Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events

Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change. The content takes an urban planning perspective with a water-related focus, exploring the continued global and local efforts in improving disaster risk management within the water sphere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sprague, Teresa (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Prenger-Berninghoff, Kathrin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies,
Subjects:
Environment.
Environmental geography.
Climate change.
Environmental management.
Environment Studies.
Environmental Geography.
Climate Change Management and Policy.
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Introduction to California Cases
  • 3. Case: San Diego, California, USA
  • 4. Case: San Francisco, California, USA
  • 5. Introduction to German Cases
  • 6. Case: Solingen, Germany
  • 7. Case: Wuppertal, Germany
  • 8. Conclusion & Cross-Cutting Themes.

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