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A framework for assessing social structure in community governance of sustainable urban drainage systems: insights from a literature review
The utilization of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) as Nature-based Solutions (NBS) holds significant promise for enhancing resilience...
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Climate change, urban vulnerabilities and adaptation in Africa: a sco** review
Urban areas and the fastest-growing cities in Africa are experiencing devastating impact of climate change. The changing climate requires a human...
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Community science and the design of climate governance
Practices developed by the environmental justice movement to address regulatory gaps can be scaled up and applied to climate governance. Community...
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Disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and the role of spatial and urban planning: evidence from European case studies
This paper advances knowledge and understanding of the relationships between risk management, climate change adaptation and spatial planning as good...
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Explaining urban communities’ adaptation strategies for climate change risk: novel evidence from Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Rapid and unplanned urbanization in modern times poses significant threats to both urban communities and the environment. Develo** countries, due...
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Resilience Building and Collaborative Governance for Climate Change Adaptation in Response to a New State of More Frequent and Intense Extreme Weather Events
The weather conditions of the summer of 2022 were very unusual, particularly in Eastern Asia, Europe, and North America. The devasting impact of...
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Experimental investigation of the thermal usability of outdoor environments in rideability, walkability, entertainmentability, exercisability and workability for urban heat mitigation, adaptation and governance
This study develops a quantitative method to assess the thermal usability (e.g., rideability, walkability, entertainmentability, exercisability and...
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Participatory Risk Governance for Seoul, South Korea’s Flood Risk Management
Risk governance is a widely used framework in natural and societal risk management research. Risks from natural hazards in urban areas call for the...
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Spatial Distribution of Particulate Matter in Iran from Internal Factors to the Role of Western Adjacent Countries from Political Governance to Environmental Governance
Environmental politics and governance are important topics in the Middle East, where issues such as climate change, pollution, environmental...
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Perceptions of urban green infrastructures for climate change adaptation in Lausanne, Switzerland: unveiling the role of biodiversity and planting composition
This interdisciplinary study addresses the gap in understanding the perceptions of individuals regarding the role of urban green infrastructures...
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Urban climate change assessment in case of Aligarh City, North India
The present study examines two important and dominant phenomena that influence human life on Earth. The first is increasing urbanization, while the...
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Intelligent Scheduling of Urban Drainage Systems: Effective Local Adaptation Strategies for Increased Climate Variability
Intelligent scheduling of urban drainage systems is generally regarded as a potentially sustainable strategy for urban flood management. To...
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Quantifying spatial dynamics of urban sprawl for climate resilience sustainable natural resource management by utilizing geostatistical and remote sensing techniques
Urbanization is a complex phenomenon that has a profound impact on natural resources, economies, climate dynamics, and community structures. This...
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Framework for Sustainable Urban Water Management in Context of Governance, Infrastructure, Technology and Economics
Administrators of urban water institutions face huge challenges in ensuring water rights and water security of the citizens of ever-expanding cities....
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Co-benefits as a rationale and co-benefits as a factor for urban climate action: linking air quality and emission reductions in Moscow, Paris, and Montreal
If local governments reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they will not see effects unless a very large number of other actors do the same. However,...
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Climate change and coastal resiliency of Suva, Fiji: a holistic approach for measuring climate risk using the climate and ocean risk vulnerability index (CORVI)
Coastal cities are under severe threat from the impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise, extreme weather events, coastal inundation, and...
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Guimarães 2030: a Governance Ecosystem
Currently, there is a consensus that cities play a pivotal role in global climate protection and sustainability. However, local strategies for...
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Review on urban planning maintenance scheme support system performance analysis under climate change
In recent times, the global climate variation is mainly caused by the industrialization and developments of urban cities also; this can affect the...
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Discovering the core stakeholders in the Nigerian urban water supply system
Core stakeholders’ engagement and involvement are now a sine qua non of resources administration and management. This followed the emergence of...
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Habitability of low-lying socio-ecological systems under a changing climate
Climate change will push the planet worryingly close to its boundaries, across all latitudes and levels of development. One question therefore is the...
