Local governments play a strategic role in adapting to climatic changes. However,
understanding the factors that explain why local governments make commitments to act …

The actual contribution of neighborhood sustainability assessment (NSA) tools to mitigate
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in urban precincts is still unclear. This paper discusses …

A América Latina tem vivenciado as contradições particulares do processo de acelerada
urbanização planetária. A emergência climática, com aumento dos impactos às populações …

Urban mobility conditions play a main role in shaping inequalities in megacities. In the
municipality of São Paulo, work-related trips take 62% longer, are 100% more lengthy and …

Jakarta's environmental problems, the increasing temperature, and the intensifying urban
heat island effect (UHIE) add weight to the deteriorating quality of life in the city …

Dadas a complexidade da governança da água na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
(RMSP) e a iminência de efeitos cada vez mais fortes das mudanças climáticas, o texto …

Literature has suggested that droughts and societies are mutually shaped and, therefore,
both require a better understanding of their coevolution on risk reduction and water …

The interaction between urbanization and climate change and their associated impact on
human society is increasingly being documented. This study concerns the relationship …

The sustainability of water utility companies is threatened by non-stationary drivers, such as
climate and anthropogenic changes. To cope with potential economic losses, instruments …

INTRODUCTION 1. Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony, The Global Edge: Miami in the
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