Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide

D Nohrstedt, J Hileman, M Mazzoleni… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Whether disasters influence adaptation actions in cities is contested. Yet, the extant
knowledge base primarily consists of single or small-N case studies, so there is no global …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness of urban climate adaptation strategies–an international overview

S Lenzholzer, GJ Carsjens, RD Brown, S Tavares… - Urban climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Problems caused by urban climate phenomena such as urban heat island intensification,
nuisance winds, or the lack of ventilation, are a growing concern with urban population …

Rapid increase in the risk of heat-related mortality

S Lüthi, C Fairless, EM Fischer, N Scovronick… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heat-related mortality has been identified as one of the key climate extremes posing a risk to
human health. Current research focuses largely on how heat mortality increases with mean …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating blue-green infrastructure in urban planning for climate adaptation: Lessons from Chennai and Kochi, India

FG Sanchez, D Govindarajulu - Land use policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions, such as reviving blue-green infrastructure (BGI), for climate
adaptation in cities have been gaining global attention. In the case of India, the rapid …

Perceptions of urban heat island mitigation and implementation strategies: Survey and gap analysis

C Wang, ZH Wang, KE Kaloush, J Shacat - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable development of cities and communities under climate change calls for effective
and pragmatic strategies to mitigate urban heat island (UHI) during hot seasons. Meanwhile …

The old and the climate adaptation: Climate justice, risks, and urban adaptation plan

H Yang, T Lee, S Juhola - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
With the transition to carbon-free economy, concerns have grown about the “green divide”–
the separation of society into different social groups whose socioeconomic status …

[HTML][HTML] More than planning: Diversity and drivers of institutional adaptation under climate change in 96 major cities

JJ Patterson - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
A key challenge for effective, ongoing urban climate adaptation is to adapt institutions within
urban governance. While an extensive foundation of empirical knowledge on urban climate …

Data, concepts and methods for large‐n comparative climate change adaptation policy research: A systematic literature review

R Biesbroek, L Berrang‐Ford, JD Ford… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change adaptation research is dominated by in‐depth, qualitative, single‐or small‐n
case studies that have resulted in rich and in‐depth understanding on adaptation processes …

Disentangling justice as recognition through public support for local climate adaptation policies: Insights from the Southwest US

M Yazar, A York - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Public policy in the US is partially influenced by public opinion. Studies that focus on the
factors that predict urban populations' strong supports for local climate adaptation policies …

[HTML][HTML] Urban climate awareness and urgency to adapt: An international overview

S Lenzholzer, GJ Carsjens, RD Brown, S Tavares… - Urban climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban climate manifests itself through thermal and wind environments specific to cities and
can cause wind danger or overheating. Cities can benefit from preventing these effects …