Highlights•African cities are underrepresented in assessments of successful adaptation
initiatives.•CC research remains disproportionately concentrated in a few large …

Highlights•Everyday risk associated with inadequate basic infrastructure and poverty make
even small natural hazards impactful in African cities.•Enhanced development opportunity is …

The proliferation of informal settlements and growing risks of climate change across African
cities pose core questions to urban planning theory and practice. Where do informal …

The rapidly expanding urban population in intertropical African cities that lives in poverty in
informal settlements poses major problems for urban health, safety and risk reduction. Such …

The literature on disaster risk and its reduction in Africa's urban centres remains limited,
despite evidence of disaster risks increasing with urban growth. This Special Issue brings …

In this era of global changes, rapid urbanization rates, climate change impacts and growing
socio-environmental concerns are negatively impacting on various aspects of urban life …

Drought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop
and livestock in the West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the …

In this study, we identify institutional factors and processes that foster local government
decisions about disaster risk reduction, especially critical infrastructure investments and …

In a world that is increasingly urbanised, cities are recognised as critical sites for tackling
problems of climate change, both by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing …

Summary Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) has recently emerged as a key issue in global
debate and the Paris Agreement (2015) highlighted the crucial role of cities and local …