Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua
Poor urban populations in Southern cities are already experiencing the negative impacts of changing weather patterns associated with climate change and climate variability and future projections suggest that these impacts will get worse. Severe wea...
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okr-10986-110892021-04-23T14:02:53Z Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua Moser, Caroline Norton, Andrew Stein, Alfredo Georgieva, Sophia ADAPTATION ADAPTATION ACTION ADAPTATION ACTIONS ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES ADAPTATION BENEFITS ADAPTATION FUNDS ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION PLANS ADAPTATION RESPONSES ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE CLIMATE ADVERSE WEATHER CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE VARIABILITY COLLECTION SYSTEMS DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTERS DUST FLOODING FLOODS HEAT HEAT STRESS LAND TENURE NEGATIVE IMPACTS RAIN RAINFALL SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS URBAN AREAS URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN VULNERABILITY WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EFFECTS WEATHER PATTERNS WIND WIND SPEED WINDS Poor urban populations in Southern cities are already experiencing the negative impacts of changing weather patterns associated with climate change and climate variability and future projections suggest that these impacts will get worse. Severe weather patterns, experienced as prolonged droughts, intense rainfall or wind speed cause substantial damage to the assets and well-being of city-dwellers, causing localized flooding, housing damage, economic loss, and posing dangers to health and educational achievement. Yet, severe weather events that do not register as disasters on the national or international screen are rarely addressed in the context of climate change adaptation. Urban governments face a number of constraints to effectively address and build resilience to severe weather: a knowledge constraint (given the scarce evidence of the impact of ongoing severe weather trends), in addition to institutional and fiscal limitations. Since most climate vulnerability research in urban centers has focused on projections and capacity building for disaster events, city adaptation plans, where developed, has also centered on establishing disaster prevention and preparedness systems. This note presents results from field studies of Mombasa, Kenya, and Esteli in Nicaragua looking at the experience of poor urban communities in relation to their changing experience of weather and its impact on their lives. These studies applied a participatory urban methodology by which local city governments and the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and donors that support them - can address adaptation and resilience to severe weather. It finds that talking to poor urban communities is essential in order to understand the vulnerability and adaptation solutions to severe weather. It also notes that existing financial mechanisms at the city level, including local and community-based organizations, can be used to support low-cost solutions that enhance the resilience of the most vulnerable city-dwellers. 2012-08-13T14:06:41Z 2012-08-13T14:06:41Z 2010-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/14875647/pro-poor-urban-adaptation-climate-change-based-case-studies-kenya-nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11089 English Social Development Notes CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Africa Nicaragua Kenya |
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ADAPTATION ADAPTATION ACTION ADAPTATION ACTIONS ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES ADAPTATION BENEFITS ADAPTATION FUNDS ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION PLANS ADAPTATION RESPONSES ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE CLIMATE ADVERSE WEATHER CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE VARIABILITY COLLECTION SYSTEMS DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTERS DUST FLOODING FLOODS HEAT HEAT STRESS LAND TENURE NEGATIVE IMPACTS RAIN RAINFALL SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS URBAN AREAS URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN VULNERABILITY WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EFFECTS WEATHER PATTERNS WIND WIND SPEED WINDS Moser, Caroline Norton, Andrew Stein, Alfredo Georgieva, Sophia Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
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Poor urban populations in Southern
cities are already experiencing the negative impacts of
changing weather patterns associated with climate change and
climate variability and future projections suggest that
these impacts will get worse. Severe weather patterns,
experienced as prolonged droughts, intense rainfall or wind
speed cause substantial damage to the assets and well-being
of city-dwellers, causing localized flooding, housing
damage, economic loss, and posing dangers to health and
educational achievement. Yet, severe weather events that do
not register as disasters on the national or international
screen are rarely addressed in the context of climate change
adaptation. Urban governments face a number of constraints
to effectively address and build resilience to severe
weather: a knowledge constraint (given the scarce evidence
of the impact of ongoing severe weather trends), in addition
to institutional and fiscal limitations. Since most climate
vulnerability research in urban centers has focused on
projections and capacity building for disaster events, city
adaptation plans, where developed, has also centered on
establishing disaster prevention and preparedness systems.
This note presents results from field studies of Mombasa,
Kenya, and Esteli in Nicaragua looking at the experience of
poor urban communities in relation to their changing
experience of weather and its impact on their lives. These
studies applied a participatory urban methodology by which
local city governments and the Non-governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and donors that support them - can
address adaptation and resilience to severe weather. It
finds that talking to poor urban communities is essential in
order to understand the vulnerability and adaptation
solutions to severe weather. It also notes that existing
financial mechanisms at the city level, including local and
community-based organizations, can be used to support
low-cost solutions that enhance the resilience of the most
vulnerable city-dwellers. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
| author |
Moser, Caroline Norton, Andrew Stein, Alfredo Georgieva, Sophia |
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Moser, Caroline Norton, Andrew Stein, Alfredo Georgieva, Sophia |
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Moser, Caroline |
| title |
Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
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Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
| title_full |
Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
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Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
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Pro-Poor Urban Adaptation to Climate Change : Based on Case Studies in Kenya and Nicaragua |
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pro-poor urban adaptation to climate change : based on case studies in kenya and nicaragua |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/14875647/pro-poor-urban-adaptation-climate-change-based-case-studies-kenya-nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11089 |
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