Rainwater harvesting (RWH) plays an important role in increasing water security for
individuals and governments. The demand for tools to enable technical and economic …

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 …

Evidence is increasing of human responses to the impacts of climate change in Africa.
However, understanding of the effectiveness of these responses for adaptation to climate …

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 …

Low-income informal sector contexts are rife in practices that retain value of materials and
goods, but in the academic literature and policy debates these practices are seldom …

Globally, urban areas are growing at a faster rate than their population, potentially reducing
environmental sustainability due to undesirable land take in (semi) natural and agricultural …

This article provides a stocktake of the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to
better understand how adaptation responses affect risk under the particularly challenging …

The new updated edition of Children, Youth and Development explores the varied ways in
which global processes in the form of development policies, economic and cultural …

The proliferation of informal settlements and growing risks of climate change across African
cities pose core questions to urban planning theory and practice. Where do informal …

The rapidly expanding urban population in intertropical African cities that lives in poverty in
informal settlements poses major problems for urban health, safety and risk reduction. Such …