Foreword

Part I: Introduction

1. The Global Adaptation Community Expands Its Scope

Part II: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level

2. Introduction: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level

3. A Region at Risk: Policy Determination Through Vulnerability Hotspot Assessment

4. Developing a Framework For Assessing Coastal Vulnerability To Sea Level Rise in Southern New England

5. Quantifying Impacts of Potential Sea-Level Rise Scenarios on Irish Coastal Cities

6. Mapping Risk and Vulnerability in São Paulo Metropolitan Region

7. Water Crisis: Public Management of a Critical Situation

8. Environmental Assessment and Restoration of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: A Case Study of Kaohsiung

9. Flood Risk Protection Concept For The Urban Region Geising/Altenberg in the Flood Formation Area of the Eastern Ore Mountains, Germany

Part III: Toward The Resilient City

10. Introduction: Toward the Resilient City

11. Water, Food and Energy Security

12. Nature at the Heart of Urban Design For Resilience

13. Smart City: Energy Efficiency in a New Scope

14. Resilient Food Systems For Resilient Cities

15. Urban Agriculture Casablanca

16. Adapting Cities To Climate Change: Scenarios For Urban Neighborhoods in the City Of Essen

17. Combining Urban Development With Climate Change Adaptation Using A Systems Approach

18. Towards A Resilient Architecture: The Case of Brøset, Trondheim, Norway

19. Towards More Resilient Water Infrastructures

20. Building 'Equitable' Urban Resilience: The Challenge For Cities

21. Climate Change and the Urban Poor: Support of the German Development Cooperation To a City in Bangladesh

22. The Green Infrastructure Transect: An Organisational Framework For Mainstreaming Adaptation Planning Policies

Part IV: Frameworks For Local Response To Climate Change - Challenges and Recommendations

23. Introduction: Frameworks For Local Response To Climate Change - Challenges and Recommendations

24. Building Resilience in Asian Cities

25. A Science-Policy Approach Towards Local Adaptation Planning: The Case of Santiago De Chile

26. Participatory Action Adaptation: Tools For Increasing Climate Change Capacity and Preparedness at the Local Government Level

27. Knowledge and Information For Resilient Cities

28. Climate Change Guidelines For Urban Planning in the Basque Country

29. Integrated Roadmapping To Shape Adaptation Processes in Metropolitan Areas

30. The Significance Of Adaptation Framing In Local and Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning Initiatives in Australia

31. Decision Making Frameworks For Adaptation To Extremes in Two Local Government Areas: Comparing and Contrasting India and Australia

32. Urban Climate Governance in The Philippines, Mexico and South Africa: National- and State-Level Legislation and Modes of Multi-Level Governance

33. Space For Adapting: Reconciling Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Plans

34. The Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norway Compared With That of Local Agenda 21

35. Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

36. Integrated Climate Action: Linking Mitigation and Adaptation To Make Indonesian Cities Resilient

37. Enhancing The Climate Change Adaptation Capabilities of Local Governments in Korea: Supporting Programs For Local Adaptation Plan

38. Real