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Displaying 30 of about 106 resultsRising seas and extreme storms fueled by climate change are combining to generate more frequent and severe floods in cities along rivers and coasts, and aging infrastructure is poorly equipped for the new reality. But when governments and planners try to prepare communities for worsening flood risks by improving infrastructure, the benefits are oft…
This study introduced a novel integrated hydrological-hydrodynamic model that takes into account the layout of low-impact development (LID) facilities along with pipeline alignment and rehabilitation. The integration of gray and green infrastructure has proven to be a feasible approach for managing stormwater in established urban areas. However, evaluat…
The Americas and Caribbean region has gained four new MCR2030 Resilience Hubs. Montevideo (Uruguay), Pudahuel (Chile), Santa Ana (Costa Rica), and Santiago de Cali (Colombia) have been appointed by the members of the Global Coordinating Committee of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative. This initiative, promoted by the United Nations Of…
According to a new study involving researchers from around Europe, including from Italy's CMCC and the National Research Council (CNR), urban areas across Europe are home to high levels of social inequality when it comes to granting access to green spaces, which are considered among the most effective solutions to mitigating the worse effects of heatwav…
The Uruguay is not a river, it is a blue sky that travels.This is how the late Uruguayan poet and singer Aníbal Sampayo described the Uruguay River, in his 1963 song “Río de los Pájaros” – the river of the birds – a tribute to the stream that flows past his home city of Paysandú.His verses are a kind of sonic photography: they preserve local characters,…
Time15:00 - 16:45 CETAboutThe Water as Leverage (WaL) methodology is an inclusive, integral, design-based approach for the development of projects, programs and transformation enhancing towards urban water resilience. Water as Leverage builds on experiences in a series of initiatives globally, spanning Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. A central…
This new International Master Degree aims to become the reference for introducing an innovative, newly integrated and multi-perspective approach in framing and implementing urban resilience and sustainability.The International Master Degree in City Resilience Design and Management was conceived by the Urban Resilience research Net (URNet) and partners,…
Your home was probably designed for a climate that no longer exists.As long as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping blanket of gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the weather will become more volatile. Without an urgent transformation, our built environment will buckle under the mounting strain of heatwaves, floods and storms.It’s…
Despite coastal cities being at high risk of climate change disasters, huge gaps remain in planning and distributing information on disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation strategies at a local government level, new research by UFH found.Data gathered in East London by researchers Dr. Emmanuel Busayo and Professor Ahmed Kalumba from the Univer…
Coastal cities and communities will face more frequent major hurricanes with climate change in the coming years. To help prepare coastal cities against future storms, MIT scientists have developed a method to predict how much flooding a coastal community is likely to experience as hurricanes evolve over the next decades.When hurricanes make landfall, st…
In the face of climate change, YouthADAPT Challenge Winner Ecobarter helps vulnerable urban communities in Nigeria lower flood risk through sustainable waste managementUrban flooding is a major climate issue in Nigeria. In 2022, Nigerian states experienced flooding, according to UNICEF. The flooding is often due to climate-induced heavy rainfall a…
The London Climate Resilience Review (the Review) is an independent review commissioned by the Mayor of London to take stock of London’s preparations for climate change and to make recommendations to advance London’s climate resilience. The Mayor called for the Review following accelerating climate impacts in the UK and around the world. The Review is e…
We are excited to announce that on 26-28 June 2024, the 11th edition of European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) is set to be co-organized and hosted by the City of Valencia, distinguished as the European Green Capital for 2024.EURESFO has served as a pivotal European initiative since 2013. Organised by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability and th…
[...]But it’s also a present and future relationship, as sea levels rise and the climate crisis is linked with more severe bouts of rainfall. “In Rotterdam, the water comes from all four sides,” said Van Peijpe. “Delta cities are vulnerable to climate change, especially to sea level rises, which are happening faster than expected, but also to what comes…
In a school located in Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain) several nature-based solutions (NbS) have been designed and implemented to minimise climate impacts, as part of the EU LIFE project myBUILDINGisGREEN LIFE. The implemented NbS consist of a series of green roofs, green facades, and other diverse NbS for shading and “water harvestin…