Social and economic impacts of climate change on the urban environment

Gasper, Rebecca; Blohm, Andrew; Rüth, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.009

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“…This section reviews the current literature, with a focus on human health and the wellbeing of different groups of society. Vulnerability differs between these groups, based on gender, age and race (Gasper et al 2011). For example, children and the elderly can be more vulnerable to natural hazards.…”

Section: Impacts Of Climate Change On Urbanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The insurance sector can help society to reduce the costs of adaptation by risk sharing, but climate change can also affect the insurance sector itself, causing the sector to consider heightened risk in setting premiums and risk management (Mills 2005). Insurers must therefore set premiums in a way that is financially viable by attempting to predict the frequency and severity of insured losses based on expected, rather than historical risk (Gasper et al 2011). Insurance practices vary by country.…”

Section: Tertiary Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, case studies have focused on effects on the transportation network with little research on the retail or consumer sectors (Gasper et al 2011).…”

Section: Tertiary Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Retail and commercial services are likely to be affected by climate change through effects on the efficiency of the supply chain and distribution network, as well as on the health and comfort of the workforce (Gasper et al 2011). To date, case studies have focused on effects on the transportation network with little research on the retail or consumer sectors (Gasper et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Socio-economic Impacts—Urban Complexes

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Regional Climate Studies

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This chapter examines observed and potential future climate change impacts on socioeconomic fields concerning urban complexes in the Baltic Sea basin. This is based on the literature review that focused mainly on English publications on climate change impacts, but included some publications in other languages on adaptation. In the Baltic Sea basin, there appears to be an imbalance between cities and towns that have been well studied with reference to climate change impacts, and cities or even regions for which there is hardly any published literature. For those publications that do exist, most concern the impact of a specific climate change effect (temperature rise, extreme events, sea-level rise) on a particular socioeconomic field of an urban complex. The results of the literature review indicate that urban complexes in the Baltic Sea catchment are likely to experience climate change impacts within wide-ranging contexts: from urban services and technical infrastructure, to buildings and settlement structures and to the urban economy or population. Impacts will differ depending on the location of the urban complex: northern versus southern and coastal versus inland. IntroductionThis chapter examines observed and potential future climate change impacts on socio-economic fields concerning urban complexes. Urban complexes are human-dominated settlements with relatively higher population density than rural settlements. The term comprises cities and towns. Urban complexes are further characterised by high concentrations of buildings and built-up areas with consequent soil sealing, high concentrations of people and infrastructure as well as specific economic and cultural roles and activities. These factors render urban complexes particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts (Hunt and Watkiss 2011). As every urban complex is characterised by a specific mix of social, ecological and economic interdependencies and its own settlement and building structure, it is difficult to generalise on scientific findings concerning urban complexes. Moreover, in the Baltic Sea basin, there seems to be an imbalance between cities and towns that have been well studied with reference to climate change impacts, and cities or even regions for which there is hardly any published literature. For those publications that do exist, most concern the impact of a specific climate change effect (temperature rise, extreme events, sea-level rise) on a particular socioeconomic field of an urban complex. Systematic case studies are available but are mostly on the impacts of climate on human health (Analitis et al.

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Section: Impacts Of Climate Change On Urbanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Tertiary Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, case studies have focused on effects on the transportation network with little research on the retail or consumer sectors (Gasper et al 2011).…”

Section: Tertiary Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Tertiary Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Socio-economic Impacts—Urban Complexes

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Juhola

Janßen

et al. 2015

Regional Climate Studies

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“…Systemic and cascading shocks are often overlooked in much academic research yet they are an inevitable consequence of the complex and tightly-coupled systems that make up the modern world. The unique context and character of each urban area will influence the precise composition of these connected infrastructure challenges and its vulnerability to extreme weather events and climate change (Gasper et al, 2011).…”

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