Urban risk and planning

This index-based study examines the heatwave resilience of both formal and informal communities located in Lahore, Pakistan. Resilience is assessed in terms of its capacities and dimensions.

Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with rising urban heat. But our research shows trees alone are often not enough.

A study of 138 Indian cities combines satellite vegetation data, night-light data, extreme-aware heat downscaling, and explainable AI to show why urban greening must be matched to humidity, canopy density, and airflow.

Scientists think it really is raining more often over cities, but perhaps not as much as we thought.

This report analyzes the relationship between the decline of green spaces and rising summer temperatures in Huế City, Vietnam, over the period 2014–2024

Paris, London and New York are more often associated with culture, finance and history than with dangerous heat. Yet each summer all three are increasingly exposed to extreme temperatures they were never designed to withstand.

This study presents a dynamic disaster risk assessment methodology for urban built environments, integrating flood and earthquake scenarios with spatiotemporal patterns of population exposure and vulnerability.

Every year, disasters cost the global economy USD 202 billion, but when cascading impacts on education, supply chains and health are considered, the true cost rises to USD 2.3 trillion.