This Primer provides city administrators with exactly what they need to know about the complex and compelling challenges of climate change. The books helps local government in developing countries create training, capacity building and capital investment programs for building sustainable, resilient communities. A step by step self assessment challenges policy makers to think about the resources needed to combat natural disasters through an innovative Hot Spot risk and vulnerability identification tool.

Climate resilient cities : a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters / N. Prasad, F. Ranghieri, F. Shah, Z. Trohanis, E. Kessler, R. Sinha. - Washington D.C. : The World Bank, 2009. - ISBN 9780821377666. [10.1596/978-0-8213-7766-6]

Climate resilient cities : a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters

F. Ranghieri
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2009

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This Primer provides city administrators with exactly what they need to know about the complex and compelling challenges of climate change. The books helps local government in developing countries create training, capacity building and capital investment programs for building sustainable, resilient communities. A step by step self assessment challenges policy makers to think about the resources needed to combat natural disasters through an innovative Hot Spot risk and vulnerability identification tool.
2009
cambiamenti climatici ; climate change; climate resilience ; climate resilient cities ; adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici ; disastri naturali ; pianificazione urbana ; urban planning ; hot spot assessment ; primer
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http://www.worldbank.org/eap/climatecities
Climate resilient cities : a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters / N. Prasad, F. Ranghieri, F. Shah, Z. Trohanis, E. Kessler, R. Sinha. - Washington D.C. : The World Bank, 2009. - ISBN 9780821377666. [10.1596/978-0-8213-7766-6]
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