2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2013.08.001
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Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban adaptation

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“…Climate change is emerging as the single most important environmental issue of the 21st century (Campbell et al, 2011;Carter et al, 2015). Global air temperatures have increased by 0.85°C during the period 1880(IPCC5, 2013.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Climate change is emerging as the single most important environmental issue of the 21st century (Campbell et al, 2011;Carter et al, 2015). Global air temperatures have increased by 0.85°C during the period 1880(IPCC5, 2013.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This can be very dangerous for vulnerable occupants, such as elderly or disabled, particularly when strategies that are normally successful to cope with high temperatures during summer such as opening windows, might not work during a heat wave (Mavrogianni et al 2015). Changing climate added to increasing population and urbanization presents a need for cities to adapt to new conditions and develop resilience in order to provide comfort for inhabitants (Carter et al 2014). …”
Section: Occupant Behaviour and Thermal Comfortmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Part of this concern must be attributed to the research output of NCCARF, which included a research theme on Settlements and Infrastructure. A general theme adopted by several authors relates to the concept of increasing the resilience of settlements to climate change (Davoudi, 2012;Wilkinson, 2012;Carter et al, 2015). Broadly, this concept is concerned with enhancing the ability of settlements to deal with climate induced threats such as bush fires, heat waves and storm surges and to recover quickly from their effects when these occur.…”
Section: Adaptation To Climate Changementioning
confidence: 99%