Climate Resilient Urban Development

Id 1630 | Participatory Modelling to Support Group Decision Making Processes in Climate Resilient Urban Design

From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa

Socio-economic development and adaptation to climate change are closely intertwined. Adaptation is increasingly described as climate resilient development or development under a hostile climate. In support of this view, this paper calculates the combined cost of meeting and at the same time “climate-proofing” the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Africa. Treating adaptation and developmen...

Climate-adjusted provenancing: a strategy for climate-resilient ecological restoration

1 Land and Water Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Wembley, WA, Australia, 2 Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Kensington, WA, Australia, 3 Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 4 Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, ...

Climate Resilient Low-Income Tropical Housing

Located in East Africa, Uganda is one of the most economically deprived countries that is likely to be dramatically affected by climate change. Over 50% of Ugandan families live in single-roomed overcrowded properties and over 60% of the country’s urban population live in slums. Moreover, the gradual shift towards relatively modern and low thermal resistance building materials, in addition to i...

Sustainable Urban Development Planner for Climate Change Adaptation (SUDPLAN)

SUDPLAN is an EU FP7 project combining IT and environmental knowhow in a novel way, bringing an easy-to-use, web-based decision support system for urban climate services. It will allow city planners to take climate change and its impact on the urban environment into account in the urban planning process. The main components of the SUDPLAN product are the Scenario Management System, the Common S...