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Moving towards inclusive urban adaptation: approaches to integrating community-based adaptation to climate change at city and national scale
International Centre for Climate Change and Development, 2014Adaptation to climate change in urban areas presents a complex challenge. Consequently, approaches to urban adaptation should be both multilevel and multidimensional. Community-based adaptation (CBA) presents an opportunity for local-level participation in framing adaptation planning and activities, with wider transformative potential for urban governance.DocumentGovernment by experiment? Global cities and the governing of climate change - Bulkeley - 2012 - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers - Wiley Online Library
2012In this paper, we argue for an approach that goes beyond an institutional reading of urban climate governance to engage with the ways in which government is accomplished through social and technical practices.DocumentCities and climate change: National governments enabling local action
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2014This publication explores how enabling policy frameworks at the national level can support critical urban action to combat climate change.Document50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change
World Bank, 2014For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.DocumentA local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014This report explores the outcomes of the project, Public Private People Partnerships for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD) which ran from 2011 to 2013 and asked: can local views be represented fairly in national and municipal planning processes through a partnership approach?DocumentMoving from risk to resilience: Sustainable urban development in the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 2013This report focuses on urbanization, combined with the increasing frequency and intensity of natural hazards associated with the onset of climate change, as a major contributor to risk exposure in the Pacific.DocumentUrban Governance: An essential determinant of city development?
World Vision Institute for Research and Innovation, 2009The term ‘governance’ is used in a variety of disciplines such as economics or life sciences. In international development the concept culminated in the idea of ‘good governance’, defining principles for a sustainable political process.DocumentBiophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013On an increasingly urban planet, cities face shocks such as climate change, natural disasters and economic uncertainty. Biophilic cities are cities that provide close and daily contact with nature as well as seeking to create and build on awareness for caring for it.DocumentIntegrated Urban Water Management (IUWM): Toward Diversification and Sustainability
Global Water Partnership, 2013The key messages of this policy brief are:DocumentCities in developing countries and their development in response to climate change
Evidence on Demand, 2013DFID are undertaking a basic analysis around cities in developing countries and the potential for increased attention as a response to climate change and natural resource scarcity. This paper contributes to the analysis as a quick and brief overview.Pages