Editors:
- Presents the state of climate planning in a homogeneous climatic zone: the tropics
- Introduces tools for decision making in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, with reference to 13 case studies
- Aids decision makers and practitioners by identifying ways to improve climate
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Decision Making Tools for Climate Planning
About this book
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, Western and Eastern Africa, and South East Asia it is shown how successful integration of traditional and modern knowledge can enhance disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the tropics. The case studies encompass both rural and urban settings and cover different scales: rural communities, cities, and regions. In addition, the book looks to the future of planning by addressing topics of major importance, including residual risk integration in local development plans, damage insurance and the potential role of climate vulnerability reduction credits. In many regions of the tropics, climate planning is growing but has still very low quality. This book identifies the weaknesses and proposes effective solutions.
Editors and Affiliations
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DIST, Politecnico di Torino , Torino, Italy
Maurizio Tiepolo, Alessandro Pezzoli
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IBIMET-CNR , Firenze, Italy
Vieri Tarchiani
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
Editors: Maurizio Tiepolo, Alessandro Pezzoli, Vieri Tarchiani
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59096-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59095-0Published: 18 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86547-8Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59096-7Published: 05 July 2017
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 372
Number of Illustrations: 91 b/w illustrations
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Environmental Management, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Industry Sectors: Aerospace