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View article: Climate action at neighborhood scale: examples from the Resilient Cities Network
Climate action at neighborhood scale: examples from the Resilient Cities Network Open
Neighborhood planning instruments and approaches that tailor and implement city-level strategies have become a key focus in cities around the world. While nations pledge and cities deliver action on climate, local implementation and impact…
View article: Addressing climate-action implementation gaps in cities: planning for meaningful and consistent implementation through the 5-UP framework
Addressing climate-action implementation gaps in cities: planning for meaningful and consistent implementation through the 5-UP framework Open
Achieving climate objectives in cities requires a significant acceleration of current efforts and deep structural changes in how policies, programs, and projects are implemented. Despite commitments to climate action at the local level, ci…
View article: On the Use of Machine Learning and Key Performance Indicators for Urban Planning and Design
On the Use of Machine Learning and Key Performance Indicators for Urban Planning and Design Open
Global efforts to achieve climate neutrality increasingly rely on innovative urban planning and design strategies. This study focuses on the identification and application of key performance indicators (KPIs) to support policymakers and lo…
View article: Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities
Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities Open
Blue-Green Cities manage flood risk by recreating more naturally oriented water cycles in urban areas through the restoration of natural drainage channels, reduction in impervious surfaces and implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure (B…
View article: Decision: Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i>: Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard — R0/PR3
Decision: Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i>: Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard — R0/PR3 Open
Water is a vital resource essential for both sustaining life and a healthy environment as well as being a critical hazard in the form of floods or droughts which can destroy people's livelihoods and property. This gives rise to a multi-fac…
View article: Recommendation: Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i>: Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard — R0/PR2
Recommendation: Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i>: Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard — R0/PR2 Open
Water is a vital resource essential for both sustaining life and a healthy environment as well as being a critical hazard in the form of floods or droughts which can destroy people's livelihoods and property. This gives rise to a multi-fac…
View article: Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i> : Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard
Introducing <i>Cambridge Prisms Water</i> : Solutions for managing an essential resource and critical hazard Open
Water is a vital resource essential for both sustaining life and a healthy environment as well as being a critical hazard in the form of floods or droughts which can destroy people’s livelihoods and property. This gives rise to a multi-fac…
View article: Flexible Planning for Intercity Multimodal Transport Infrastructure
Flexible Planning for Intercity Multimodal Transport Infrastructure Open
Planning transport infrastructure development involves high levels of uncertainty due to socioeconomic, environmental, and technological changes. Methodologies currently used in transport planning often have minimal consideration for adapt…
View article: Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications
Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications Open
Building water-wise cities is a pressing need nowadays in both developed and developing countries. This is mainly due to the limitation of the available water resources and aging infrastructure to meet the needs of adapting to social and e…
View article: Building resilience in water supply infrastructure in the face of future uncertainties: Insight from Cape Town
Building resilience in water supply infrastructure in the face of future uncertainties: Insight from Cape Town Open
Building water-wise cities is a pressing need nowadays in both developed and developing countries. This is mainly due to the limitation of the available water resources and aging infrastructure to meet the needs of adapting to social and e…
View article: Integrating blue-green and grey infrastructure through an adaptation pathways approach to surface water flooding
Integrating blue-green and grey infrastructure through an adaptation pathways approach to surface water flooding Open
A range of solutions to future flood risk are available ranging from blue-green infrastructure (BGI) as commonly incorporated in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) to traditional grey infrastructure (e.g. pipe networks, storage tanks, flo…
View article: Research data supporting "Integrating Blue-Green and Grey Infrastructure through an Adaptation Pathways Approach to Surface Water Flooding"
Research data supporting "Integrating Blue-Green and Grey Infrastructure through an Adaptation Pathways Approach to Surface Water Flooding" Open
This dataset includes three spreadsheets for i) providing the 1 in 5 year rainfall inputs to the SWMM model, and associated outputs ii) discounted CAPEX, OPEX and TOTEX cost calculations for each adaptation pathway, iii) a Multiple benefit…
View article: The blue-green path to urban flood resilience
The blue-green path to urban flood resilience Open
Achieving urban flood resilience at local, regional and national levels requires a transformative change in planning, design and implementation of urban water systems. Flood risk, wastewater and stormwater management should be re-envisaged…
View article: Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future
Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future Open
Preliminary results of the UK Urban Flood Resilience research consortium are presented and discussed, with the work being conducted against a background of future uncertainties with respect to changing climate and increasing urbanization. …
View article: Understanding the Implementation Challenges of Urban Resilience Policies: Investigating the Influence of Urban Geological Risk in Thessaloniki, Greece
Understanding the Implementation Challenges of Urban Resilience Policies: Investigating the Influence of Urban Geological Risk in Thessaloniki, Greece Open
Urban Resilience has recently emerged as a systematic approach to urban sustainability. The malleable definition of resilience has rendered its operationalisation an intriguing task for contemporary cities trying to address their organisat…