This edition includes whole new sections on climate change adaptation - now a vital part of the work of disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.
This edition includes whole new sections on climate change adaptation - now a vital part of the work of disaster and emergency planning and management...
Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contribution to contemporary climate change scholarship. It synthesizes interdisciplinary research with practical policy, putting an emphasis on positive environmental and socially just outcomes and urban regeneration. Hot Cities offers insights from eminent academics and practitioners, providing both a practical and theoretical outlook on strategy, design and policy development in a climate crisis. Chapters call for urgent responses to the urban heat problem, providing future design projections to...
Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contribution to contemporary climate change scholarship. It syn...