Resilience is a widely debated concept that encompasses various interpretations and
definitions. Recently, in science and policy circles, there has been a growing interest in the …

Cities and other human settlements are major contributors to climate change and are highly
vulnerable to its impacts. They are also uniquely positioned to reduce greenhouse gas …

Context China's high-speed economic development was accompanied by rapid
urbanization for forty years, guided by a series of changing policies enacted by the central …

In an urbanized world, the challenges posed by climate change need to be met through
innovative planning for cities and regions. Urban resilience demands that cities adopt new …

What exactly do transition scholars mean by structure? In efforts to articulate the politics of
sustainability transitions, scholarship has en masse turned to unraveling and pluralizing the …

Abstract This Opinion Paper examines the interplay between materiality, relational spaces,
and technological change dynamics. The objective is to introduce a novel theoretical …

Adapting to climate change impacts requires a coherent social contract in which different
actors agree on a clear distribution of roles and responsibilities. An urgent requirement is to …

Main streets in city centers are struggling to stay afloat in the post-COVID era, as digital
technologies continue to proliferate rapidly in retail. Here we examine the socioeconomic …

This study characterizes the flood vulnerability of Adama City, Ethiopia, where the city faces
high flood vulnerability due to its unplanned urbanization in low-lying floodplain areas …

Achieving global sustainability in the face of climate change, pandemics, and other global
systemic threats will require collective intelligence and collective action beyond what we are …