Christine Wamsler
Professor, Docent, appointed Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP)
Planning for climate change in urban areas : From theory to practice
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Summary, in English
Climate change poses a serious threat to sustainable urban development, placing many cities at risk. As a consequence, city authorities are increasingly facing the challenge of finding ways to include adaptation strategies into their work, although related knowledge and competence is still scarce and fragmented. With the aim to contribute to knowledge development and organizational learning, the objective of this paper is to critically review and compare current theoretical and practical approaches to adaptation planning in cities. In order to do so, first the conceptual characteristics and features of a climate resilient city are identified. Second, the reciprocal linkages between climate-related disasters, urban
form and city planning processes are analysed e by considering the life cycle of disasters from causes, to short- and long-term impacts, to post-disaster response and recovery. Finally, urban adaptation measures proposed for both developed and so-called developing countries are assessed. On the basis of the identified differences, gaps and synergies between the theoretical and practical approaches to adaptation planning, the implications for improving sustainable urban transformation are discussed.
form and city planning processes are analysed e by considering the life cycle of disasters from causes, to short- and long-term impacts, to post-disaster response and recovery. Finally, urban adaptation measures proposed for both developed and so-called developing countries are assessed. On the basis of the identified differences, gaps and synergies between the theoretical and practical approaches to adaptation planning, the implications for improving sustainable urban transformation are discussed.
Department/s
- Division of Fire Safety Engineering
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
- Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
68-81
Publication/Series
Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume
50
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Building Technologies
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
- Other Civil Engineering
Keywords
- climate change
- disaster
- risk reduction
- urban planning
- urban transformation
- urban resilience
- adaptation
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0959-6526