Climate Risk in Africa : Adaptation and Resilience / / edited by Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent |
Autore | Conway Declan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 168 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
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363.738742096 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Africa
Climate change mitigation - Africa Environmental geography Climatic changes Economic development - Environmental aspects Environmental Geography Environment Studies Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate Change Development and Sustainability |
Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Geography
Environment Studies Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate Change Development and Sustainability Environmental Studies Environmental Sciences Earth System Sciences Development Studies climate risk climate adaptation climate resilience co-production Future Climate For Africa Climate services sustainable development Climate-resilient development Agro-meteorology Hydropower in Africa renewable energy urban planning climate education Open Access Development & environmental geography Society & Social Sciences The environment Sustainability |
ISBN | 3-030-61160-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; ch 1. Key issues and progress in understanding climate risk in Africa / Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent -- ; ch 2. Climate information – towards transparent distillation / Christopher Jack, John Marsham, David P. Rowell, Richard Jones -- ; ch 3. Co-production : learning from contexts / Katharine Vincent, Anna Steynor, Alice McClure, Emma Visman, Katinka Lund Waagsaether, Suzanne Carter, Neha Mittal -- ; ch 4. Decision-making heuristics for managing climate-related risks: introducing Equity to the FREE framework / Camilla Audia, Emma Visman, Gino Fox, Emmah Mwangi, Mary Kilavi, Mark Arango, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Dominic Kniveton -- ; ch 5. Creating useful and usable weather and climate information: insights from Participatory Scenario Planning in Malawi / Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema, Katharine Vincent, Rebecka Henriksson -- ; ch 6. High stakes decisions under uncertainty: dams, development and climate change in the Rufiji River basin / Christian Siderius, Robel Geressu, Martin C. Todd, Seshagiri Rao Kolusu, Julien J. Harou, Japhet J. Kashaigili, Declan Conway -- ; ch 7. Integrating climate risks into strategic urban planning in Lusaka, Zambia / Anna Taylor, Gilbert Siame, Brenda Mwalukanga -- ; ch 8. Supporting climate-resilient planning at national and district level: A pathway to multi-stakeholder decision-making in Uganda / Rosalind J. Cornforth, Celia Petty Grady Walker -- ; ch 9. Conversations about climate risk, adaptation and resilience in Africa / Declan Conway, Katharine Vincent. |
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Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Urban Resilience : From Climate and Hydrological Hazards to Risk Analysis and Measures |
Autore | Russo Beniamino |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (316 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
RESCCUE project
Electrical distribution network Flooding Risk Assessment city resiliency GIS model drought water scarcity water availability climate change hydrological modeling resilience flooding hazard mapping risk identification sustainability urban resilience traffic modelling resilience assessment urban services cities Ecosystem Services (ES) Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Resilience Assessment Framework (RAF) stakeholders' validation stormwater management and control depth‒damage curves urban floods properties claims flood expert surveyor fluvial pluvial tidal sewer flood risk modelling cascading effects urban flood water quality cost-benefit analysis combined sewer overflows climate change adaptation climate risk socio-economic assessment flood risk assessment 1D/2D hydrodynamic model Metro system subway urban mobility pluvial floods 1D/2D coupled models impact assessment adaptation strategies |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Urban Resilience |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557464103321 |
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