[PDF][PDF] Cities, settlements and key infrastructure

D Dodman, B Hayward, M Pelling, V Castán Broto… - 2023 - escholarship.org
In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

[PDF][PDF] Europe: from Chapters and Cross-Chapter Papers

B Bednar-Friedl, GR Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - Climate Change 2022 …, 2022 - edepot.wur.nl
Our current 1.1 C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

A systematic review of the development and validation of the heat vulnerability index: major factors, methods, and spatial units

Y Niu, Z Li, Y Gao, X Liu, L Xu, S Vardoulakis… - Current climate change …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review This review aims to identify the key factors, methods, and spatial units
used in the development and validation of the heat vulnerability index (HVI) and discuss the …

[PDF][PDF] Decision-making options for managing risk

M New, D Reckien, D Viner, C Adler… - … of Working Group II …, 2022 - research.utwente.nl
Addressing the impacts and risks associated with observed and projected climate change
(Chapter 16) is fundamentally and intricately tied to the decision-making options available to …

Urban adaptation to climate change state of the art: Evaluating the role of adaptation assessment frameworks through a systematic and bibliometric analysis

SOM Boulanger - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban adaptation and resilience are essential aspects of climate change. The latest IPCC
reports of 2022 recall the importance of taking concrete actions, especially through the …

[HTML][HTML] Climate adaptation measures for enhancing urban resilience

SMHS Rezvani, NM de Almeida, MJ Falcão - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change threatens urban areas globally. Enhancing resilience is crucial, yet the
comprehensive clustering of practical climate adaptation measures for use in construction …

[HTML][HTML] Public support for urban climate adaptation policy through nature-based solutions in Prague

T Badura, EK Lorencová, S Ferrini… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is an urgent challenge in urban planning. Weather extremes and resulting
impacts such as heat waves and flash floods are already influencing the quality of life in …

The role of blue and green infrastructure in thermal sensation in public urban areas: A case study of summer days in four Czech cities

M Lehnert, M Brabec, M Jurek, V Tokar… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort in public spaces, as an important factor in the quality of life, has been
strongly affected by manifestations of climate change. City authorities are under pressure to …

Linking climate change to urban planning through vulnerability assessment: The case of two cities at the Mexico-US border

DM Muñoz-Pizza, RA Sanchez-Rodriguez… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that climate change impacts have been particularly critical in
the case of heat waves during the last years. Many cities around the globe have been …

Urban growth's implications on land surface temperature in a medium-sized European city based on LCZ classification

A Zwolska, M Półrolniczak, L Kolendowicz - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The study determined the influence of changes in land use and land cover (LULC) on land
surface temperature (LST) over a 33-year period based on a medium-sized European city …