Earthscan

Remarks: Fujikura, R., and Toyota, T (Eds.)

This paper reviews climate change impacts and existing disaster risk management system in Japan and offers results of a structured questionnaire survey of the community leaders and disaster risk management personnel of Saijo city of Japan that assesses their perceptions about dealing with the extreme disasters by the existing disaster risk...

Asia’s rapid motorisation not only risks a climate crisis but threatens to undermine development itself. This multi-author volume draws upon the research of IGES experts and international collaborators to demonstrate that integrating co-benefits into transport strategies can mitigate the risks of a climate crisis by making development more...

The objective of Chapter 3 was to present cases from Africa that highlight the local adaptation initiatives in the backdrop of the uniqueness of Africa in terms of its geographical, social, economic, and climate change impacts. This chapter has brought together an useful mixture of case studies of experiences and lessons learned on a variety of...

The huge amounts of municipal solid waste create enormous challenges for all Asian cities across the whole economic spectrum. The issues vary, as do the characteristics of their MSW. Waste management methods must be chosen carefully to suit local conditio