Resilient Policies in Asian Cities Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters Mitsuru Tanaka 9811386005 9789811386008

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• ISBN 10: 9811386005
• ISBN 13: 9789811386008
• Author: Mitsuru Tanaka

This book presents a comprehensive framework and indicators that can be used to assess a city’s degree of resilience. Based on surveys using bottom-up assessment tools, it proposes the concept, framework and indicators of a resilient policy model (including some participatory approaches). It also presents case studies of this and similar tools applied to Japanese and Asian cities, the highlights including information not previously available in English. Today, the term “resilience” is prevalent in the context of sustainable societies. The IPCC AR5 published in 2014 again stressed the impact of climate change on natural disasters, while in March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations International Strategy of Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) published the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action 2015-2030 , which serves as a guideline for local governments. Offering transdisciplinary perspectives from fields such as policy science, urban planning, environmental science, social psychology, management development and geography, this book discusses the lessons learned from Asian case studies, explaining the challenges and the effectiveness of the tools, and offering transdisciplinary insights for policymakers.

Table of contents:

Part I. Perspectives

1. A Framework and Indicators of Resilience

2. Assessment of City Resilience Using Urban Indicators in Japanese Cities

3. Civil Indicator: General Public’s Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities

4. Civil Indicator: The Resilience Index of Regional Communities to the Risks of Disasters

5. Administrative Indicator: Local Officials’ Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities

Part II. Case Studies

6. Application of the Policy Model in Sendai: the Experiences of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action UNISDR/WCDRR Public Forum, 2015–2030

7. Multi-criteria Evaluation of Local Energy Resilience

8. Enhancing Capacities for Building Climate and Disaster-Resilient Cities in Asia: Case Study of Cebu, Philippines and Nonthaburi, Thailand

9. Strengthening Urban Resilience/Disaster Risk Management in Asian Cities

10. Knowledge Co-production Processes for Building Disaster Resilience of Communities in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Baler, Aurora, Philippines

Part III. Recommendations

11. “Covenant of Mayors Japan”: Regional Re-creation and Global Contributions Through Climate Policy and Energy Autonomy

12. Comprehensive Lessons Learned and the Next Steps

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