Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Daniere, Amrita G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Garschagen, Matthias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Urban Book Series,
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Climate change.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sociology, Urban.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Urban Ecology.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

This volume explores how climate change impacts interact with poverty and vulnerability to increase the risk for urban residents in Southeast Asia. It combines knowledge from both academic literature and action research to explore the creation of climate resilient urban governance that is both inclu...

Table of Contents:

• Why Focusing on Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia Is Relevant and Urgent
• Part 1: Understanding Vulnerability: Neighbourhoods, Cities, and Nations Beyond
• Bridging Systems and People-centred Approaches in Urban Vulnerability Research: Insights for Resilience from Dawei, Myanmar.- Water Access and Resilience to Climate-induced Droughts in the Thai Secondary City of Khon Kaen: Unequal and Unjust Vulnerability
• Migrating Toward Vulnerabilities: The Impacts of Structural Violence on Myanmar Migrants in Phuket, Thailand.