Abstract The planned Special Report on Climate Change and Cities represents a key
opportunity to connect the IPCC assessment process to the topics of cities and global …

The archaeology of early urbanism is a growing and dynamic field of research, which has
benefited in recent years from numerous advances at both a theoretical and a …

Urbanization entails extensive construction and substantial land use alterations, converting
natural areas into residential, commercial, mixed-use and industrial. These alterations …

Flood risk in urban areas will increase massively under future urbanization and climate
change. Urban flood risk models have been increasingly applied to assess impacts of …

Climate impacts increasingly unfold in interlinked systems of people, nature, and
infrastructure. The cascading consequences are revealing sometimes surprising …

Climate change has become a serious threat to human life. This study aims to reveal the
face of climate policies and the integration of urban adaptation into urban planning policies …

Impending global urban population growth is expected to occur with considerable
infrastructure expansion. However, our understanding of attendant infrastructure inequalities …

Cities are concentrators of complex, multi‐sectoral interactions. As keystones in the
interconnected human‐Earth system, cities have an outsized impact on the Earth system …

Achieving more sustainable adaptation to social–environmental change demands the
transformation of the narratives that provide the rationale for risk governance. These …

Rising urban temperatures significantly impact human health, with their effects varying
across socio-economic groups. With a focus on San Antonio, Texas, during its notably …