Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable research on urban adaptation needs to recognize the nature of cities as social networks embedded in physical space. Given the pace, scale and socioeconomic outcomes of urbanization in the Global South, the specificities and history of its cities must be central to the study of how well-known agglomeration effects can facilitate adaptation. The proposed effort calls for the co-creation of knowledge involving scientists and stakeholders, especially those historically excluded from the design and implementation of urban development policies.
Source: npj Urban Sustainability
Authors: José Lobo, Rimjhim M. Aggarwal, Marina Alberti, Melissa Allen-Dumas, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Christopher Boone, Christa Brelsford, Vanesa Castán Broto, Hallie Eakin, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Sara Meerow, Celine D’Cruz, Aromar Revi, Debra C. Roberts, Michael E. Smith, Abigail York, Tao Lin, Xuemei Bai, William Solecki, Diane Pataki, Luís Bojorquez Tapia, Marcy Rockman, Marc Wolfram, Peter Schlosser, Nicolas Gauthier
Institutions: Arizona State University, University of Washington, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Chicago, University of Sheffield, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, eThekwini Municipality, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment, Australian National University, City University of New York, Hunter College, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Maryland, College Park, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,280
Awards: G1026679911, G121915436, G1645119126, G166562317, G203625172, G2988778103, G3121793570, G313676650, SOUTHEAST TEXAS URBAN IFL: EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOODS AND AIR POLLUTION, G3638507163, G450780475, SOUTHEAST TEXAS URBAN IFL: EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOODS AND AIR POLLUTION, G5726405315, G6139676266, G8269158468, G8906985441, G8943143067
OpenAlex ID: W4380077538