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<p>List of contributors, ix</p> <p>1 Climate adaptation governance in cities and regions: framework conditions, theoretical concepts and research questions 1<br /><i>Jörg Knieling and Katharina Klindworth</i></p> <p><b>Part 1: Theoretical basis</b></p> <p>2 Applying social resilience concepts and indicators to support climate adaptation in tropical North Queensland, Australia 23<br /><i>Allan Patrick Dale, Karen Vella, Ruth Potts, Bronwyn Voyce, Bob Stevenson, Alison Cottrell, David King, Hurriyet Babacan, Helen Boon, Margaret Gooch and Petina Pert</i></p> <p>3 Spatial planning to promote urban resilience in coping with climate change and flooding: exploring two cases in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 45<br /><i>Peiwen Lu</i></p> <p>4 Adaptation to climate change and participatory action research (PAR): lessons from municipalities in Quebec, Canada 69<br /><i>Steve Plante, Liette Vasseur and Charlotte DaCunha</i></p> <p>5 Generating narratives on future risk to inform regional climate change adaptation planning 89<br /><i>Douglas K. Bardsley, Nathanael D. Wiseman and Graeme J. Hugo</i></p> <p>6 Advancing climate change adaptation and climate risk understanding through intervention research: case studies from Brazil and Australia 113<br /><i>Silvia Serrao-Neumann, Gabriela Marques Di Giulio, Lucia Costa Ferreira and Darryl Low Choy</i></p> <p>7 Climate adaptation and the significance of different modes of local political leadership: views of Swedish local political leaders 131<br /><i>Mattias Hjerpe and Sofie Storbjörk</i></p> <p><b>Part 2: Hierarchical forms of coordination</b></p> <p>8 Regulating climate change adaptation, the case of surface water 155<br /><i>Trude Rauken</i></p> <p>9 Climate adaptation governance – theory, concepts, and praxis in cities and regions. The role of climate and water governance in supporting climate change adaptation processes 171<br /><i>Walter Leal Filho, Margot A. Hurlbert and Harry Diaz</i></p> <p>10 Climate problem and territorial governance: an overview of adaptation initiatives at the French regional level 191<br /><i>François Bertrand, Elsa Richard and Corinne Larrue</i></p> <p>11 Regional rescaling in adaptation governance: from agency to collaborative control in flood management in England? 209<br /><i>Irene Lorenzoni, David Benson and Hadrian Cook</i></p> <p>12 From case studies to policy-making: adapting to climate change in Lithuania 223<br /><i>Justas Ka?ys, Egidijus Rimkus and Julija Naujëkaitë</i></p> <p>13 The rise and fall of climate adaptation governance on the Gold Coast, Australia 237<br /><i>Michael Howes and Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes</i></p> <p>14 Climate change adaptation in private real estate development: essential concepts about development for feasible research, regulation and governance 251<br /><i>Eddo Coiacetto</i></p> <p>15 Pro-poor climate change adaptation in Zambia 267<br /><i>Danny Simatele</i></p> <p><b>Part 3: Informal and corporative forms of coordination</b></p> <p>16 Climate change adaptation through hierarchies and networks in the city of Bergen 287<br /><i>Marte Winsvold, Kari Johanne Hjeltnes, Jan Erling Klausen and Ove Langeland</i></p> <p>17 Influence of citizens and stakeholders in shaping adaptation policy – opportunities and barriers 305<br /><i>Søren Gram, Bjørn Bedsted and Andreas Hastrup Clemmensen</i></p> <p>18 Public participation in the governance of metropolitan scale climate adaptation: panacea or problem? 317<br /><i>Paul Burton and Johanna Nalau</i></p> <p>19 Governance for (climate) change in American "Legacy" cities: a case study of Cleveland 333<br /><i>Sanda Kaufman</i></p> <p>20 Governance of climate change adaptation on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 355<br /><i>Ilan Kelman</i></p> <p>21 Adaptation in small coastal towns in Australia 371<br /><i>Janet Stanley</i></p> <p>22 Transnational learning for climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region 389<br /><i>Stefanie Lange Scherbenske and Lisa Van Well</i></p> <p><b>Part 4: Findings of Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Regions</b></p> <p>23 Climate adaptation governance in cities and regions between hierarchical steering and network cooperation: findings from theoretical considerations and international practice 405<br /><i>Jörg Knieling and Katharina Klindworth</i></p> <p>Index, 421</p>

Jorg Knieling is head of the Institute for Urban Planning and Regional Development of HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany, and Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research has focused on strategies, instruments and the governance of sustainable urban and regional development as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation on the levels of cities and regions. He has been involved in various national and international research projects and scientific boards dealing with questions of urban and regional climate adaptation.

<p>Global climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Therefore, cities and regions around the globe face the challenge of exploring flexible and innovative forms of governance which have to address specific local or regional vulnerabilities and build capacity to accommodate future change.</p> <p>This raises questions about the roles of stakeholders, the involvement of citizens, the composition and use of formal and informal instruments as well as the implementation of different forms of organization and regulation at the local and regional level.</p> <p>This book provides case studies from cities and regions all around the world. It analyses climate change adaptation from a perspective of organizing, administering and implementing local and regional adaptation strategies and measures. It looks into actors, actor-constellations, institutions and networks of climate adaptation. And, it provides the reader with knowledge about good practices and experiences to be transferred for solving adaptation challenges in cities and regions around the globe.</p>

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