TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bicknell, Jane.
AU  - Dodman, David.
AU  - Satterthwaite, David.
TI  - Adapting cities to climate change: understanding and addressing the development challenges 
SN  - 9781844077458 (hardback)
U1  - 363.7001732 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London,  Sterling, VA
PB  - Earthscan
KW  - Urban ecology (Sociology)
KW  - City planning
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Climatic changes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index;  Adapting to climate change in urban areas : the possibilities and co nstraints in low- and middle-income nations;  David Satterthwaite .. . [et  al.] --;  The rising tide : assessing the risks of climate chan ge and human settlements in low-elevation coastal zones;  Gordon McG ranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson --;  Climate change and co astal cities : the case of Mombasa, Kenya;  Cynthia Brenda Awuor, Vi ctor Ayo Orinidi, and Andrew Ochieng Adwera --;  Vulnerabilities and r esponses to climate change for Dhaka;  Mozaharul Alam and Golem Rabb ani --;  The vulnerability to climate change of Cotonou (Benin) : the rise in sea level;  Krystel M.R. Dossou and Bernadette Glâehouenou-D ossou --;  The vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards;  Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller, and Alex Pulsipher --;  Climate, c limate change, and human health in Asian cities;  Sari Kovats and Ra is Akhtar --;  Climate change and urban children : impacts and implica tions for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries;  Sheridan Bartlett --;  Unjust waters : climate change, flooding, and the urban poor in Africa;  Ian Douglas ... [et al.] --;  Urban poverty and vu lnerability to climate change in Latin America;  Jorgelina Hardoy an d Gustavo Pandiella --;  Thinking globally, acting locally : instituti onalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa;  Debra Roberts --;  Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change : the city of Cape Town;  Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel --;  Adapting to climate change : water management for urban resilience;  Mike Muller --;  Climate change risk : an a daptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities;  Aromar Revi --;  International funding to support urban adaptation to climate change;  Jessica Ayers --;  Conclusions : local development and adaptatio n;  David Satterthwaite, David Dodman, and Jane Bicknell
ER  -