For the next decade, the global water crisis remains the risk of highest concern, and ranks
ahead of climate change, extreme weather events, food crises and social instability. Across …

The concept of barriers is increasingly used to describe the obstacles that hinder the
planning and implementation of climate change adaptation. The growing literature on …

Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing the world today. It is
also a critical issue for the world's cities. Now home to over half the world's population, urban …

It has been argued that learning from flood experience contributes to flood resilience.
However, it is unclear what such a learning process involves, and it is debatable whether …

In the past 15 years there has been rapid growth in research on adaptive capacity. This
article critically reviews this literature, describing changes in the field over time, and …

The global food system is coming under increasing strain in the face of urban population
growth. The recent spike in global food prices (2007–08) provoked consumer protests, and …

This article presents a geographic information system (GIS)-based artificial neural network
(GANN) model for flood susceptibility assessment of Keelung City, Taiwan. Various factors …

This paper introduces a special issue of Local Environment that has arisen through
collaboration between academic researchers and the Urban Planning and Design Branch of …

Integrating adaptation and mitigation response actions to climate change in urban-level
policies requires comprehensive information on vulnerability patterns, yet a majority of local …

The prospect of unprecedented environmental change, combined with increasing demand
on limited resources, demands adaptive responses at multiple levels. In this article, we …