Adapting Cities to Climate Change

Part I: Introduction * Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas: The Possibilities and Constraints in Low-and Middle-income Nations * Part II: Risk and Vulnerability for Cities * The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low Elevation Coastal Zones * Climate Change and Coastal Cities: The Case of Mombasa, Kenya * Vulnerabilities and Responses to Climate Change for Dhaka * The Vulnerability to Climate Change of Cotonou (Benin): The Rise in Sea Level * The Vulnerability of Global Cities to Climate Hazards * Climate, Climate Change and Human Health in Asian cities * Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation in Low- and Middle-income Countries * Unjust Waters: Climate Change, Flooding and the Urban Poor in Africa * Urban Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Latin America * Part III: Case Studies on Adaptation * Adaptation to Climate Change in Durban * Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for Climate Change: The City of Cape Town * Adapting to Climate Change: Water Management for Urban Resilience * Part IV: Moving Forward * Climate Change Risk: An Adaptation and Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities * International Funding to Support Urban Adaptation to Climate Change * Conclusions; Adaptation and Local Development