Overview
- Offers methods for the spatial analysis of climate change vulnerability in southern African cities
- Presents case studies specific to both extreme weather and ecological stress
- Identifies knowledge frameworks to support decision-making in urban adaptation to climate change
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Climate (SPCL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Urban Regions Under Climate Stress. A Case Study: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Urban Impacts of Extreme Weather Events. A Case Study: Maputo, Mozambique
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“The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of climate-related hazards and the impact they have on areas prone to them, of the capacity of local populations to adapt and of local authorities’ ability to respond. It further provides a good overview of methods used to estimate levels of risk and vulnerability, tools that are useful when planning adaptation to climate change in large cities.” (Lorena Pasquini, Urban Africa, July, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maurizio Tiepolo is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His skills range from climate change risk mapping in urban and rural areas, regional development planning, monitoring and evaluation of local development plans, local taxation assessment and informal settlement regularization. Since 2003, he has designed and executed 10 development assistance projects for various multi or bilateral and decentralized organizations in Congo, Ecuador, Macedonia, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal.
Silvia Macchi is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and has extensive experience in environmental and gender analysis of spatial planning and urban policies. Her long-standing research and practice in local and participatory sustainable development forms the basis of her current work on planning local initiatives for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan cities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern African Cities
Book Subtitle: Building Knowledge for Adaptation
Editors: Silvia Macchi, Maurizio Tiepolo
Series Title: Springer Climate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00672-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00671-0Published: 10 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00672-7Published: 24 February 2014
Series ISSN: 2352-0698
Series E-ISSN: 2352-0701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 246
Number of Illustrations: 74 b/w illustrations
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change Management and Policy, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking, Oil, Gas & Geosciences