A workbook on planning for urban resilience in the face of disasters : adapting experiences from Vietnam's cities to other cities / Fatima Shah and Federica Ranghieri.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Reader's guide -- Introduction and context -- Demystifying the "local resilience action plan" -- Sensitization an important first step in establishing context -- Technical analysis risk identification and assessment based on spatial analysis -- Gaps assessment inventory and needs assessment -- Resilience measures identifying options and establishing priorities -- Bringing the pieces together and moving to implementation -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Annex 1: Characteristics of pilot cities -- Annex 2: Consolidated responses from the matrix done in Hanoi -- Annex 3: Structure of the steering committee/working group in Can Tho -- Annex 4: Can Tho maps -- Annex 5: GIS data compatibility and issues of technology -- Annex 6: Methodology for hazard mapping -- Input data -- Methodology -- Hydraulic modeling -- Annex 6: example of inventory from Dong Hoi -- Annex 7: example information template for an ongoing project -- Annex 8: Sample of proposed project for Dong Hoi city -- Annex 9: Priorities table from Hanoi.