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Displaying 105 of about 2033 resultsEn las próximas décadas el riesgo de desastres en ciudades de América Latina aumentará a causa del cambio climático, el cual modificará la vulnerabilidad, exposición, frecuencia e intensidad de las amenazas asociadas a fenómenos naturales.
Las ciudades costeras de México, así como otras de Latinoamérica, son altamente vulnerables ya que se espera que e…
These guidelines provide step-by-step instructions on how to supplement historic climate data with specific, regional, forward-looking climate change data in the design of New York City's facilities. Resilient design is intended to become an integral part of the project planning process for city agencies and designers. All new projects and substantial i…
Cities and the communities who live in them are significantly impacted by climate shifts in both means and extremes. These are already affecting the New York metropolitan region and will increasingly do so in the coming decades. This New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report (NPCC3) provides co‐generated tools and methods for implementing r…
Climate change is presenting one of the main challenges to the planet. In parallel, all regions of the world are projected to urbanise further. Consequently, sustainable development challenges will be increasingly concentrated in cities. A resulting impact is the increment of expected urban flood risk in many areas around the globe. Adaptation to climat…
This document provides a universal framework that utilises verifiable and contextualized city data to establish Maputo's resilience profile and form an analysis and diagnosis of its most pressing challenges. This profile and diagnosis provide a base for the creation of evidence-based and implementable Recommended Actions for Resilience (A4R) t…
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This course will provide participants with basic understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and its relationship to climate change adaptation and disaster management. They will learn about the basic process and tools to facilitate community-managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR). CMDRR framework puts premium to building capacities of commun…
The continuing trend toward urbanisation has brought to the fore the linkages between human societies, the technological world which they have created and live in, and the natural environment. Understanding these linkages is crucial to the survival of our species.
Engineers, policy makers, designers and planners are some of the key professions shaping t…
The Climate Change Regional Policy Dialogue on "How to Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation into a Country's Priority Sectors of Action" aims at promoting the dialogue and sharing of experiences between experts and practitioners. One of the main topics to be addressed is sea level rise impacts and adaptation measures. This event will be coordinated with…
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This fortnightly series will focus on themes shared at this years 3rd Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation, as well as cutting-edge topics for next year. The aim of the webinars is to continue the dialogue between members and practitioners working in urban adaptation and resilience.
The Webinar Series is an opportunity for local…
The two official Dutch research programmes on climate change and spatial planning (Climate changes Spatial Planning and Knowledge for Climate), the City of Rotterdam and the C40 (a group of the world's largest cities committed to tackling climate change) invite scientists, politicians, policy-makers and practitioners to share their knowledge and experie…
This event will address the relationship between climate change and the increase of disasters in Brazil; aspects of disaster management to be discussed are: prevention, response, reconstruction. It will also develop proposals for the Civil Defence and Risk Reduction Disaster System.
The Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference series was developed to provide formal and informal venues for the exchange of information, tools and ideas relating to coastal hazards. This successful conference series has encouraged involvement by a broad audience of coastal professionals for multi-disciplinary approaches to coastal issues.
The Coasts,…
Water and energy are critical for our current society and will be of increasing importance in the future. Climate change is forcing us to reassess our energy usage and will have real and substantial impacts on the water cycle. Solving the interlinked challenges of water, climate and energy in a sustainable manner is one of the fundamental goals of this…
According to the UNESCAP in 2011, Asia is the world’s most vulnerable to natural disasters, with its people four times more likely to be affected by nature’s wrath than those in Africa, and 25 times more likely than those in Europe or North America.
To ensure effective and sustainable progress on development and growth targets, local or urban centres m…
The 10th Metropolis World Congress entitled “Cities in Transition” will be a unique opportunity to exchange and establish contacts between delegates and experts from around the world.
Why “Cities in Transition”? New city models have been established in the face of the financial downturn, the scarcity of petroleum and the depletion of the present growth…