Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Urban social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) are dynamic and respond to climate pressures. Change involves alterations to land and resource management, social organization, infrastructure, and design. Research often focuses on how climate change impacts urban SETS or on the characteristics of urban SETS that promote climate resilience. Yet passive approaches to urban climate change adaptation may disregard active SETS change by urban residents, planners, and policymakers that could be opportunities for adaptation. Here, we use evidence of urban social, ecological, and technological change to address how SETS change opens windows of opportunity to improve climate change adaptation.
Source: npj Urban Sustainability
Institutions: Technische Universität Berlin, Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, The New School, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Swinburne University of Technology, North-West University, Azim Premji University, The University of Melbourne, University of California, Davis, Macquarie University
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,109
OpenAlex ID: W3137741370