and the rise in associated disasters, resilience becomes a concept of increasing importance. Resilience is defined by two elements, the capacity of a community to absorb and to adapt to hazards. While this definition is consistent with what tends to be considered the “mainstream” definition of resilience, other definitions tend to be more exhaustive, adding in the attributes of resistance and recovery. The study distinguishes between two kinds of resilience, the resilience of human-ecological systems, and that of households. Resilience in human-ecological systems refers to the level of pressure a community can absorb while keeping its initial shape. Resilience in a household, on the other hand, is assumed to vary greatly and to be determined by individual assets and the external services they have access to. In order to increase the resilience of either, the effects of climate change on both needs to be well understood. The first two sections of the document highlight various aspects of climate change. The third section discusses how climate change interacts with vulnerabilities, and presents a tool that cities can utilize to assess vulnerabilities related to their built environment, socioeconomic characteristics, and institutional structures. In the next section, the process of creating a city information base, where information regarding its socioeconomic profile, hazard profile, future growth, and institutional layout, is outlined. The fifth section highlights sound adaptation and mitigation practices being implemented in cities around the world. This document asserts that long-term communication between local governments, communities, and civil society in terms of awareness-raising about climate change impacts is key to reducing the vulnerability of cities to climate change and strengthening their disaster risk management systems. This means having a clear understanding of climate change threats, unique vulnerabilities, along with the experience of other cities, and devising a plan that fits the solutions devised elsewhere to the particular characteristics of one’s urban reality. ( ,English,English,, )
- Subject:
- Climate Change & Environment
- Scope and Content:
- Acronyms and Abbreviations p. ix; Foreword p. xiii; Executive Summary p. xv; About the Primer p. xvii; Section 01: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management p. 1; A. Primer Objectives p. 1; B. The Imperatives of Action p. 2; C. Developing a Resilient City of the Future p. 4; D. Mainstreaming Policy and Practice for Local Impact p. 7; E. The Risks of Doing Nothing p. 9; Section 02: Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster Risks Management p. 13; A. What is Mitigation (Climate Change Management)? p. 15; B. What is Mitigation (Disaster Risk Management)? p. 19; C. What is Adaptation? p. 23; D. What about Sea-Level Rise? p. 28; 1. What are the Effects and Impacts? p. 29; 2. What are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? p. 30; E. What about Temperature? p. 30; 1. What are the Effects and Impacts? p. 31; 2. What are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? p. 31; F. What about Precipitation? p. 31; 1. What are the Effects and Impacts? p. 32; 2. What are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? p. 32; G. What about Resilience? p. 32; 1. How is Resilience Enhanced? p. 34; 2. Are there Sound Practices? p. 34; H. What about Extreme Events? p. 34; 1. What are the Effects and Impacts? p. 35; 2. What are Some Sound Practices? p. 37; Section 03: Assessment Exercise: Discovery of a “Hot Spot” p. 41; A. Completing the City Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix p. 42; 1. Select Climate Change Team p. 42; 2. Hold series of workshops p. 43; 3. Complete the Matrix p. 43; B. Additional Testing for a “Hot Spot” p. 49; C. Is Your City a “Hot Spot”? p. 51; Section 04: Information Exercise: Creating a City Information Base p. 55; A. The Workbook p. 55; B. The Participatory Process p. 56; C. The Annotated Maps p. 56; 1. City/Community Base Map p. 57; 2. City/Community Socio-Economic Profile Map p. 58; 3. City Hazard Profile Map p. 58; 4. The Future Growth Map p. 58; 5. City Institutional Map p. 59; D. The Framework p. 60; Section 05: Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation p. 65; Sound Practice 1: Organizational Structure and Information Base p. 66; Sound Practice 2: Institutional Mechanism p. 67; Sound Practice 3: Ownership by Line Departments p. 69; Sound Practice 4: Prepare a Climate Change Strategy p. 69; Sound Practice 5: Generating Public Awareness p. 72; Sound Practice 6: Accounting and Reporting for Mitigation: The GHG Inventory p. 73; Sound Practice 7: Catastrophic Risk Financing and Transfer Mechanisms p. 74; Sound