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A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters : Adapting Experiences from Vietnam’s Cities to Other Cities

This workbook is intended to help policy makers in developing countries plan for a safer future in urban areas in the face of natural disasters and the consequences of climate change. It is based on the experiences of three cities in Vietnam, Can T...

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Main Authors:	Shah, Fatima, Ranghieri, Federica
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADAPTATION ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES ADAPTATION APPROACH ADAPTATION CONSIDERATIONS ADAPTATION MEASURE ADAPTATION OPTIONS ADAPTATION POLICIES ADAPTATION PRIORITIES ADAPTATION PROJECTS ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR TEMPERATURE ALTITUDE ATMOSPHERE BANKS BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY STRENGTHENING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE FACTORS CLIMATE FORECASTS CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MITIGATION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE REFUGEES CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATES CLIMATIC STIMULI CO COLORS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINGENCY PLANNING CRED CYCLONES DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER IMPACTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEM DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DOCUMENTS DROUGHT DROUGHT PERIODS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECOLOGICAL ZONES ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS EVACUATION EXCESS RAINFALL EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER FAULT LINES FINANCIAL CAPACITY FIRE FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD HAZARD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GHG GLOBAL AIR TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HAIL HEAT HEAT WAVES HEAVY RAINFALL HEAVY RAINS HYDROLOGY ICE ICE CAPS ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND USE LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LIGHTING LOCAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LOW-CARBON METEOROLOGY METHANE MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE MONSOONS MOUNTAIN GLACIERS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER MITIGATION NATURAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OCCURRENCE OF DISASTERS PRECIPITATION RAINFALL PATTERNS RECONSTRUCTION REDUCING POVERTY RISK ASSESSMENT SAFETY SAVINGS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS SEA WALLS SEARCH AND RESCUE SEASON SEAWATER SLUM SOCIAL AFFAIRS STORM STORM SURGE STORM SURGES TECTONIC PLATES TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CONTROL TEMPERATURE INCREASES THUNDERSTORMS TORNADOS TROPICAL STORMS TROPICS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UPPER ATMOSPHERE URBAN FORESTRY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES
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A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters : Adapting Experiences from Vietnam’s Cities to Other Cities

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