Includes bibliographical references.

Overview of urban development and associated risks / Anshu Sharma, Akhilesh Surjan and Rajib Shaw -- Understanding urban resilience / Akhilesh SUrjan, Anshu Sharma and Rajib Shaw -- Understanding urban resilience / Akhilesh SUrjan, Anshu Sharma and Rajib Shaw -- Mapping climate and disaster resilience in cities / Jonas Joerin and Rajib Shaw -- Climate and disaster resilience mapping at national level / Jonas Joerin [and others] -- Climate and disaster resilience mapping in city clusters / Yukiko Takeuchi and Rajib Shaw -- Climate and disaster resilience mapping at microlevel of cities / Gulsan Ara Parvin [and others] -- Linking resilience planning to Hyogo framework for action in cities / Yuki Matsuoka and Rajib Shaw -- From action planning to community-based adaption / Sunil Parashar, Anshu Sharma and Rajib Shaw -- Capacity development and training : blended learning program / Eiko Wataya -- Building local government resilience through city-to city cooperation / Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi and Kristoffer Berse -- Urban flood risk communication for cities / Farah Mulyasari, Rajib Shaw and Yukiko Takeuchi -- Roles of civil society in climate and disaster resilience of cities and local governments / Takako Izumi and Rajib Shaw -- Beyond resilience mapping / Rajib Shaw and Anshu Sharma.

Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies.