Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities

by Philip Ward, Malcolm Bowman, Piet Dircke, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities, including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city can learn from the others. While the main focus is on coastal flooding, cities are also affected by climate change in other ways, including impacts that occur away from the coast. The New York City...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849713464
• ISBN13: 9781849713467
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"