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- English
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Urban Resilience and Climate Change in the MENA Region
About this book
This book provides an overview of the geopolitical context and climate change risk profile of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.
Mapping existing scientific literature and key reports on MENA climate change impacts and future projections, Nuha Eltinay and Charles Egbu establish links between the Conference of the Parties (from COP26, COP27 to COP28) Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh Work Program for Progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation, and regional climate adaptation financing targets, national government investments, and human security in local case studies. They also address gaps in disaster risk reduction institutional governance for sustainable development in the region. The authors move beyond the existing theoretical understanding of urban resilience to investigate how it is being measured and assessed in MENA in alignment with the IPCC's climate change adaptation indicators. Finally, they explore how disasters and conflict displacement vulnerabilities and fragility affecting the communities most in need are being measured and integrated into cities' resilience action plans and national disaster risk policies.
Providing guidance and policy recommendations based on empirical research and key stakeholder engagement observations, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and professionals who are researching and working in the areas of climate change, urban planning, and environmental policy and governance.
As this book comes out just after the closure of The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 negotiations, it sets the scene for pre-COP regional context, and paves the way for researchers and practitioners to undertake post-COP28 key takeaways and multi-level government commitments into action, for better climate mitigation and adaptation investments, resilient and sustainable future for all.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Declaration
- 1 MENA Regional Context – Impact of Climate Change
- 2 Drivers of Climate Risk – Vulnerabilities
- 3 Urban Resilience – Conceptual Framework
- 4 Measuring Urban Resilience
- 5 Monitoring Urban Resilience
- 6 Adaptation to Climate Change – Financing Urban Resilience
- 7 Urban Resilience Governance – Key Stakeholders in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- 8 Urban Resilience – Opportunities and Constraints for Adaptation to Climate Change
- 9 Way Forward – From COP27 to COP28
- Index