{"product_id":"climate-adaptation-governance-in-cities-and-regions-isbn-9781118451717","title":"Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlobal climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Therefore, cities and regions around the globe face the challenge of exploring flexible and innovative forms of governance which have to address specific local or regional vulnerabilities and build capacity to accommodate future change.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThis raises questions about the roles of stakeholders, the involvement of citizens, the composition and use of formal and informal instruments as well as the implementation of different forms of organization and regulation at the local and regional level.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThis book provides case studies from cities and regions all around the world. It analyses climate change adaptation from a perspective of organizing, administering and implementing local and regional adaptation strategies and measures. It looks into actors, actor-constellations, institutions and networks of climate adaptation. And, it provides the reader with knowledge about good practices and experiences to be transferred for solving adaptation challenges in cities and regions around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors, ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Climate adaptation governance in cities and regions: framework conditions, theoretical concepts and research questions 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJörg Knieling and Katharina Klindworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Theoretical basis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Applying social resilience concepts and indicators to support climate adaptation in tropical North Queensland, Australia 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllan Patrick Dale, Karen Vella, Ruth Potts, Bronwyn Voyce, Bob Stevenson, Alison Cottrell, David King, Hurriyet Babacan, Helen Boon, Margaret Gooch and Petina Pert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Spatial planning to promote urban resilience in coping with climate change and flooding: exploring two cases in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeiwen Lu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Adaptation to climate change and participatory action research (PAR): lessons from municipalities in Quebec, Canada 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Plante, Liette Vasseur and Charlotte DaCunha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Generating narratives on future risk to inform regional climate change adaptation planning 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas K. Bardsley, Nathanael D. Wiseman and Graeme J. Hugo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Advancing climate change adaptation and climate risk understanding through intervention research: case studies from Brazil and Australia 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilvia Serrao-Neumann, Gabriela Marques Di Giulio, Lucia Costa Ferreira and Darryl Low Choy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Climate adaptation and the significance of different modes of local political leadership: views of Swedish local political leaders 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMattias Hjerpe and Sofie Storbjörk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Hierarchical forms of coordination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Regulating climate change adaptation, the case of surface water 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrude Rauken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Climate adaptation governance – theory, concepts, and praxis in cities and regions. The role of climate and water governance in supporting climate change adaptation processes 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Leal Filho, Margot A. Hurlbert and Harry Diaz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Climate problem and territorial governance: an overview of adaptation initiatives at the French regional level 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrançois Bertrand, Elsa Richard and Corinne Larrue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Regional rescaling in adaptation governance: from agency to collaborative control in flood management in England? 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrene Lorenzoni, David Benson and Hadrian Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 From case studies to policy-making: adapting to climate change in Lithuania 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustas Kažys, Egidijus Rimkus and Julija Naujëkaitë\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The rise and fall of climate adaptation governance on the Gold Coast, Australia 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Howes and Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Climate change adaptation in private real estate development: essential concepts about development for feasible research, regulation and governance 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEddo Coiacetto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Pro-poor climate change adaptation in Zambia 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanny Simatele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Informal and corporative forms of coordination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Climate change adaptation through hierarchies and networks in the city of Bergen 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarte Winsvold, Kari Johanne Hjeltnes, Jan Erling Klausen and Ove Langeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Influence of citizens and stakeholders in shaping adaptation policy – opportunities and barriers 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSøren Gram, Bjørn Bedsted and Andreas Hastrup Clemmensen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Public participation in the governance of metropolitan scale climate adaptation: panacea or problem? 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Burton and Johanna Nalau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Governance for (climate) change in American \"Legacy\" cities: a case study of Cleveland 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanda Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Governance of climate change adaptation on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlan Kelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Adaptation in small coastal towns in Australia 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Stanley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Transnational learning for climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region 389\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefanie Lange Scherbenske and Lisa Van Well\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Findings of Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Regions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Climate adaptation governance in cities and regions between hierarchical steering and network cooperation: findings from theoretical considerations and international practice 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJörg Knieling and Katharina Klindworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 421\u003c\/p\u003e Jörg Knieling is head of the Institute for Urban Planning and Regional Development of HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany, and Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research has focused on strategies, instruments and the governance of sustainable urban and regional development as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation on the levels of cities and regions. He has been involved in various national and international research projects and scientific boards dealing with questions of urban and regional climate adaptation. \u003cp\u003eGlobal climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Therefore, cities and regions around the globe face the challenge of exploring flexible and innovative forms of governance which have to address specific local or regional vulnerabilities and build capacity to accommodate future change.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis raises questions about the roles of stakeholders, the involvement of citizens, the composition and use of formal and informal instruments as well as the implementation of different forms of organization and regulation at the local and regional level.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book provides case studies from cities and regions all around the world. It analyses climate change adaptation from a perspective of organizing, administering and implementing local and regional adaptation strategies and measures. It looks into actors, actor-constellations, institutions and networks of climate adaptation. And, it provides the reader with knowledge about good practices and experiences to be transferred for solving adaptation challenges in cities and regions around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988928512229,"sku":"NP9781118451717","price":173.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118451717.jpg?v=1761782089","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/climate-adaptation-governance-in-cities-and-regions-isbn-9781118451717","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}