Megahydropolis: coastal cities in the context of global environmental change

Timmerman, Peter; White, Rodney R.

doi:10.1016/s0959-3780(97)00009-5

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“…The vulnerability of megacities to hazards and disasters has been the subject of increasing academic interest, with recent special issues of GeoJournal (Parker and Mitchell, 1995), Applied Geography (Mitchell, 1998), andOcean &Coastal Management (Barbi" ere andLi, 2001), as well as influential publications by Timmerman and White (1997), Rakodi and Treloar (1997), Mitchell (1999) and Cross (2001). This academic interest has complemented the increasing policy interest, as reflected by initiatives of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (and now the UN/ISDR) and the Disaster Management Facility of the World Bank.…”

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Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

Klein

Nicholls

Thomalla

2003

Environmental Hazards

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Resilience is widely seen as a desirable system property in environmental management. This paper explores the concept of resilience to natural hazards, using weather-related hazards in coastal megacities as an example. The paper draws on the wide literature on megacities, coastal hazards, hazard risk reduction strategies, and resilience within environmental management. Some analysts define resilience as a system attribute, whilst others use it as an umbrella concept for a range of system attributes deemed desirable. These umbrella concepts have not been made operational to support planning or management. It is recommended that resilience only be used in a restricted sense to describe specific system attributes concerning (i) the amount of disturbance a system can absorb and still remain within the same state or domain of attraction and (ii) the degree to which the system is capable of selforganisation. The concept of adaptive capacity, which has emerged in the context of climate change, can then be adopted as the umbrella concept, where resilience will be one factor influencing adaptive capacity. This improvement to conceptual clarity would foster much-needed communication between the natural hazards and the climate change communities and, more importantly, offers greater potential in application, especially when attempting to move away from disaster recovery to hazard prediction, disaster prevention, and preparedness. r

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

Klein

Nicholls

Thomalla

2003

Environmental Hazards

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“…For example, Timmerman and White (1997) argue that scaling up is necessary, since vulnerable coastal cities worldwide will never be able to adapt to the problem all by themselves. Other reasons for scaling up are to enhance understanding of the problem, to improve governance, to promote domestic interests, and the desire to promote extraterritorial interests (Gupta 2007c;forthcoming).…”

Section: Climate-global or Local Problem; Global Or Local Governance?mentioning

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Climate change: a ‘glocal’ problem requiring ‘glocal’ action

Gupta

Moel

Leeuw

2007

Environmental Sciences

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Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. RESEARCH ARTICLEClimate change: a 'glocal' problem requiring 'glocal' action JOYEETA GUPTA, KIM VAN DER LEEUW, & HANS DE MOELInstitute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract It is generally assumed that global problems like climate change call for global solutions, which are then implemented at different administrative levels. This paper attempts to deconstruct climate change in physical terms to assess its global through to local characteristics, presents existing policy frameworks at different levels, and then discusses some theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking. It investigates the policy space at different administrative levels to see if it is possible to complement the slow global action with local action that goes beyond that strictly speaking needed for implementation. The paper argues that climate change is a problem that is both global and local in nature, that policy responses are possible at multiple administrative levels, and that there is considerable politics in the way responsibilities are assigned to different levels.

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“…Many inland cities, such as Mexico City, are predicted to experience floods that will be more severe and will inflict greater damage with climate change (Baker 2012). In some cases, ongoing 1 National Center for Atmospheric Research Ecology and Society 18(4): 48 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss4/art48/ urbanization will exacerbate the effects of climate change by increasing temperatures through heat island effects and boosting energy demands (Timmerman and White 1997).…”

Section: Cities and Climate Change Adaptationmentioning

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Justice in Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Criteria and Application to Delhi

Hughes¹

2013

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ABSTRACT. Cities around the world are increasingly developing plans to adapt to the consequences of climate change. These plans will have important consequences for urban populations because they are likely to reshape and reconfigure urban infrastructures, services, and decision making processes. It is critical that these adaptation plans are developed in a way that is just. Criteria was developed that can be used to assess justice in adaptation so that the processes, priorities, and impacts address the needs of the most vulnerable urban populations. Further, mechanisms are outlined that have been proposed as responsible for producing urban injustice. The justice criteria are applied to the case of adaptation planning in Delhi and the extent to which poor and informal populations are included and affected by this planning. The analysis shows that adaptation planning in Delhi does not meet the justice criteria in part because of a lack of capacity and the political economy of poverty in the city. The criteria for justice and mechanisms of injustice offer an important step toward developing a greater understanding of not only whether city-level adaptation planning is just, but also why it is or is not.

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Megahydropolis: coastal cities in the context of global environmental change

Cited by 80 publications

References 3 publications

Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

Climate change: a ‘glocal’ problem requiring ‘glocal’ action

Justice in Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Criteria and Application to Delhi

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