World Bank Document

(Jacob Rumans) #1
INDEX ■ 293

control approach to emissions, 26–27
convenience of transport, 99, 100
Cool Cities Campaign, 164, 166
coping capacity, 194
CORINAIR methodology, 60, 81n 5
corporations, procedures for reporting
emissions, 26–28
costs
of adapting to climate change, 128
of energy, 130, 165
of transport, 99
Croci, Edoardo, 5, 7, 8, 55–85
cross-boundary emissions, 24, 30, 36–41, 49
CRZs. See coastal regulation zones (CRZs)
CVCA. See community-wide vulnerability and
capacity assessment (CVCA)


D
daily trips, 66
de Jager, Wim, 275
Delhi, 141
adaptation capacity and responses of, 202–11
background concerning, 195–99
and built environment, 131, 133, 134
exposure to and impact of climate change
on, 198–202
opportunities and constraints for
adaptation, 211, 216–21
sporting events in, 148–49
transport sector, 136–37, 138, 139, 149
and urban infrastructures, 143, 144, 145,
146, 149
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), 141
demand, price elasticity of, 104–5
demand responsive transport (DRT), role of
intelligent systems in, 278–79
dengue fever, 283
Denver, per capita emissions, 38
Derrible, S., 280
Dhakal, Shobhakar, 15–54, 262–65
Dickinson, Th ea, 281
direct emissions, 56, 60
disaster events
and building long-term resilience, 27–39
and immediate postdisaster response, 235,
240–42
postdisaster reconstruction, 235–36
and predisaster damage limitation, 234–35,
239–40
and rebuilding and transformation, 242–44
See also natural disasters


disaster risk management (DRM), 227,
228–30t9.1
disaster risk reduction (DRR), 227, 228–30t9.1
DMRC. See Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC)
Dodman, David, 11, 284, 287
Doepel, Duzan, 275
double counting, 40
drivers
of adaptation action, 211
anthropogenic heat, 177–78
for characterization of local emissions
contexts, 63–67, 81nn9–10
for climate policy and action, 148–50
comparison of impact of on emissions, 67,
81 n 11
conclusions concerning, 79, 153
of GHG emissions, 68
DRM. See disaster risk management (DRM)
DRR. See disaster risk reduction (DRR)
DRT. See demand responsive transport (DRT)
dwelling density, 64, 81n 10

E
early warning systems, 239–40
economic issues
climate change research concerning,
265–68
and impact of industrialization, 268
mobility and cities’ economies, 91–92,
121 n 2
See also socioeconomics
ecosystems, 199–202, 262
elderly-young ratio, 64, 67, 81n 9
electricity consumption, 60–62, 64, 81n8,
81 n10, 102, 130
electricity sector, and emissions, 30, 60–62,
81 n 8
embodied emissions, 37
enabling modes, 147
in built environments, 133–34
in transport sector, 140–41
in urban infrastructure, 145–46
Energy Cities, 125
energy conservation, 131, 277
energy consumption, 150, 257, 259–61
in buildings, 76, 79, 130–31
carbon intensity of, 60–62, 81n 8
drivers of, 64
global, 4
link to local climate, 64, 66t3.6
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