Justice for resilient development in climate-stressed cities / coordinating lead authors, Diana Reckien, Sirkku Juhol ; lead authors Anika Nasra Haque [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reckien, Diana, author.

Juhola, Sirkku, author.

Haque, Anika Nasra, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in climate change and cities : Third Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network 2976-9116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change mitigation--Social aspects.

Climate change mitigation.

Climate justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Climate impacts and risk, within and across cities, are distributed highly unequally. Cities located in low latitudes are more vulnerable to climate risk and impacts than in high latitudes, due to the large proportion of informal settlements relative to the housing stock and more frequent extremes. According to EM-DAT, about 60% of environmental disasters in cities relate to riverine floods. Riverine floods and heatwaves cause about 33% of deaths in cities. However, cold-waves and droughts impact most people in cities (42% and 39% of all people, respectively). Human vulnerability intersects with hazardous, underserved communities. Frequently affected groups include women, single parents, and low-income elderly. Responses to climatic events are conditioned by the informality of social fabric and institutions, and by inequitable distribution of impacts, decision-making, and outcomes. To ensure climate-resilient development, adaptation and mitigation actions must include the broader urban context of informality and equity and justice principles. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jun 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-58707-2

1-009-58708-0

1-009-58710-2

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access