Worldwide disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development resulting in escalating human and economic costs. Consequently city authorities and other urban actors face the challenge of integrating risk reduction and adaptation strategies into their work. However related knowledge and expertise are still scarce and fragmented. Cities Disaster Risk and Adaptation explores ways in which resilient cities can be âbuiltâ and sustainable urban transformations achieved. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of urban risk reduction and adaptation planning exploring key theoretical concepts and analysing the complex interrelations between cities disasters and climate change. Furthermore it provides an overview of current risk reduction and adaptation approaches taken by both city authorities and city dwellers from diverse contexts in low middle and high income nations. Finally the book offers a planning framework for reducing and adapting to risk in urban areas by expanding on pre-existing positive actions and addressing current shortfalls in theory and practice. The importance of a distributed urban governance system in which institutionsâ and citizensâ adaptive capacities can support and complement each other is highlighted. This book takes a holistic approach; it integrates perspectives and practice from risk reduction and climate change adaptation based on a specific urban viewpoint. The text is richly supplemented with boxed case studies written by renowned academics and practitioners in the field and âtest yourselfâ scenarios that integrate theory into practice. Each chapter contains learning objectives end of chapter questions suggested further reading and web resources as well as a wealth of tables and figures. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography urban studies and planning architecture environmental studies international development sociology and sustainability studies. . Language: English