Planning to cope with tropical and subtropical climate change

Maurizio Tiepolo

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9783110480788
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110480795
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Urban Planning & Landscaping

This book provides examples of climate change characterization and decision-making tools for subtropical and tropical adaptation planning. It is intended for local operators, physical planners, besides researchers and students of these subjects. The first chapter describes the status of climate planning in large subtropical and tropical cities. The following six chapters discuss hazards (drought, intense precipitations, sea level rise, sea water intrusion) and early warning systems. Nine chapters enlarge on flood risk analysis and preliminary mapping, climate change vulnerability, comparing contingency plans in various scales and presenting experiences centred on adaptation planning. The last three chapters introduce some best practices of weather and climate change monitoring and flood risk mapping and assessment.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• 1 Planning the Adaptation to Climate Change in Cities: an Introduction
• 2 Climate Change Characterisation and Planning in Large Tropical and Subtropical Cities
• 3 Extreme Events Assessment Methodology as a Tool for Engineering Adaptation Measures – Case Study of North Coast of São Paulo State (SP), Brazil
• 4 Vulnerability and Resilience to Drought in the Chaco, Paraguay
• 5 Characterization of Flood Hazard at a Municipal Level. A Case Study in Tillabéri Region, Niger
• 6 Sensitivity of Dar Es Salaam Coastal Aquifer to Climate Change with Regard to Seawater Intrusion and Groundwater Availability
• 7 Impact of the Construction of an Offshore Highway on the Sea-Spray Dynamics in La Reunion Island
• 8 Early Warning Systems & Geomatics: Value-added Information in the Absence of High Resolution Data
• 9 Planning the Adaptation of Coastal Cities to Climate Change: a Review of 14 Pilot Projects
• 10 National and Local Contingency Planning: a Comparative Analysis of Plans in Africa and Latin America
• 11 Measures of Adaptation and Community-based Water Management in Mékhé, Senegal
• 12 Flood Risk Preliminary Mapping in Niamey, Niger
• 13 Flood Risk Assessment at Municipal Level in the Tillabéri Region, Niger
• 14 Drought Risk in the Tillabery Region, Niger
• 15 Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Planning: a Proposed Approach for Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• 16 Climate Change Adaptation in Dar es Salaam: Local Government Opinions and Proposed Interventions
• 17 Household Level Vulnerability to Climate Change in Nepal – A Comparison of a Semi-urban and a Rural Village Development Committee
• 18 Weather Observation Network and Climate Change Monitoring in Catalonia, Spain
• 19 Assessing flood risk in Zurich, Switzerland: the KR-RRA approach
• 20 Flood Risk Assessment and Quantification in the Piedmont Region, Italy
• 21 Conclusion