14. Drought Risk in the Tillabery Region, Niger

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. 1. Planning the Adaptation to Climate Change in Cities: an Introduction 1
5. 2. Climate Change Characterisation and Planning in Large Tropical and Subtropical Cities 6
6. 3. Extreme Events Assessment Methodology as a Tool for Engineering Adaptation Measures – Case Study of North Coast of São Paulo State (SP), Brazil 42
7. 4. Vulnerability and Resilience to Drought in the Chaco, Paraguay 63
8. 5. Characterization of Flood Hazard at a Municipal Level. A Case Study in Tillabéri Region, Niger 89
9. 6. Sensitivity of Dar Es Salaam Coastal Aquifer to Climate Change with Regard to Seawater Intrusion and Groundwater Availability 107
10. 7. Impact of the Construction of an Offshore Highway on the Sea-Spray Dynamics in La Reunion Island 130
11. 8. Early Warning Systems & Geomatics: Value-added Information in the Absence of High Resolution Data 141
12. 9. Planning the Adaptation of Coastal Cities to Climate Change: a Review of 14 Pilot Projects 154
13. 10. National and Local Contingency Planning: a Comparative Analysis of Plans in Africa and Latin America 171
14. 11. Measures of Adaptation and Community-based Water Management in Mékhé, Senegal 182
15. 12. Flood Risk Preliminary Mapping in Niamey, Niger 201
16. 13. Flood Risk Assessment at Municipal Level in the Tillabéri Region, Niger 221
17. 14. Drought Risk in the Tillabery Region, Niger 243
18. 15. Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Planning: a Proposed Approach for Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 267
19. 16. Climate Change Adaptation in Dar es Salaam: Local Government Opinions and Proposed Interventions 290
20. 17. Household Level Vulnerability to Climate Change in Nepal – A Comparison of a Semi-urban and a Rural Village Development Committee 304
21. 18. Weather Observation Network and Climate Change Monitoring in Catalonia, Spain 322
22. 19. Assessing flood risk in Zurich, Switzerland: the KR-RRA approach 336
23. 20. Flood Risk Assessment and Quantification in the Piedmont Region, Italy 354
24. 21. Conclusion 376