Urban focus in climate change adaptation and risk reduction
(2014) In Klimat i Fokus- Abstract
- Urban communities will face increased risks, such as floods, landslides, heat stress and fires and water scarcity, as a consequence of climate change. The latest IPCC report (AR5)
has for the first time devoted a whole chapter to urban areas. The assessment stresses the need to tackle urban risk through more effective adaptation planning.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/7512699
- author
- Wamsler, Christine LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Städer i fokus för klimatanpassning och riskreducering
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- urban planning, cities, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, urban resilience, ecosystem services
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- Klimat i Fokus
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Lund University Sustainability Forum
- report number
- 12
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The document exists in English and Swedish
- id
- eff34432-c863-4ac1-b1c7-1e60a511de3a (old id 7512699)
- alternative location
- http://www4.lu.se/upload/klimatinitiativet/dokument/Christine_Wamsler_final.pdf
- http://www.hallbarhet.lu.se/sites/hallbarhet.lu.se/files/christine_wamsler_final_sve_ver2.pdf
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 11:46:14
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 21:07:06
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