Practice 8: Developing a Disaster Risk Management System Considering Climate Change Impacts p. 75; Sound Practice 9: Climate Change Mitigation – Energy Sector p. 78; Sound Practice 10: Climate Change Mitigation – Transport Sector p. 79; Sound Practice 11: Climate Change Mitigation – Built Environment and Densification p. 82; Sound Practice 12: Climate Change Mitigation – Forestry and Urban Greenery p. 84; Sound Practice 13: Climate Change Mitigation – Finance and Financial Mechanisms p. 86; Sound Practice 14: Adaptation – Infrastructure Sector p. 87; Sound Practice 15: Adaptation – Water Conservation and Flooding p. 89; Sound Practice 16: Adaptation — Public Health p. 91; Section 06: Conclusions p. 97; Annex A: Worldwide Programs and Organizations on Climate Change and Hazards p. 103; Annex B: Sources of Technical and Financial Assistance p. 107; Annex C: Examples of Relevant World Bank Projects p. 109; Annex D: Resource Guide p. 111; Natural Hazards p. 111; Disaster Risk Management p. 112; Hot Spots p. 114; Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability p. 115; Case Study Sources p. 120; City programs (Sound practice) p. 126; Contents of CD-ROM p. 131; Glossary p. 141; Notes p. 147; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes: Table 1.1. Possible impacts of extreme climate change relevant to urban areas (mostly adverse in East Asia) p. 8; Table 2.1. Selected examples of key sectoral mitigation technologies, policies and measures, constraints, and opportunities pertaining to urban areas p. 18; Table 2.2. Indicators of Hyogo Framework for Action strategic goals p. 21; Table 2.3. Indicators for Hyogo Priorities for Action p. 22; Table 2.4. Selected examples of key sectoral adaptation opportunities pertaining to urban areas p. 26; Table 2.5. Examples of possible impacts of climate change p. 35; Table 2.6. Examples of specific impacts of climate change to functional units in urban areas p. 36; Table 3.1(a). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Categories A and B p. 44; Table 3.1(b). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Categories C, D, and E p. 45; Table 3.1(c). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Category F p. 46; Table 3.1(d). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Categories G and H p. 47; Table 3.1(e). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Categories I and J p. 48; Table 3.1(f). Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix Category K p. 48; Table 3.2. Vulnerability assessment for different consequences of climate change in urban areas p. 49; Table 3.3. Preparedness and response to different natural hazards in urban sectors p. 50; Table 3.4. Recommended indicators for preparedness p. 52; Table 5.1. Illustrative list of sound practices and timeline measures p. 91; Figure 1.1. Integrating climate change and disaster risk management to development policies p. 2; Figure 1.2. Largest global CO2 emitters p. 3; Figure 1.3. Emissions across the world p. 3; Figure 1.4. Mega cities in East Asia p. 5; Figure 1.5. Natural hazards: Seismic and climatic p. 6; Figure 1.6. Built up area projections by region p. 7; Figure 2.1. Linking consequences and sectors with potential impacts and climate change mitigation and adaptation options p. 13; Figure 2.2. Mitigation effect in reducing the increase in global mean temperature and climate change cost p. 16; Figure 2.3. Relationship between the cost of adaptation and climate change p. 24; Figure 2.4. Examples of impacts associated with global average temperature change p. 28; Figure 2.5. Coastal population of select countries that are highly vulnerable to sea-level rise p. 29; Figure 3.1. The climate change “Hot Spot” spectrum p. 51; Figure 6.1. Urban population (% of total) growing fast in East Asia p. 98; Figure 6.2. Urban footprints – the choice facing cities p. 99; Box 2.1. General findings about the performance of climate change policies p. 16; Box 4.1. Recommended steps toward developing a planning framework p. 60; Box 4.2. Recommended priority plan development questions p. 60
- Citation/Reference:
- (2008). Climate resilient cities: a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk management in East Asian cities. World Bank, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR).
- General Note:
- Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 26, 2008).
- General Note:
- "June 2008."
- General Note:
- "The principal authors of the Primer are Federica Ranghieri, Environmental Specialist at the World Bank; Ravi Sinha, Disaster Risk Specialist with the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; and Earl Kessler, Urban Management Consultant"--Acknowledgments.
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