Urban Resilience and Climate Change in the MENA Region

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-42542-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 302 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

This book provides an overview of the geopolitical context and climate change risk profile of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.

Mapping existing scientific literature and key reports on MENA climate change impacts and future projections, Nuha Eltinay and Charles Egbu establish links between the Conference of the Parties (from COP26, COP27 to COP28) Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh Work Program for Progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation, and regional climate adaptation financing targets, national government investments, and human security in local case studies. They also address gaps in disaster risk reduction institutional governance for sustainable development in the region. The authors move beyond the existing theoretical understanding of urban resilience to investigate how it is being measured and assessed in MENA in alignment with the IPCC’s climate change adaptation indicators. Finally, they explore how disasters and conflict displacement vulnerabilities and fragility affecting the communities most in need are being measured and integrated into cities’ resilience action plans and national disaster risk policies.

Providing guidance and policy recommendations based on empirical research and key stakeholder engagement observations, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and professionals who are researching and working in the areas of climate change, urban planning, and environmental policy and governance.

As this book comes out just after the closure of The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 negotiations, it sets the scene for pre-COP regional context, and paves the way for researchers and practitioners to undertake post-COP28 key takeaways and multi-level government commitments into action, for better climate mitigation and adaptation investments, resilient and sustainable future for all.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eltinay, Nuha

Egbu, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 2

DECLARATION. 2

ABSTRACT. 5

Chapter 1: MENA Regional Context – Impact of Climate Change. 5

1.1 Background and Geographical Context – Urban Risk Profile. 5

1.2 Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation. 5

1.3 Climate Change and Human Security. 5

Chapter 2: Drivers of Climate Risk – Vulnerabilities. 5

2.1 Urbanisation of Poverty. 5

2.2 Decentralisation and Urban Governance. 5

2.3 Fragility and Political Instability. 5

Chapter 3: Urban Resilience – Conceptual Framework. 5

3.1 Definition of Resilience. 5

3.2 Resilience of What and to What? 5

3.3 Dynamics of Resilience (Exposure, Risk, and Vulnerability) 5

Chapter 4: Measuring Urban Resilience. 5

4.1 Assessments of Urban Resilience. 5

4.2 Measuring Urban Resilience. 5

4.3 Building Urban Resilience. 5

4.4 Measures of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. 5

Chapter 5: Monitoring Urban Resilience. 6

5.1 Data: Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) and Climate Information. 6

5.2 Urban Resilience Governance: Disaster Risk Reduction Policies and Local Capacities. 6

5.3 Decision-Making: Urban Resilience Action Planning (U-RAP) and Policy Formulation. 6

Chapter 6: Adaptation to Climate Change – Financing Urban Resilience. 6

6.1 The Gap in Financing for Urban Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA). 6

6.2 Assessments of Climate Risk and Fiscal Risk Management 6

6.3 Adaptive, Absorptive and Transformative Capacity Building. 6

Chapter 7: Urban Resilience Governance – Key Stakeholders in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 6

7.1 Definition of Key Stakeholders – Characteristics, Roles, and Responsibilities. 6

7.2 Mapping DRR and CCA Key Stakeholders. 6

7.3 Dynamics of Key Stakeholder Engagement 6

Chapter 8: Urban Resilience – Opportunities and Constraints for Adaptation to Climate Ch

Über Autor(innen)

Nuha Eltinay is an award-winning spatial planner, a PhD holder in urban resilience from London South Bank University (LSBU), and a master’s degree holder in international planning and sustainable development from the University of Westminster, London. In her current role as Senior Expert in Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation at ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (European Secretariat), she leads activities of project management, consultations, and acquisition in sustainable urban development, Ukraine post-war recovery, climate adaptation financing, and urban resilience assessments at cities, local communities and EU regional governments level.

Charles Egbu is Vice Chancellor, Leeds Trinity University. Prior to UEL, he was formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education & Experience) at the University of East London, UK, and former Dean of School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, England, where he also holds the chair in project management and strategic management in construction. Professor Egbu has over 25 years of experience in higher education, has written 12 books, and has lectured nationally and internationally in areas such as sustainable development, resilient communities, construction economics, and innovation and knowledge management in complex environments.