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Why Focusing on Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia Is Relevant and Urgent

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Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia

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This volume brings together primary research conducted in secondary cities of Southeast Asia. It provides readers with improved knowledge regarding issues of vulnerability, governance, and climate resilience. The goal of the book and the Urban Climate Resilience in South East Asia (UCRSEA) project is to suggest possible next steps, even as urban systems are dramatically changing in the face of socioeconomic and environmental challenges. The chapter summarizes specific examples from the book drawn from Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. As the authors document, urban citizens most directly affected by climate change lack access to power and need to be able to participate in the creation and implementation of climate-adaptation strategies if they are to be more effective.

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    The UCRSEA Partnership is financially supported via a five-year International Partnership for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada.

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  1. Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada

    Amrita G. Daniere

  2. Risk Management and Adaptive Planning (VARMAP), Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113, Bonn, Germany

    Matthias Garschagen

  3. Thailand Environment Institute, 16/151 Muang Thong Thani, Bond Street, Bangpood, Pakkred, Nonthaburi, 11120, Thailand

    Pakamas Thinphanga

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Daniere, A.G., Garschagen, M., Thinphanga, P. (2019). Why Focusing on Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia Is Relevant and Urgent. In: Daniere, A., Garschagen, M. (eds) Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98968-6_1

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