Climate change impacts and adaptation in cities: a review of the literature

A Hunt, P Watkiss - Climatic change, 2011 - Springer
Many of the decisions relating to future urban development require information on climate
change risks to cities This review of the academic and “grey” literature provides an overview …

Urban transitions: On urban resilience and human-dominated ecosystems

H Ernstson, SE Van Der Leeuw, CL Redman… - Ambio, 2010 - Springer
Urbanization is a global multidimensional process paired with increasing uncertainty due to
climate change, migration of people, and changes in the capacity to sustain ecosystem …

[PDF][PDF] Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services

A Fischlin, GF Midgley, L Hughs… - Climate change …, 2007 - researchers.mq.edu.au
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services Page 1 Ecosystems, their properties, goods
and services Coordinating Lead Authors: Andreas Fischlin (Switzerland), Guy F. Midgley …

Farmers' perceptions of climate change and adaptation strategies in South Africa's Western Cape

K Talanow, EN Topp, J Loos, B Martín-López - Journal of Rural Studies, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change poses a serious threat to South Africa's agricultural sector. Implementing
adaptation strategies is thus crucial to secure future agricultural production and rural …

The 3Ps (profit, planet, and people) of sustainability amidst climate change: A South African grape and wine perspective

O Gbejewoh, S Keesstra, E Blancquaert - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional agriculture has made the search for sustainability urgent, more so with regards
to climate change. This has extended to the grape and wine industry, an important industry …

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean‐type shrubland in South Africa

AG West, TE Dawson, EC February… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mediterranean‐type ecosystems contain 20% of all vascular plant diversity on Earth and
have been identified as being particularly threatened by future increases in drought. Of …

Facing the heat: Barriers to mainstreaming climate change adaptation in local government in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

L Pasquini, RM Cowling, G Ziervogel - Habitat International, 2013 - Elsevier
Local government represents a key opportunity for implementing local adaptation to the
impacts of climate change. The need for adaptation is most urgent in develo** countries …

What enables local governments to mainstream climate change adaptation? Lessons learned from two municipal case studies in the Western Cape, South Africa

L Pasquini, G Ziervogel, RM Cowling… - Climate and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Municipalities represent a key opportunity for implementing local adaptation to the impacts
of climate change. Most research has focused on the barriers to climate change adaptation …

Develo** a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change: the city of Cape Town

P Mukheibir, G Ziervogel - Environment and Urbanization, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods
and heat waves, as well as more gradual changes in temperature and precipitation. The city …

Environmental change, migration, and conflict in Africa: a critical examination of the interconnections

L Freeman - The Journal of Environment & Development, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
How should we understand the interconnections between environmental change, migration,
and conflict in Africa? Should the rise of Islamic terrorism and Boko Haram in northeast …