Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

Climate change presents a major public health concern in Australia, marked by
unprecedented wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts, and the spread of climate-sensitive …

Urban ecosystems play a crucial role in providing a wide range of services to their
inhabitants, and their functioning is deeply intertwined with the effects of climate change …

The task of combining objectives, spatial planning instruments, and climate change
adaptation targets is a complex endeavour that varies across countries. There is a call for a …

Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation,
biodiversity loss and climate change felt at large in cities. At the same time, it is cities that …

Infrastructure governance has emerged as a subject of critical interest in the current
'infrastructure turn'whereby fragmented governance approaches sit in tension with complex …

The built environment is a ubiquitous factor of modern human life, which fundamentally
affects human wellbeing. Most existing research on the psychological effects of urban …

This paper explores the hydrological history of the Hunter River and Estuary (Newcastle,
Australia), to identify pathways for incorporating climate-sensitive adaptation approaches …

This book tackles the future challenges and opportunities for planning our cities and towns
in a changing climate and recommends key actions for more resilient urban futures. Urban …

Nature-based solutions represent a unifying umbrella concept that brings together research
and practice about systemic living solutions and innovations that aim to address various …