TY - BOOK ID - 15992778 TI - Renewing local planning to face climate change in the tropics AU - Tiepolo, Maurizio. AU - Pezzoli, Alessandro. AU - Tarchiani, Vieri. PY - 2017 SN - 3319590960 3319590952 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Geography. KW - Climate change. KW - Remote sensing. KW - Environmental management. KW - Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Remote-sensing imagery KW - Remote sensing systems KW - Remote terrain sensing KW - Sensing, Remote KW - Terrain sensing, Remote KW - Aerial photogrammetry KW - Aerospace telemetry KW - Detectors KW - Space optics KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Climate change KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Cosmography KW - Earth sciences KW - World history KW - Environmental aspects KW - Climatic changes. KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change science KW - Global environmental change KW - planning KW - environmental risk analysis KW - disaster risk reduction KW - climate vulnerability KW - tropical climate management KW - decision making KW - adaptation KW - urban resilience KW - climate change KW - Social planning KW - Environmental economics. KW - Economics KW - Environmental quality KW - Social development planning KW - Planning KW - Economic aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15992778 AB - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, Western and Eastern Africa, and South East Asia it is shown how successful integration of traditional and modern knowledge can enhance disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the tropics. The case studies encompass both rural and urban settings and cover different scales: rural communities, cities, and regions. In addition, the book looks to the future of planning by addressing topics of major importance, including residual risk integration in local development plans, damage insurance and the potential role of climate vulnerability reduction credits. In many regions of the tropics, climate planning is growing but has still very low quality. This book identifies the weaknesses and proposes effective solutions. ER -