EAN: 9783319039817

URBAN VULNERABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRIC...

Urbanisation and climate change are among the major challenges for sustainable development in
Africa. The overall aim of this book is to present innovative approaches to vulnerability
analysis and for enhancing the resilience of African cities against climate change-induced
risks. Locally adapted IPCC climate change scenarios  which also consider possible changes in
urban population  have been developed. Innovative strategies to land use and spatial planning
are proposed that seek synergies between the adaptation to climate change and the need to solve
social problems. Furthermore  the book explores the role of governance in successfully coping
with climate-induced risks in urban areas. The book is unique in that it combines: a top-down
perspective of climate change modeling with a bottom-up perspective of vulnerability assessment
quantitative approaches from engineering sciences and qualitative approaches of the social
sciences  a novel multi-risk modeling methodology  and strategic approaches to urban and green
infrastructure planning with neighborhood perspectives of adaptation.

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