Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management : an Asian perspective

497 Pages·2010·16.088 MB·English

by  Pulhin, Juan M., Pereira, Joy J., Shaw, Rajib

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION:
AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE

COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT VOLUME 5
CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION AND
DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION: AN ASIAN
PERSPECTIVE
EDITED BY
RAJIB SHAW
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
JUAN M. PULHIN
Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance,
College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University
of the Philippines Los Ban˜os, Philippines
JOY JACQUELINE PEREIRA
Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute
(SEADPRI-UKM), Institute for Environment and Development
(LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
United Kingdom – North America – Japan
India – Malaysia – China
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors ix
List of Editors xiii
Brief Introduction to the Series xv
Brief Introduction to the Volume xvii
Preface xix
Chapter 1 Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective
Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin and 1
Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Chapter2 ImpactsofClimateChangeInducedHazardsand
Adaptation Processes in Bangladesh: An Overview
Tawhidul Islam, M. Aminur Rahman and 19
Fuad Mallick
Chapter 3 Overview of Drought Risk
Reduction Approaches in Bangladesh
Umma Habiba, Yukiko Takeuchi and Rajib Shaw 37
Chapter 4 Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction in Cambodia
Huy Nguyen, Rajib Shaw and Prabhakar SVRK 59
Chapter 5 Integrated Climate Change Adaptation
in Chilika Lagoon Fisheries, India
Shimpei Iwasaki and Rajib Shaw 81
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Chapter 6 Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction Experiences in Japan
Yukiko Takeuchi and Rajib Shaw 105
Chapter 7 Forest Management as an
Adaptation Option in Mountain Areas of Japan
Kumiko Fujita and Rajib Shaw 127
Chapter 8 Mainstreaming Climate Change
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction:
A Malaysian Approach
Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Tan Ching Tiong and 147
Ibrahim Komoo
Chapter 9 Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal:
Issues and Strategies
Jishnu Subedi 169
Chapter 10 Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan
Amir Nawaz Khan 197
Chapter 11 Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction
and Climate Change Adaptation: Initiatives and
Challenges in the Philippines
Juan M. Pulhin, Maricel A. Tapia and 217
Rosa T. Perez
Chapter 12 Local Adaptation to Enhance
Livelihood Assets and Build Resilience in Albay,
Philippines
Noralene Uy, Yukiko Takeuchi and Rajib Shaw 237
Chapter 13 Climate Change and Disaster Risks: The
Singapore Response
Bing Li and Vikram Rajola 261
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Chapter 14 Climate Change Adaptation and Agroforestry
in Sri Lanka
Rekha Nianthi 285
Chapter 15 Coastal Ecosystems and Climate Vulnerability
in Sri Lanka
Deepthi Wickramasinghe 307
Chapter 16 The Experiences of DRR through
CCA in Taiwan
Jet-Chau Wen, Shao-Yang Huang, 327
Chia-Chen Hsu and Kou-Chiang Chang
Chapter 17 Water Insecurities and Climate Change
Adaptation in Thailand
Louis Lebel, Phimphakan Lebel and Rajesh Daniel 349
Chapter 18 Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Reduction in Vietnam
Huy Nguyen and Rajib Shaw 373
Chapter 19 Local Vulnerability and Adaptation
to Extreme Climate Events along the Central Coast
of Vietnam
Bui Duc Tinh, Tran Huu Tuan, Tran Phong, 393
Bui Dung The and Bui Thi Tam
Chapter 20 Identifying Linkages Between Rates and
Distributions of Malaria, Water-born Diseases and Influenza
with Climate Variability and Climate Change in Vietnam
Tran Mai Kien, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, 417
Hoang Duc Cuong and Rajib Shaw
Chapter 21 Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Reduction: Key Challenges and Ways Forward
Juan M. Pulhin, Rajib Shaw and Joy Jacqueline Pereira 451

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Kou-Chiang Chang Division Leader of Planning Division, Water
Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Hoang Duc Cuong Research Center for Meteorology and
Climatology, National Institute of
Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment,
Hanoi, Vietnam
Rajesh Daniel Unit for Social and Environmental Research,
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai,
Thailand
Kumiko Fujita Graduate School of Global Environmental
Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Umma Habiba Graduate School of Global Environmental
Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Tran Thi Tuyet Department of Environmental Health, Hanoi
Hanh School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
Chia-Chen Hsu Chief Leader, Research Center for Soil &
Water Resources and Natural Disaster
Prevention, National Yunlin University of
Science & Technology, Douliou, Yunlin,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Shao-Yang Huang Vice-ExecutiveSecretary,ResearchCenterfor
Soil & Water Resources and Natural Disaster
Prevention, National Yunlin University of
Science & Technology, Douliou, Yunlin,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Tawhidul Islam Department of Geography and Environment,
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
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