A workbook on planning for urban resilience in the face of disasters : adapting experiences from Vietnam's cities to other cities

The world is urbanizing rapidly. A little over half the global population is urban today. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN\u2013HABITAT), by 2050, this proportion will grow to 70 percent\u2014and of a much larger pie, 9 billion people worldwide. This urban growth will predominantly (90 percent) take place in developing countries. Developing countries host 70 million new urban residents each year. Cities in the developing world are already challenged in providing adequate infrastructure and services to current residents, let alone supporting such large increases in the future. It is expected that the global slum population will double to 2 billion by 2030. The trend in increasing natural hazards further complicates the situation. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters reports via its Emergency Events Database (CRED EM-DAT) that, in 2010, 385 natural disasters killed nearly 300,000 people, affected over 217 million others, and caused $123.9 billion in damages in 131 countries. These economic damages represent an increase of 160.4 percent compared to 2009. Climate change and shifting tectonic plates will further exacerbate the situation. This workbook provides standard procedures local officials can use to develop Local Resilience Action Plans. While based on learning from the Vietnam experience, the guidance provided can be applied by any city at any level of disaster preparedness. The experience of the three pilot cities is the basis for llustrating the methodology. The pilots represent a broad range of city caracteristics in terms of geography, population size, economic base, administrative structure, and natural hazards\u2014demonstrating that the LRAP process is useful to a variety of cities. Indeed, the methodology has been taken up by cities outside of Vietnam, in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These cities have adapted the steps in the workbook to fit their local conditions and priorities and the workbook shows how they build resilience to climate change and natural disaster

Compensating for severe nuclear accidents: An expert elucidation

We present the results of a structured discussion held in London in July 2014 involving a panel of experts drawn from three communities: specialists on aspects of risk and insurance; lawyers concerned with issues of nuclear law; and safety and environmental regulators. The discussions were held on the basis of participant anonymity. The process emphasised three considerations: conceptions of loss arising from a severe nuclear accident; the specifics of the Fukushima-Daiichi accident and what it means for policy and strategy going forward; and the future of liability regimes. We observe some stoicism from those closest to implementation of policies and procedures associated with nuclear risks, but a lower level of certainty and confidence among those concerned with nuclear energy regulation

Building climate and disaster resilience into city planning and management processes

This paper presents an integrated analytic framework for tackling climate change through mainstreaming disaster risk management into overall development planning in urban areas. It discusses an ongoing application of the Climate Resilient City framework in East Asia, the Middle East and Africa

Strumenti economici e politiche dell'ambiente e del clima

Il contributo presenta il processo di creazione delle esternalità, focalizzando l'attenzione sulle esternalià ambientali. Presenta inoltre la disciplina e i metodi della contabilità ambientale come possibile ausilio nell'internalizzazione delle esternalità ambientali. Segue una dissertazione nella stessa chiave relativa ai cambiamenti climatici

Il Carbon Expo : i meccanismi geograficamente bilanciati per combattere i cambiamenti climatici nei Paesi in via di sviluppo

Presentazione e valutazione della conferenza Carbon Expo tenutasi a Colonia nel 2004 e presentazione degli strumenti geograficamente bilanciat

Climate resilient cities : a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters

This Primer provides city administrators with exactly what they need to know about the complex and compelling challenges of climate change. The books helps local government in developing countries create training, capacity building and capital investment programs for building sustainable, resilient communities. A step by step self assessment challenges policy makers to think about the resources needed to combat natural disasters through an innovative Hot Spot risk and vulnerability identification tool

La comunicazione ambientale e l'impresa : analisi di un percorso

Il volume tratta dell'integrazione della variabile ambientale nelle strategie d'impresa e in particolare nella comunicazione ambientale, presentando strumenti e casi applicativi

Law and Policy Responses to Disaster-Induced Financial Distress

This chapter treats disaster response policies directed at the economic recovery of private households. First, we examine problems of disaster-induced financial distress from a legal and economic perspective. We do this both qualitatively and quantitatively, and focussing on residential loans, using the victims of the 11 March 2011 tsunami as our example. Then, using doctrinal and systematic analysis, we set out the broad array of law and policy solutions tackling disaster-induced debt launched by the Japanese Government. On this basis, we assess the strengths and weaknesses of these measures in terms of their practical adequacy to prevent and mitigate financial hardship and examine them against multiple dimensions of disaster justice. We conclude with suggestions for improving financial disaster recovery by taking a prospective approach, preventing the snowballing of disaster-related losses, which we argue represents a equitable and effective way forward in allocating resources following future mega disasters