Making cities resilient to climate change: identifying “win–win” interventions

Dulal, Hari Bansha

doi:10.1080/13549839.2016.1168790

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Making cities resilient to climate change: identifying “win–win” interventions

Dulal, Hari Bansha·2017·Local Environment

DOI 10.1080/13549839.2016.1168790

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Urbanisation is truly a global phenomenon. Starting at 39% in 1980, the urbanisation level rose to 52% in 2011. Ongoing rapid urbanisation has led to increase in urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Urban climate change risks have also increased with increase in climate-induced extreme weather events and more low-income urban dwellers living in climate sensitive locations. Despite increased emissions, including GHGs and heightened climate change vulnerability, climate mitigation and adaptation actions are rare in the cities of developing countries. Cities are overwhelmed with worsening congestion, air pollution, crime, waste management, and unemployment problems. Lack of resources and capacity constraints are other factors that discourage cities from embarking on climate change mitigation and adaptation pathways. Given the multitude of problems faced, there is simply no appetite for stand-alone urban climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes. Urban mitigation and adaptation goals will have to be achieved as co-benefits of interventions targeted at solving pressing urban problems and challenges. The paper identifies administratively simple urban interventions that can help cities solve some of their pressing service delivery and urban environmental problems, while simultaneously mitigating rising urban GHG emissions and vulnerability to climate change.

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Authors: Dulal, H. B.
Affiliations: Abt Global (United States) (US)
Corresponding author: Dulal, Hari Bansha
Venue: Local Environment
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2016-04-09
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Pages: 106-125
ISSN: 1354-9839 (ISSN-L)
1469-6711
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1168790
OpenAlex: W2335768527
Cited by: 56
References: 73
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2
FWCI: 1.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Local Environment (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
Keywords: urban climate resilience, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, urban greenhouse gas emissions, urbanization, co-benefits, urban service delivery, urban environmental problems, developing countries, climate change vulnerability

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