Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events

AvTeresa Sprague,Kathrin Prenger-Berninghoff

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies

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Beskrivning

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change. The chapters for each case delve into the current status of the cities and issues resilience must overcome, and then explore solutions and key takeaways learned from the implementation of various resilience approaches.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:378 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies
Antal sidor:183
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319997438

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Teresa Sprague is a water resources planner at Woodard & Curran Inc. in San Francisco, California. After her M.Sc. at the University of Oxford, UK she was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Fellowship from the European Union and completed her PhD in water risk governance at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. Kathrin Prenger-Berninghoff is a lecturer and scientific staff of Urban and Regional Planning at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. She is a recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Fellowship from the European Union and completed her PhD in spatial planning at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Introduction to California Cases.- 3. Case: San Diego, California, USA.- 4. Case: San Francisco, California, USA .- 5. Introduction to German Cases.- 6. Case: Solingen, Germany.- 7. Case: Wuppertal, Germany.- 8. Conclusion & Cross-Cutting Themes.