CIVE 4777: Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities or Coastlines

Required Reading

• UCCRN ARC3 2011:Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (ARC3), 2011


• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : Summary for Policymakers (SPM) by IPCC Working Group I, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis


• IPCC SREX 2012:Summary for Policymakers, 2012

Recommended Reading

• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : The full report by IPCC Working Group I, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
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• IPCC SREX 2012:Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) a Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012


• Protecting the city before next time (The New York Times)

CIVE 4778: Climate Adaptation and Policy in an Emerging Economy

Required Reading

• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : Summary for Policymakers (SPM) by IPCC Working Group II, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability


• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : Summary for Policymakers (SPM) by IPCC Working Group III, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change


• Harvard Buisness Review (2013):Delivering World Class Healthcare Affordably


• CNAS:Center for a New American Security


• CNAS Participant Briefing Book


• Nature News


• US-India cooperation on climate change crisis


• Poor Little Rich Slum

Recommended Reading

• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : The full report by IPCC Working Group II, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
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• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) : The full report by IPCC Working Group III, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
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• Infection, Disease, and Biosocial Processes at the End of the Indus Civilization


• Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization


• Decline of bronze age 'megacities' linked to climate change


• New U.S. 'Climate Hubs' to Provide Data to Farmers

Other Resources

• Water: Challenges of Extremes