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Managing Urbanization, Climate Change and Disasters in South Asia (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Managing Urbanization, Climate Change and Disasters in South Asia (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Disaster Studies and Management
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This book offers essential insights into potential catastrophic
events that might befall upon the emerging urban landscape in South
Asia, and which are due to hazards, risks and vulnerabilities
inherent in the region's geophysical location, as well as due to
climate change and unplanned urbanization. It highlights major
physio-graphic, demographic, geological and geophysical indicators
that are responsible for changing the pattern and trend of
urbanization in South Asia - a crucial issue in view of emerging
threats of climate change, and changes in the demographic profile.
The book addresses the disaster management scenario in South Asia,
manifestations of climate change in the region and various urban
setups under climate-change-induced risks. Further, it elaborates
on the challenges of urbanization-based neo-risks and
vulnerabilities, which manifest in the form of slum area growth,
piling and littering of waste and filth, new health risks,
groundwater contamination, air pollution, highly energy-dependent
lifestyles, poverty, socio-economic tensions, etc. It also
critically examines the institutional mechanisms for disaster risk
reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and urban
governance, and suggests appropriate changes in the governing
structure to mitigate these risks. The book draws the attention of
urban planners and policymakers to current shortcomings in the
administrative and financial structures of local urban bodies.
While outlining climate-associated risks and adaptation strategies
in South Asia, it also suggests measures for integrating climate
change and urban adaption with state's planning processes, and puts
forward a risk alleviation platform to bring the risk managers
working in different fields together, so that they make concerted
efforts to achieve sustainable development. It offers valuable
takeaways for researchers, urban planners, those working in
industry, consultants, and policymakers.
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