Reducing risks to cities from disasters and climate change

This has an editorial and eight papers on this theme:

-Assessing the risks of climate change to settlements in low elevation coastal zones ~-The vulnerability of global cities ~-The vulnerability of Cotonou to sea-level rise ~-Vulnerabilities and responses to climate change for Dhaka ~-Adapting water management to climate change ~-Stakeholder-based strategies for risk reduction for the urban poor ~-A Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change for Cape Town ~-Urbanization, sustainability and carbon emissions in Latin American cities