Incorporating Climate Hazards into Local Development Planning
Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America
ISBN: 978-1-78350-935-5, eISBN: 978-1-78350-936-2
Publication date: 23 September 2014
Abstract
Using the same checklist as that in the previous chapter, this chapter evaluates the current status of policy initiative on incorporating climate disaster risk aspects in local development planning in Costa Rica. The chapter identifies opportunities and challenges of this local initiative for reducing climate disaster risk. In addition, the study discusses the influence of national policy on local development planning.
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Citation
(2014), "Incorporating Climate Hazards into Local Development Planning", Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 77-99. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-726220140000017019
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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