A number of published studies have demonstrated that the human habitability of the primary
urban areas in the Middle East, especially a number of areas in Gulf Cooperation Council …

Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in
light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased …

This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of
information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in …

This article identifies the future challenges that cities face in their ability to create well-being,
particularly for urban poor communities, as a result of the compound effect generated by …

Many cities across the world are facing many problems climate change poses to their
populations, communities and infrastructure. These vary from increased exposures to floods …

Cities around the world have recently started to become 'proactive'initiators of climate
strategies containing both mitigation and adaptation elements. The experience of these first …

This paper aims to capture and analyze emerging experiences, lessons and tensions
evident from several years of work underway through the Asian Cities Climate Change …

Climate change has become one of the most discussed topics in recent decades. Indices
show climate alterations have occurred in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in uncomfortable and …

The intensity of future climate change impacts is likely to increase current vulnerabilities and
further reduce existing adaptive capacities in major urban areas of East Africa. The current …

Megacities in low-and middle-income countries face unique threats from climate change as
vulnerable populations and infrastructure are concentrated in high-risk areas. This paper …