Climate resilient cities a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters - Prasad, Neeraj 1955-. (Washington, D.C. World Bank, 2009)
Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management -- Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster -- Risk Management -- Assessment Exercise : Discovery of a "Hot Spot" -- Information Exercise : Creating a City Information Base -- Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation -- Conclusions -- Worldwide Programs and Organizations on Climate Change and Hazards -- Sources of Technical and Financial Assistance -- Examples of Relevant World Bank Projects.
Accompanying disc contains the text of the book in eBook format and related documents in PDF format.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.
Keywords: Emergency management; Climatic changes