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  title info:
    title: Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern African Cities
    sub title: Building Knowledge for Adaptation
  name:
    name part: Macchi, Silvia.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Tiepolo, Maurizio.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XX, 246 p. 74 illus. online resource.
  abstract: In recent decades, extreme rains and drought have struck urban regions in Africa like never before. Nevertheless, limited information is available on which to base development of early warning systems, identification of high-risk zones, and formulation of local action plans. This book is about how to build the knowledge necessary for planning adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan cities. It brings together lessons learned from international development actions conducted by a number of scholars in disciplines ranging from meteorology and hydrogeology to urban planning and environmental management. Selected methods to assess the impacts of extreme weather and ecological stress are presented along with possible approaches to improve the adaptive capacity of Sub-Saharan cities through institutional measures at the local government level. The book is addressed to graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in order to integrate climate change into applied research and development projects in urban Africa.
  table of contents: Adaptation to Incremental Climate Stress in Urban Regions -- Flood Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Large Cities South of the Sahara -- Climate Change Impacts and Institutional Response Capacity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Climate Change Effects on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Dar es Salaam -- Urban Sprawl as a Factor of Vulnerability to Climate Change -- Linking Adaptive Capacity and Peri-Urban Features -- Mainstreaming Adaptation into Urban Development and Environmental Management Planning -- Knowledge Sharing on Climate Change as a Resource for Adaptation Processes -- Climate Change Hazards Identification in the Maputo Area -- Impacts of Ocean Dynamics, Climate Change and Human Pressure on the African East Coast -- Flood-Prone Areas due to Heavy Rains and Sea Level Rise in the Municipality of Maputo -- Flood Risk due to Heavy Rains and Rising Sea Levels in the Municipality of Maputo -- Ongoing and Future Flood Adaptation Measures in the Municipality of Maputo -- Linking Vulnerability and Change: A Study in Caia District, Mozambique.
  note: edited by Silvia Macchi, Maurizio Tiepolo.
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    topic: Urban planning
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change Management and Policy
  subject:
    topic: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
  classification: QC902.8-903.2
  classification: 577.27
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Climate
  identifier: 9783319006727
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00672-7
  record info:
    record creation date: 140224
    record change date: 20151031081033.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-00672-7