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Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern African Cities

Building Knowledge for Adaptation
BookPaperback
Ranking23697in
CHF69.00

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In recent decades, extreme rains and drought have struck urban regions in Africa like never before. The book is addressed to graduate students, researchers and practitioners interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in order to integrate climate change into applied research and development projects in urban Africa.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-319-00671-0
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherSpringer
Publishing date10/03/2014
Edition2014
SeriesSpringer Climate
Pages268 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 155 mm, Height 235 mm, Thickness 15 mm
Weight411 g
Article no.3191606
Publisher's article no.86262380
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.15848850
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Maurizio Tiepolo is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His skills range from climate change risk mapping in urban and rural areas, regional development planning, monitoring and evaluation of local development plans, local taxation assessment and informal settlement regularization. Since 2003, he has designed and executed 10 development assistance projects for various multi or bilateral and decentralized organizations in Congo, Ecuador, Macedonia, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal.Silvia Macchi is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and has extensive experience in environmental and gender analysis of spatial planning and urban policies. Her long-standing research and practice in local and participatory sustainable development forms the basis of her current work on planning local initiatives for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan cities.

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