Resilient Policies in Asian Cities : Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters

This book presents a comprehensive framework and indicators that can be used to assess a city’s degree of resilience. Based on surveys using bottom-up assessment tools, it proposes the concept, framework and indicators of a resilient policy model (including some participatory approaches). It also presents case studies of this and similar tools applied to Japanese and Asian cities, the highlights including information not previously available in English. Today, the term “resilience” is prevalent in the context of sustainable societies. The IPCC AR5 published in 2014 again stressed the impact of climate change on natural disasters, while in March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations International Strategy of Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) published the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action 2015-2030 , which serves as a guideline for local governments. Offering transdisciplinary perspectives from fields such as policy science, urban planning, environmental science, social psychology, management development and geography, this book discusses the lessons learned from Asian case studies, explaining the challenges and the effectiveness of the tools, and offering transdisciplinary insights for policymakers. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 A Framework and Indicators of Resilience (Kenshi Baba, Yu Nagata, Shun Kawakubo, Mitsuru Tanaka)....Pages 3-45 Assessment of City Resilience Using Urban Indicators in Japanese Cities (Shun Kawakubo, Kenshi Baba, Mitsuru Tanaka, Shuzo Murakami, Toshiharu Ikaga)....Pages 47-60 Civil Indicator: General Public’s Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities (Kenshi Baba, Kosuke Shirai, Mitsuru Tanaka)....Pages 61-84 Civil Indicator: The Resilience Index of Regional Communities to the Risks of Disasters (Motoko Kosugi, Kenshi Baba, Mitsuru Tanaka)....Pages 85-103 Administrative Indicator: Local Officials’ Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities (Kenshi Baba, Kosuke Shirai, Mitsuru Tanaka)....Pages 105-126 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Application of the Policy Model in Sendai: the Experiences of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action UNISDR/WCDRR Public Forum, 2015–2030 (Kenshi Baba, Kosuke Shirai, Yu Nagata, Shun Kawakubo, Motoko Kosugi, Mitsuru Tanaka et al.)....Pages 129-151 Multi-criteria Evaluation of Local Energy Resilience (Tsuneo Takeuchi)....Pages 153-167 Enhancing Capacities for Building Climate and Disaster-Resilient Cities in Asia: Case Study of Cebu, Philippines and Nonthaburi, Thailand (Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage, Toshizo Maeda, Simon Gilby)....Pages 169-193 Strengthening Urban Resilience/Disaster Risk Management in Asian Cities (Tadashi Matsumoto)....Pages 195-204 Knowledge Co-production Processes for Building Disaster Resilience of Communities in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Baler, Aurora, Philippines (Pedcris Miralles Orencio)....Pages 205-228 Front Matter ....Pages 229-229 “Covenant of Mayors Japan”: Regional Re-creation and Global Contributions Through Climate Policy and Energy Autonomy (Noriko Sugiyama)....Pages 231-240 Comprehensive Lessons Learned and the Next Steps (Mitsuru Tanaka, Kenshi Baba)....Pages 241-253