Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Addressing Interpretive Uncertainty in Flood Risk Management....Pages 3-14
An Analysis of the Causes of Non-Responses to Cyclone Warnings and the Use of Indigenous Knowledge for Cyclone Forecasting in Bangladesh....Pages 15-39
Assessment of Climate and Human Induced Disaster Risk Over Shared Water Resources in the Balkhash Lake Drainage Basin....Pages 41-54
Understanding the Links Between Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pacific Island Countries....Pages 55-69
Climate Change Induced Glacier Retreat and Risk Management: Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Apolobamba Mountain Range, Bolivia....Pages 71-87
Current and Future Impacts of Extreme Flood Events....Pages 89-106
Development Challenges of Multi-Functional Coastal System in the Niger Delta, Nigeria....Pages 107-116
Disaster Risk Management Through a “Watershed Plus” Approach in the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project (WORLP): Orissa, India....Pages 117-129
Identifying Drivers, Barriers and Opportunities for Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Indonesia: An Analysis Based on the Earth System Governance Framework....Pages 131-147
Environmental Performance and Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Case Study of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan....Pages 149-167
Institutions Matter for Urban Resilience: The Institutional Challenges in Mainstreaming Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh....Pages 169-191
Management of Climate Change and Disaster Risk: The Malaysian Perspective....Pages 193-204
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Disaster Risks Through Soil Ecosystem Services....Pages 205-215
The Contributions of Climate Change Mitigating Policies to Poverty Reduction in the Sahel Region....Pages 217-235
Impacts of Cyclone Aila on Educational Institutions: A Study of South-Western Bangladesh....Pages 237-256
The Role of Mangroves in Disaster Mitigation: A Review....Pages 257-272
Vulnerability Assessment for Rural Settings: Applicability to Developing Countries....Pages 273-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
A Sensitivity Study of Storm Surges Under the Conditions of Climate Change in the Elbe Estuary....Pages 295-309
An Analysis of the Impacts of Climate Change for Management and Governance of the Antarctic Region....Pages 311-319
An Analysis of the Impacts of Rainfall Variability and Crop Zones Classification for the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....Pages 321-334
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Building Climate Resilience in Coastal Ecosystems in India: Cases and Trends in Adaptation Practices....Pages 335-349
Climate-Change Refugees in Nepal: The Need for Climate-Smart Capacity Building....Pages 351-357
Effective Policy Communication Strategy to Enhance Capacity Building for the Diffusion of Innovation in Climate Change Mitigation for Sustainable Disaster Risk Management....Pages 359-369
Local Adaptation as a Future Flood Management Strategy in Rotterdam....Pages 371-378
On the Way to a Flood Risk Management Plan....Pages 379-397
The Essential Role of Employment and the Workplace in Climate Change Policy and Effective Disaster Risk Management Planning....Pages 399-409
Understanding the Dynamics of Climate Change Impacts on Forest-Dependent Livelihoods in Rural Ghana: Implications for Climate Change Resilient Policy....Pages 411-424
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
An Outline for Funding Adaptation and Disaster Management Schemes....Pages 427-436
How Effective is Small Dam Flood Safety Accountability and Assurance Policy in Vietnam?....Pages 437-461
Management of Disaster Risks Derived from Large Fuel Subsidies of Natural Gas in Argentina....Pages 463-473
Preventing Climate Disasters: Legal and Economic Aspects of the Implementation of the National Fund on Climate Change in Brazil....Pages 475-481
The Economics of Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Long-Term Flood Protection....Pages 483-496
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Adapting to Climate Change in a High Mountain Environment: Developing a Monitoring Expert System for Hazardous Rock Walls....Pages 499-512
Addressing Adaptation to Support Disaster Risk Reduction: A Framework for Supply Chain Inclusive Adaptation to Climate Change....Pages 513-533
An Analysis of the Connection Between Climate Change, Technological Solutions and Potential Disaster Management: The Contribution of Geoengineering Research....Pages 535-551
An Engineering/Accounting Tool for Minimising the Cumulative Flood Threats of Rural Catchment Dams....Pages 553-571
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management: Evidence-Based Planning at Two Foster Homes in Kalimantan....Pages 573-581
Climate Change Impact Assessment of Dike Safety and Flood Risk in the Vidaa River System....Pages 583-595
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Case of Coastal Cities in South East Asia....Pages 597-614
Conservation of Ligawasan Marsh in Mindanao, Philippines, Through an Indigenous Knowledge System: Climate Change Mitigation and Disaster Risk Management....Pages 615-626
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Decision Support System for Small Reservoir Water Harvesting Technology in Drought-Prone Areas for Climate Change Adaptation....Pages 627-638
Reading the Weather: Climate Risk Adaptation in Mongolia....Pages 639-654
The Potential of Latin American Coffee Production Systems to Mitigate Climate Change....Pages 655-679
Waterlogging Through Soil-Less Agriculture as a Climate Resilient Adaptation Option....Pages 681-692