Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern African Cities

Maurizio Tiepolo is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His skills range from climate change risk mapping in urban and rural areas, regional development planning, monitoring and evaluation of local development plans, local taxation assessment and informal settlement regularization. Since 2003, he has designed and executed 10 development assistance projects for various multi or bilateral and decentralized organizations in Congo, Ecuador, Macedonia, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal. Silvia Macchi is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and has extensive experience in environmental and gender analysis of spatial planning and urban policies. Her long-standing research and practice in local and participatory sustainable development forms the basis of her current work on planning local initiatives for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan cities.

Adaptation to Incremental Climate Stress in Urban Regions.- Flood Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Large Cities South of the Sahara.- Climate Change Impacts and Institutional Response Capacity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.- Climate Change Effects on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Dar es Salaam.- Urban Sprawl as a Factor of Vulnerability to Climate Change.- Linking Adaptive Capacity and Peri-Urban Features.- Mainstreaming Adaptation into Urban Development and Environmental Management Planning.- Knowledge Sharing on Climate Change as a Resource for Adaptation Processes.- Climate Change Hazards Identification in the Maputo Area.- Impacts of Ocean Dynamics, Climate Change and Human Pressure on the African East Coast.- Flood-Prone Areas due to Heavy Rains and Sea Level Rise in the Municipality of Maputo.- Flood Risk due to Heavy Rains and Rising Sea Levels in the Municipality of Maputo.- Ongoing and Future Flood Adaptation Measures in the Municipality of Maputo.- Linking Vulnerability and Change: A Study in Caia District, Mozambique.

From the book reviews:

"The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of climate-related hazards and the impact they have on areas prone to them, of the capacity of local populations to adapt and of local authorities' ability to respond. It further provides a good overview of methods used to estimate levels of risk and vulnerability, tools that are useful when planning adaptation to climate change in large cities." (Lorena Pasquini, Urban Africa, July, 2014)