Climate resilience interventions within global cities: How are cities addressing climate hazards and what’s missing?

23 December 2021, Version 1
This content is an early or alternative research output and has not been peer-reviewed by Cambridge University Press at the time of posting.

Abstract

This technical report focuses on global cities resilience against disaster risk, exploring key infrastructure within sectors and systems that are impacted by these climate hazards. The report explores the different adaptation management approaches taken by cities, from identifying potential climate hazards, calculating risks and the resulting impact on infrastructure within cities, and the types of interventions that cities have taken to address or reduce the likelihood or frequency of these risks.

Keywords

climate risk
climate resilience
urban adaptation
urban infrastructure
resilient cities

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