life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America Roy, Manoj editor. Hordijk, Michaela editor. Hulme, David editor. Cawood, Sally editor. text nyu 2016 monographic eng

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xxiii, 274 pages : illustrations : 24 cm. Introduction: a short positioning (referring Climurb and Change2sustain, and Climurb International Workshop) and chapter overview / Michaela Hordijk, Manoj Roy, David Hulme and Sally Cawood -- The lived experience of climate change impacts and adaptation in low income settlements / Manoj Roy, David Hulme, Michaela Hordijk and Sally Cawood -- Generations of migrants and natures of slums : distress, vulnerability and a lower middle-class in Bengaluru, India / M.S. Sriram and Anirudh Krishna -- Emerging practices of community adaptation within innovative water and climate change policies in Durban, South Africa / Catherine Sutherland, Michaela Hordijk and Dianne Scott -- A built environment perspective on adaptation in urban informal settlements, Khulna, Bangladesh / Afroza Parvin, Ashraful Alam, and Rumana Asad -- Health implications of climate change for dwellers of low-income settlements in Tanzania / Iddi Mwanyoka, Kelvin Haule, Riziki Shemdoe and Manoj Roy -- Urban livelihoods in an era of climate change : household adaptations and their limitations in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Nicola Banks -- Facing the floods : community responses to increased rainfall in Guarulhos, Brazil and Arequipa, Peru / Michaela A. Hordijk, Francine Van Den Brandeler and Maria Evangelina Fillipi -- From asset vulnerability to asset planning : negotiating climate change adaptation solutions in an informal settlement in Cartagena, Colombia / Alfredo Stein and Caroline Moser -- Climate change and water scarcity : implications for the urban poor in coastal Bangladesh / Aftab Opel -- Innovation in the context of climate change : what is happening in India's informal economy? / Barbara Harriss-White and Gilbert Rodrigo -- Can asset transfer promote adaptation amongst the extreme urban poor? Lessons from the DSK-Shiree programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Syed Hashemi, Sally Cawood, Noara Razzak, Mamun Ur Rashid and Manoj Roy -- Redefining risk from below : political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia / Arabella Fraser -- Mobilising adaptation : community knowledge and urban governance innovations in Indore, India / Eric K Chu -- Conclusion: Re-conceptualising adaptation and comparing experiences / David Hulme, Manoj Roy, Michaela Hordijk and Sally Cawood. edited by Manoj Roy, Sally Cawood, Michaela Hordijk, and David Hulme. BIGD Urban poor Developing countries Climatic changes Social aspects Developing countries Climatic changes Effect of human beings on Developing countries City planning Environmental aspects Developing countries Urban ecology (Sociology) Developing countries Urban health Developing countries Urban policy Developing countries 362.5091732 9781138860506 (hbk) 2015045848 IEN/DLC 170307 20170322112719.0 31617 eng