Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management)

Brief introduction to the series......Page 1
Brief introduction to the volume......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
References......Page 4
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Community,_Environment......Page 5
List of Editors......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 7
References......Page 9
Background......Page 10
Understanding underlying risk within the urban growth process......Page 11
Urbanization: The Price of Gains......Page 12
Small Towns: Below the Radar, but Ticking......Page 13
Asia Pacific Cities at Risk......Page 14
Asia: The Epicenter of an Urban Surge......Page 16
Resilience building: risk reduction and more......Page 17
Paths to Urban Resilience......Page 19
Need for Harmonious Cities......Page 20
About the book......Page 21
References......Page 24
Origin of the Concept of Resilience......Page 26
Terminological Convergence and Differences......Page 27
The Megacity Resilience Framework......Page 29
The ACCCRN Process of Urban Climate Resilience......Page 30
Coastal Community Resilience: USAID Guide......Page 32
Climate-Resilient Cities Approach of the World Bank......Page 35
Summary of Resilience Studies......Page 36
Deciphering Risk: Human and Climate Challenge......Page 38
Adaptation: An Unavoidable Association with Resilience......Page 39
Resilience: Key to Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction......Page 40
Synthesizing urban risk through the lens of urban resilience......Page 41
Institutional Resilience......Page 42
The Economic Context......Page 43
Ad Hoc Physical Growth......Page 44
Resilience from the Regional Perspective......Page 45
Population and Building Densities......Page 46
Building Bylaws......Page 47
Incompatible and Hazardous Land Uses......Page 48
Economy......Page 49
Water, Sanitation, and Health......Page 50
Spatial Planning......Page 51
Community Interface......Page 52
Acknowledgment......Page 53
References......Page 54
Introduction......Page 55
Context of Urban Resilience......Page 56
Transforming the Hyogo Framework for Action from National to Local Level......Page 57
The Disaster Resilient City Applied in the CDRI......Page 58
Development of the CDRI......Page 59
CDRI Questionnaire, Data Collection Process, and Analysis......Page 60
Interpretation of CDRI Scores......Page 63
CDRI at city level and microlevel......Page 64
Challenges and potentials of the CDRI......Page 66
References......Page 68
Introduction......Page 70
Current Socioeconomic Conditions in Urban Areas of India......Page 71
Vulnerability of Indian Cities to Climate-Related Disasters......Page 73
Commitment to HFA and Need for Implementation at Local Level......Page 74
Results of City Analysis......Page 75
Location Characteristics......Page 77
Dimension and Parameter-Wise Characteristics......Page 78
Implications for Indian Cities......Page 83
References......Page 84
Introduction......Page 87
Categories of city clusters......Page 88
Metro Manila Profile......Page 90
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cities......Page 93
Indicators Most and Least Important to the Cities......Page 95
Summary of Findings per Dimension......Page 96
Mandaluyong City Analysis......Page 97
Malabon City Analysis......Page 102
Acknowledgments......Page 105
Official Web sites of the Cities of Metro Manila......Page 106
Introduction......Page 108
CDRM at the microlevel of cities: approaches......Page 109
Chennai......Page 110
Delhi......Page 112
Dhaka......Page 115
Overall CDRM......Page 117
Chennai......Page 119
Delhi......Page 120
Dhaka......Page 121
Important Sectors and Issues to Enhance Climate-Disaster Resilience of Cities......Page 124
Interrelationship among CDRI Parameters......Page 127
Challenges and potentials of CDRM study at the microlevel......Page 129
Acknowledgments......Page 130
References......Page 131
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Introduction......Page 133
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building resilience of nations and communities to disasters......Page 135
HFA Priority 3: Building a Culture of Safety and Resilience......Page 136
HFA Priority 5: Strengthening Preparedness for Response......Page 137
Translating HFA Implementation into City and Local Levels......Page 139
Outline of ‘‘A Guide for the HFA Implementation for Local Stakeholders’’......Page 140
Indicators and the HFA Strategic Goals......Page 141
Climate and Disaster Resilience Initiative......Page 144
HFA and CDRI Synergy at Local Level......Page 145
ISDR World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2010-2011 ‘‘Making Resilient Cities’’......Page 147
Conclusion: Challenges and way forward toward 2015......Page 148
References......Page 150
Introduction: The importance of action planning......Page 152
Usage of action planning by different local governments......Page 153
CDRI Action Planning......Page 155
Steps of Action Planning......Page 156
Challenges in action planning......Page 161
Acknowledgments......Page 163
References......Page 164
Introduction......Page 165
Action planning process and challenges......Page 166
Community action planning......Page 167
Problem Identification and Prioritization......Page 168
Strategies, Options, and Trade-offs......Page 169
Planning and Implementation......Page 170
Community-based adaptation......Page 171
Community Engagement......Page 172
Identification of Vulnerability Factors......Page 173
Seasonal Calendar......Page 174
Transect Walk......Page 176
Ranking and Scoring......Page 177
Knowledge......Page 178
Participation......Page 179
Monitoring and Evaluation......Page 180
Social Network......Page 181
Action planning to community-based adaptation......Page 182
Acknowledgments......Page 183
References......Page 184
The Need for Capacity Development......Page 185
Capacity Development through Distance Learning......Page 188
Goals, Objectives, and Program Structure......Page 190
Learning Process and Tools......Page 192
Learning Process and Tools......Page 193
Result of the CDRI Capacity-building Program......Page 195
Lessons from CDRI Capacity-building Program and its implications......Page 199
References......Page 202
Introduction......Page 204
Overview of Local Government Networks......Page 206
Overview of CITYNET......Page 208
First Training Program on Disaster Mitigation......Page 210
Establishment of Disaster Cluster within the Network......Page 211
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation......Page 213
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in City Planning and Management......Page 214
Key ingredients to the success of C2C cooperation......Page 216
Commitment to Link......Page 217
Community-Wide Participation......Page 218
Reciprocity......Page 219
Consistent Leadership......Page 220
Issues and challenges......Page 221
Notes......Page 223
References......Page 224
Introduction......Page 226
Human Cause......Page 228
Governance Cause......Page 229
Need of urban flood risk information......Page 230
Characterizing urban floods......Page 231
Typology of urban floods......Page 232
Local FloodssolInundation Floods......Page 233
Impacts of urban floods......Page 234
Exposure......Page 236
Physical Vulnerability of People and Infrastructure......Page 237
Case of India......Page 238
Case of Indonesia: Jakarta......Page 240
Case of Indonesia: Semarang......Page 242
Case of Japan......Page 243
Case of Taiwan......Page 244
Case of Vietnam......Page 245
Underline risk communication from case examples......Page 247
Why risk communication is important for citiesquest......Page 250
Discussion and way forward......Page 253
Acknowledgment......Page 256
References......Page 257
Introduction......Page 261
Support mechanism to local stakeholders......Page 263
Definition of CSOs and Their Roles in Disaster Management......Page 266
Evolution and Role of Regional CSO Network......Page 268
Capacity Development Process......Page 271
Collaboration between CSO and Local Government......Page 273
Expansion of Collaboration at Local Level......Page 275
Conclusion......Page 278
References......Page 279
Context......Page 281
Characteristics of CDRI......Page 282
Utilization of CDRI results......Page 284
Future vision of CDRI......Page 286
References......Page 287