Growth in urban populations creates opportunities for urban forests to deliver ecosystem
services critical to human wellbeing and biodiversity. Our challenge is to strategically …

Climate change impacts increase pressure on challenges to sustainability and the
developmental needs of cities. Conventional,“hard” adaptation measures are often …

Climate change and urbanization are two major challenges when planning for sustainable
energy transition in cities. The common approach for energy demand estimation is using …

The effects of climate change on biodiversity are increasingly well documented, and many
methods have been developed to assess species' vulnerability to climatic changes, both …

Urban development leads to changes of surface cover that disrupt the hydrological cycle in
cities. In particular, impermeable surfaces and the removal of vegetation reduce the ability to …

Climate change is acknowledged as the largest threat to our societies in the coming
decades, potentially affecting large and diverse groups of urban residents in this century of …

Climate change and global urbanization have often been anticipated to increase future
population exposure (frequency and intensity) to extreme weather over the coming decades …

Wastewater systems provide a critical service to society, and their vulnerability to the impacts
of climate change. places the health and sanitation of many communities at risk. The impacts …

Cities are major drivers of environmental change at all scales and are especially at risk from
the ensuing effects, which include poor air quality, flooding and heat waves. Typically, these …

Rapid urbanisation generates risks and opportunities for sustainable development. Urban
policy and decision makers are challenged by the complexity of cities as social–ecological …