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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Building Resilience in Asian Cities
Authors : Bach Tan Sinh, G. K. Bhat, Marcus Moench, Steve Gawler
Published in: Resilient Cities 2
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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Abstract
The vulnerability of urban systems and communities to climate change can be extremely high. Many cities are vulnerable due to their dependence on fragile urban systems, and this is particularly true for the poor and other marginalized groups residing in these cities. Planning for urban resilience must, as a result, address the factors that contribute to system fragility while also ensuring access to such systems by marginalized as well as more socially and economically advantaged communities. While the above conceptual challenge may be clear, practical strategies for building climate resilience by addressing the fragility of systems and addressing the needs of marginalized communities are only beginning to emerge.
This chapter presents the approaches, methods and initial results of resilience planning and practice undertaken by cities in India and Vietnam as part of the Rockefeller Foundation “Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network” (ACCCRN). It then draws on some of the initial learnings from this experience and discusses ways of embedding urban climate resilience planning into sustainable development at the local level and into national development planning frameworks.