Local Climate Adaptation. Planning, Governance, and Finance for Resilient Communities (en Inglés) - Robert C. Brears

Floods, heat, and drought become recurring crises when public responsibilities, essential services, and investment decisions fail to keep pace with changing risks. How can local institutions turn adaptation commitments into lasting protection?

Written for local leaders, planners, infrastructure managers, and community practitioners, Local Climate Adaptation connects risk assessment with governance, finance, and delivery. It offers a structured approach to difficult choices about land, housing, water, ecosystems, public health, and interconnected services.

Explore how unequal vulnerability changes priorities, how participation can influence decisions, and how appraisal, budgets, procurement, and maintenance shape results. Examine service dependencies and residual risk alongside the distribution of benefits, costs, and responsibilities across people and places.

The book also explains how monitoring, learning, decision triggers, and flexible pathways help institutions revise action as conditions change. Use its analytical framework to clarify trade-offs, retain future options, and make adaptation an accountable public responsibility beyond individual projects.