ABSTRACT
This book deepens the understanding of the broader processes that shape and mediate the responses to climate change of poor urban households and communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Representing an important contribution to the evolution of more effective pro-poor climate change policies in urban areas by local governments, national governments and international organisations, this book is invaluable reading to students and scholars of environment and development studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|36 pages
Urban poverty and climate change
chapter 2|24 pages
The lived experience of urban poverty and climate change
part II|74 pages
Vulnerability, adaptation and the built environment
chapter 3|16 pages
Generations of migrants and natures of slums
part III|74 pages
Understanding change and adaptation
chapter 7|17 pages
Urban livelihoods in an era of climate change
chapter 8|18 pages
Facing the floods
chapter 9|19 pages
From asset vulnerability to asset planning
chapter 10|18 pages
Climate change and water scarcity
part IV|70 pages
From learning to knowledge, innovation to action
chapter 11|15 pages
Innovation in the context of climate change
chapter 12|19 pages
Can asset transfer promote adaptation amongst the extreme urban poor?
chapter 13|17 pages
The politics of knowledge and production of vulnerability in urban informal settlements
chapter 14|17 pages
Mobilising adaptation
part V|11 pages
Conclusion