Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities Governance for a more resilient urban future Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research Series

The role of cities in addressing climate change is increasingly recognised in international arenas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the New Urban Agenda. Asia is home to many of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and, along with Africa, will be the site of most urban population growth over the coming decades.

Bringing together a range of city experiences, Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities provides valuable insights into how cities can overcome some of the barriers to building climate resilience, including addressing the needs of vulnerable populations. The chapters are centred on an overarching understanding that adaptive urban governance is necessary for climate resilience. This requires engaging with different actors to take into account their experiences, vulnerabilities and priorities; building knowledge, including collecting and using appropriate evidence; and understanding the institutions shaping interactions between actors, from the national to the local level.

The chapters draw on a mix of research methodologies, demonstrating the variety of approaches to understanding and building urban resilience that can be applied in urban settings. Bringing together a range of expert contributors, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban studies, sustainability and environmental studies, development studies and Asian studies.

Introduction

I. Actors

1. Climate justice, social protection and just adaptation: The vulnerability contexts of migrant workers in Indian cities

2. Rights, risks and resilience: The 3Rs approach to child-centred climate change adaptation in Asian cities

3. Improving multi-stakeholder collaboration for a resilient water and sanitation sector in Dhaka, Bangladesh

II. Knowledge

4. Coastal urban development in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, in the context of climate change

5. Approaches to resilience planning in Indian cities: The ACCCRN experience

6. How can climate change vulnerability assessments best impact policy and planning? Lessons from Indonesia

III. Institutions

7. Institutional challenges and solutions for improving coordination mechanisms for the water supply sector in peri-urban Can Tho, Vietnam

8. Water security and urban resilience: The case of Baguio City, Philippines

9. Modelling demand for catastrophic flood index-based insurance in Da Nang City, Vietnam: Using choice experiments

10. Local government planners’ perspectives: Challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation in Indonesia

Conclusion

Diane Archer is a Senior Researcher in the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK.

Sarah Colenbrander is a Researcher in the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK.

David Dodman is Director of the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK.