Resilient cities : cities and adaptation to climate change - proceedings of the Global Forum 2010

Part I. Introduction. Building the global adaptation community / Konrad Otto-Zimmerman -- Part II. Describing impacts at the local level. Introduction: describing impacts at the local level / Lucinda Fairhurst -- Understanding potential climate change impacts and adaptation options in India megacities / Diana Reckien, Martin Wildenberg, and Kaushik Deb -- Assessment of climate change-induced vulnerability to floods in Hyderabad, India, using remote sensing data / Oleksandr Kit, Matthias Lüdeke, and Diana Reckien -- The role of community resilience in adaptation to climate change: the urban poor in Jakarta, Indonesia / Mario Wilhelm -- Ecohealth and climate change: adaptation to flooding events in riverside secondary cities, West Africa / Guéladio Cissé, Brama Koné, Hampaté Bâ, Ibrahima Mbaye, Koffi Koba, Jürg Utzinger, and Marcel Tanner -- Climate change and adaptive capacity of women to water stress in urban centers of Nigeria: emerging concerns and reactions / Isaac B. Oluwatayo -- Urban climate strategies against future heat stress conditions / Lutz Katzschner -- Climate-proof urban transport planning: opportunities and challenges in developing cities / Urda Eichhorst, Daniel Bongardt, and Montserrat Miramontes -- Part III. Frameworks for local action, challenges and proactive recommendations. Introduction: frameworks for local action, challenges and proactive recommendations / Olivia Tusinski and Alice Balbo -- Inclusive adaptation: linking participatory learning and knowledge management to urban resilience / Michaela Hordijk and Isa Baud -- Urban adaptation planning and governance: challenges to emerging wisdom / JoAnn Carmin, David Dodman, Linda Harvey, Shaib Lwasa, and Patricia Romero-Lankao -- Urban climate change adaptation in the context of transformation: lessons from Vietnam / Matthias Garschagen and Frauke Krass -- Getting ready for a changing climate: supporting councillor's leadership role in adaptation / Joyce Wei Ka Lee -- Environmental learning from the ivory tower to the town square: the case of Trondheim, Norway / Annemie Wyckmans -- Plan B:altic: a social-ecological approach to climate change adaptation / Sonja Deppisch, Sanin Hasibović, and Meike Albers -- Governance recommendations for adaptation in European urban regions: results from five case studies and a European expert survey / Torsten Grothmann -- Creating resilient cities through empowered, deliberative participation / Janette Hartz-Karp and Hans-Peter Meister -- Part IV. Local strategies and actions in response to climate change. Introduction: Local strategies and actions in response to climate change / Monika Zimmermann and nathan Brettschneider -- Comparative research on the adaptation strategies of ten urban climate plans / Luc Vrolijks, Ashley Spatafore, and Anisha S. Mittal -- Managing regional climate mitigation and adaptation co-benefits and co-costs / Matthias Ruth -- Interdisciplinary and multi-institutional approaches to climate change adaptation / Virginie Moffet, Matthieu Alibert, and Caroline Larrivée -- Climate adaptation strategies: evidence from Latin American city-regions / Dirk Heinrichs and Kerstin Krellenberg -- Adaptation in UK cities: heading in the right direction? / Magnus Benzie, Alex Harvey, and Karen Miller -- Finding the balance: challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation at different levels of English local government / Nadia Manasfi and Elizabeth Greenhalgh -- Local strategies for climate change adaptation: urban planning criteria for municipalities of the Basque country, Spain / Marta Olazabal, Efren Feliú, Borja Izaola, David Pon, Maria Pooley, Marimar Alonso-Martin, and Carlos Castillo -- Climate change adaptation in Dutch municipalities: risk perception and institutional capacity / Maya M. van den Berg -- Toward a more flood resilient urban environment: the Dutch multi-level safety approach to flood risk management / Berry Gersonius, William Veerbeek, Abdus Subhan, Karin Stone, and Chris Zevenbergen -- Climate change and city development: resilience strategies in Bonn / Rüdiger Wagner -- Integrated climate adaptation in Dresden: insights from flood prevention / Christian Korndörfer, Peter Teichmann, and Frank Frenzel -- Integrated climate protection program for the city of Chemnitz: climate diagnosis, climate change prognosis, and adaptation measures in the urban area/ Petra Schneider, Nicole Gottschalk, Ralf Löser, and Thomas Scharbrodt -- Adaptation strategies for the city of Cape Town: finding the balance within social-ecological complexity / Darryl Colenbrander, Gregg oelofse, Anton Cartwright, Howard Gold, and Sakhile Tsotsobe -- Sharing the Lagos megacity experience in the integrated management of sea level rise and flooding / Nicholas Ozor, Oguguah M. Ngozi, and Maximus Ugwuoke -- Community-based vulnerability assessment: Semarang, Indonesia / John Taylor -- Research news for climate compliant cities: the case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Frank Schwarze, Andreas Gravert, Ronald Eckert, Ulrike Schinkel, and Ralf Kersten -- Building resilience to climate change through adaptive land use planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Harry Storch, Nigel Downes, Lutz Katzschner, and Nguyen Xuan Thinh -- Climate change risk management for a suburban local government: the case of Kogarah, Australia / Elisa Idris and Hartmut Fünfgeld -- Climate change as a survival strategy: soft infrastructure for urban resilience and adaptive capacity in Australia's coastal zones / Nan Chen and Peter Graham -- Curitiba, Brazil: a model for resilience in Latin America? / Peter Spathelf -- Part V. Approaches to climate change adaptation in cities. Introduction: Approaches to climate change adaptation in cities / Hartmut Fünfgeld -- Building resilience to climate change in Asian cities / Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Laura Seraydarian, Karen MacClune, Greg Guibert, Sarah Reed, Fern Uennatornwaranggoon and Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio -- Local vulnerability assessment of climate change and its implications: the case of Gyeonggi-Do, Korea / Jaekyung Koh -- Ecosystem-based adaptation in the urban environment / Gabriel Grimsditch -- Urban agriculture and climate change adaptation: ensuring food security through adaptation / Marielle Dubbeling and Henk de Zeeuw -- Cooling the public realm: climate-resilient urban design / jeffrey Raven -- The role of transport in mitigation and adaptation to climate change impacts in urban areas / Giuseppe Inturri and Matteo Ignaccolo -- Urban green spaces: potentials and constraints for urban adaptation to climate change / Juliane Mathey, Stefanie Rössler, Iris Lehmann, and Anne Bräuer -- Urban climate framework: a system approach towards climate proof cities / Sonja Döpp, Fransje Hooimeijer, and Nienke Maas -- Part VI. Reality check: adaptation on the ground. Introduction: Reality check: adaptation on the ground / Olivia Tusinski -- Preparing for climate change while advancing local sustainability: a closer look at Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA / Natacha Seijas, Susanne M. Torriente, Nichole L. Hefty, and Melissa Stults -- Quito's climate change strategy: a response to climate change in the metropolitan district of Quito, Ecuador / Carolina Zambrano-Barragán, Othon Zevallos, Marcos Villacís, and Diego Enríquez -- Climate change implications for Dhaka City: a need for immediate measures to reduce vulnerability / Golam Rabbani, A. Atiq Rahman, and Nazria Islam -- Adaptation in practise: Durban, South Africa / Andrew Mather, Debra Roberts, and Geoffrey Tooley.