urban contexts

This analysis shows that urban flood resilience as a concept has evolved over the last two decades. From an engineering concept with a strong focus on ensuring that the built environment can withstand a flood to a more recent definition as a transformative process with the aim to enable all parts of the urban system to live with floods and learn from previous shocks. Read more

This paper adds new insights to the relationship between city-regionalism, the territorial logics of the competition state and how climate... Read more

In 2018, seven of the largest cities in the world experienced dangerous levels of long-term heat, including Delhi, Lahore and... Read more

This paper presents an assessment of exposure to outdoor heat in the South Asian cities Delhi, Dhaka, and Faisalabad. Read more

The Urban Climate Change Research Network’s Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a... Read more

Using data for London, this research finds that elevated levels of air pollution have a positive and statistically significant impact on overall crime - and therefore that improving air quality in urban areas through tighter environmental policy may provide a cost-effective way to reduce crime. Read more

Abstract Multisectoral partnerships (MSPs) form an increasingly popular and important part of the global climate and disaster risk governance landscape,... Read more