Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- About the Primer -- The Primer Approach -- The Primer User -- The Primer Organization -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- SECTION 1 Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management -- Introduction -- A/ Primer Objectives -- B/ The Imperatives of Action -- C/ Developing a Resilient City of the Future -- D/ Mainstreaming Policy and Practice for Local Impact -- E/ The Risks of Doing Nothing -- Notes -- SECTION 2 Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster Risk Management -- Introduction -- A/ What is Mitigation (Climate Change Management)? -- B/ What is Mitigation (Disaster Risk Management)? -- C/ What is Adaptation? -- D/ What About Sea-Level Rise? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- E/ What About Temperature? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- F/ What About Precipitation? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? -- G/ What about Resilience? -- 1. How Is Resilience Enhanced? -- 2. Are There Sound Practices? -- H/ What about Extreme Events? -- 1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? -- 2. What Are Some Sound Practices? -- Notes -- SECTION 3 Assessment Exercise: Discovery of a "Hot Spot" -- Introduction -- A/ Completing The City Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix -- 1. Select Climate Change Team -- 2. Hold Series of Workshops -- 3. Complete the Matrix -- City Description -- Governance and Management -- Built Environment -- Political and Economic Impacts -- Natural Hazards -- Climate Change Impacts -- B/ Additional Testing for a Hot Spot -- C/ is Your City a Hot Spot? -- Notes.

SECTION 4 Information Exercise: Creating a City Information Base -- Introduction -- A/ The Workbook -- B/ The Participatory Process -- C/ The Annotated Maps -- 1. City/Community Base Map -- 2. City/Community Socio-Economic Profile Map -- 3. City Hazard Profile Map -- 4. The Future Growth Map -- 5. City Institutional Map -- D/ The Framework -- SECTION 5 Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation -- Introduction -- Sound Practice 1/ Organizational Structure and Information Base -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- New York City, New York, USA -- Sound Practice 2/ Institutional Mechanism -- Singapore -- New York City, New York, USA -- Makati City, Philippines -- Dagupan City, Philippines -- Albay Province, Philippines -- Sound Practice 3/ Ownership by Line Departments -- Sound Practice 4/ Preparing a Climate Change Strategy -- Tokyo, Japan -- Milan, Italy -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam -- Sound Practice 5/ Generating Public Awareness -- Rockville, Maryland, USA -- Singapore -- Makati City, Philippines -- Dagupan City, Philippines -- Albay Province, Philippines -- Sound Practice 6/ Accounting and Reporting for Mitigation: The Ghg Inventory -- Singapore -- Milan, Italy -- Makati City, Philippines -- Sound Practice 7/ Catastrophic Risk Financing and Transfer Mechanisms -- London, England, UK -- Bogota, DC, Colombia -- Sound Practice 8/ Developing a Disaster Risk Management System Considering Climate Change Impacts -- Singapore -- New York City, New York, USA -- Tokyo, Japan -- Makati City, Philippines -- Hanoi, Vietnam -- Sound Practice 9/ Climate Change Mitigation-Energy Sector -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Singapore -- Tokyo, Japan -- Makati City, Philippines -- Albay Province, Philippines -- Sound Practice 10/ Climate Change Mitigation-Transport Sector.

London, England, UK -- Milan, Italy -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- Singapore -- Jakarta, Indonesia -- Makati City, Philippines -- Dongtan, China -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Sound Practice 11/ Climate Change Mitigation-Built Environment and Densification -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Singapore -- Rockville, Maryland, USA -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- Makati City/Philippines -- Vancouver, Canada -- Sound Practice 12/ Climate Change Mitigation-Forestry and Urban Greenery -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Venice, Italy -- Singapore -- Makati City, Philippines -- Hanoi, Vietnam -- Sound Practice 13/ Climate Change Mitigation-Finance and Financial Mechanisms -- Seattle/King County, Washington, USA -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Sound Practice 14/ Adaptation-Infrastructure Sector -- Venice, Italy -- Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam -- Navotas City, Philippines -- Sound Practice 15/ Adaptation-Water Conservation and Flooding -- New York City, New York, USA -- Singapore -- Hanoi, Vietnam -- Sound Practice 16/ Adaptation-Public Health -- Singapore -- Notes -- SECTION 6 Conclusions -- Introduction -- Building a Resilient City -- Learning from Other Successes -- Taking Action -- Annex A/ Worldwide Programs and Organizations on Climate Change and Hazards -- Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6) -- Berlin Mandate -- Bryd-Hagel Resolution -- C40. Clinton Climate Initiative -- Conference of the Parties (COP) -- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) -- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- Kyoto Protocol -- Kyoto Flexible Mechanisms -- National Action Plans -- Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) -- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- World Mayors and Local Governments, the Climate Protection Agreement -- Annex B/ Sources of Technical and Financial Assistance -- Annex C/ Examples of Relevant World Bank Projects -- Annex D/ Resource Guide -- Contents of CD-ROM -- A/ City Profiles -- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Jakarta, Indonesia -- King County/Seattle, Washington, USA -- Rockville, Maryland, USA -- Singapore -- Tokyo, Japan -- Dongtan, China (The Chinese Eco-city) -- Hanoi, Vietnam -- London, England, United Kingdom -- Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines -- Milan, Italy -- New York City, New York, USA -- Venice, Italy -- B/ Consultation Workshop Presentations -- C/ Green Cities Launch Workshop -- D/ World Bank Resource Documents -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index -- Back Cover.