Megacities and the Coast

Risk, Resilience and Transformation

Mark Pelling, Sophie Blackburn (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-81512-3 (ISBN)

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Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management. It is the primary output of a major international scientific project sponsored by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, the Land-Ocean Interactions at the Coastal Zone programme of IHDP/IGBP, and others. It brings together the work of over 60 contributing authors and an international review board.

It presents the international policy and academic community with an unbiased and high quality assessment of the state-of-the art in areas of social-ecological systems interaction. One of its main messages is that while we know a great deal about megacities of more than ten million people and about urban processes, and about coasts and their physical and ecological processes (aquatic, physical and atmospheric), there is relatively little work that focusses primarily at points of intersection between large-scale urbanization and the coast. The book responds to this gap by providing the first global synthesis of megacity and large urban region urbanization on the coast. Its focus is on environmental and development challenges, climate change and disaster. It is interdisciplinary and brings together world recognised scientists (including many IPCC lead authors) on urban climate and atmosphere, disaster risk management, demography and coastal environments.

Mark Pelling is Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK. Sophie Blackburn is a Research Associate in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK.

Executive Summary 1. Mega-Urbanisation on the Coast: Global Context and Key Trends in the Twenty-First Century 2. The Environmental Impacts of Megacities on the Coast 3. Coastal Megacities, Environmental Hazards and Global Environmental Change 4. Contributions of Coastal Megacities to Environmental Changes at Regional and Global Scales 5. Reducing Risk from Natural Hazard, Pollution and Climate Change in Megacities and Associated Networks 6. Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change and Development: Interaction and Integration 7. Case Studies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2013
Zusatzinfo	13 Tables, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-415-81512-6 / 0415815126
ISBN-13	978-0-415-81512-3 / 9780415815123
Zustand	Neuware