Connecting Delta Cities
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Connecting Delta Cities
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language : en
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Release Date : 2009
Connecting Delta Cities written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Connecting Delta Cities
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Author : Piet Dircke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Connecting Delta Cities written by Piet Dircke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with City planning categories.
Connecting Delta Cities
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Author : Jeroen Aerts
language : en
Publisher: Vu Boekhandel/Uitgeverij
Release Date : 2009
Connecting Delta Cities written by Jeroen Aerts and has been published by Vu Boekhandel/Uitgeverij this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with City planning categories.
At present, more than 50% of the entire world population lives in cities. According to the United Nations more than two-thirds of the world's large cities are vulnerable to rising sea levels, exposing millions of people to the risk of extreme floods and storms. Within the coming 30 years, the United Nations project that the number of people living in cities will increase to 60% of the world's population, resulting in even more people living in highly exposed areas. Both scientists and policy makers have addressed the issue of adapting to the challenge of climate change, and both call for embedding long term scenarios in city planning and investments in all sectors. Based on estimations of costs of estimations, it appears that investing in adaptation now would save money in the long term. This book shows the different aspects of climate adaptation. It is an independent investigation of comparative adaptation problems and progress in the cities of Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. In this regard, each city faces different challenges; one of the lessons of the Connecting Delta Cities initiative is that while cities will follow adaptation paths that may differ, sometimes substantially, each city can learn from the others.
Climate Adaptation And Flood Risk In Coastal Cities
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Author : Jeroen Aerts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-04
Climate Adaptation And Flood Risk In Coastal Cities written by Jeroen Aerts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-04 with Nature categories.
This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city can learn from the others. While the main focus is on coastal flooding, cities are also affected by climate change in other ways, including impacts that occur away from the coast. The New York City Water Supply System, for example, stretches as far as 120 miles upstate, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has undertaken extensive climate assessment not only for its coastal facilities, but also for its upstate facilities, which will be affected by rising temperatures, droughts, inland flooding and water quality changes. The authors examine key questions, such as: Are current city plans climate proof or do we need to finetune our ongoing investments? Can we develop a flood proof subway system? Can we develop new infrastructure in such a way that it serves flood protection, housing and natural values?
Water Sensitive Cities
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Author : Carol Howe
language : en
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Water Sensitive Cities written by Carol Howe and has been published by IWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Science categories.
Today’s urban water managers are faced with an unprecedented set of issues that call for a different approach to urban water management. These include the urgent changes needed to respond to climate change, population growth, growing resource constraints, and rapidly increasing global urbanization. Not only are these issues difficult to address, but they are facing us in an environment that is increasingly unpredictable and complex. Although innovative, new tools are now available to water professionals to address these challenges, solving the water problems of tomorrow cannot be done by the water professionals alone. Instead, the city of the future, whether in the developed or developing world, must integrate water management planning and operations with other city services to meet the needs of humans and the environment in a dramatically superior manner. Water Sensitive Cities has been developed from selected papers from 2009 Singapore Water Week “Planning for Sustainable Solutions” and also papers taken from other IWA events. It pulls together material that supports the water professionals’ need for useful and up-to-date material. Authors: Carol Howe, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands Cynthia Mitchell, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Marine Observations And Society Pathways To Improve Public Engagement And The Science Policy Nexus
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Author : Tymon Zielinski
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2022-01-04
Marine Observations And Society Pathways To Improve Public Engagement And The Science Policy Nexus written by Tymon Zielinski and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-04 with Science categories.
The Urban Climate Challenge
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Author : Craig Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-02-20
The Urban Climate Challenge written by Craig Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-20 with Political Science categories.
Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challenge provides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime. Bringing together experts working in the fields of global environmental governance, urban sustainability and climate change, this volume explores the ways in which cities, transnational urban networks and global policy institutions are repositioning themselves in relation to this changing global policy environment. Focusing on both Northern and Southern experience across the globe, three questions that have strong bearing on the ways in which we understand and assess the changing relationship between cities and global climate system are examined. How are cities repositioning themselves in relation to the global climate regime? How are cities being repositioned – conceptually and epistemologically? What are the prospects for crafting policies that can reduce the urban carbon footprint while at the same time building resilience to future climate change? The Urban Climate Challenge will be of interest to scholars of urban climate policy, global environmental governance and climate change. It will be of interest to readers more generally interested in the ways in which cities are now addressing the inter-related challenges of sustainable urban growth and global climate change. Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at www.tandfebooks.com/openaccess. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.
Economic Decisions Of The Civil Aeronautics Board
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Author : United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977-03
Economic Decisions Of The Civil Aeronautics Board written by United States. Civil Aeronautics Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-03 with Aeronautics, Commercial categories.
Governing Climate Change
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Author : Jolene Lin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06-21
Governing Climate Change written by Jolene Lin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-21 with Business & Economics categories.
First systematic study of global cities as lawmakers in the world of transnational climate change governance.
Blue And Green Cities
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Author : Robert C. Brears
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-03-07
Blue And Green Cities written by Robert C. Brears and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-07 with Social Science categories.
This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates, lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of interest to those working on water conservation and policy.