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Cities and Climate Change
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Short, John Rennie Farmer, Abbey |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | This review paper considers the disjuncture between the rapid pace of climate change and the more sluggish ability of cities to fully implement effective strategies of climate change adaptation and mitigation. We will refer to this as the ‘slow city–quick climate change’ dilemma. Climate change is accelerating, quickly rendering obsolete previous urban forms inadequate, while structural adjustments to cities are slower moving. Cities around the world were largely built for previous climate regimes. In the short to medium term, there is a mismatch between the climate regime that cities were designed for and the climate regime they now inhabit. The paper is divided into four parts: a brief review of climate change in general; climate change in cities; a review of climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities; and finally, a discussion of urban futures in the time of climate regime change. |
Ending Page | 1045 |
Page Count | 8 |
Starting Page | 1038 |
e-ISSN | 26734834 |
DOI | 10.3390/earth2040061 |
Journal | Earth |
Issue Number | 4 |
Volume Number | 2 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-11-27 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Earth Mathematical Social Sciences Climate Change Cities Adaptation Mitigation Climate Regime Change Extreme Weather Events Urban Futures |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |