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View article: Crisis of imagination/(re)imaginations for a (climate) crisis
Crisis of imagination/(re)imaginations for a (climate) crisis Open
This themed intervention emerges from a Chair's Plenary during the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference 2023 on the theme of ‘Climate Changed Geographies’ and addresses geographers and allied social scientists. Drawing o…
View article: Creating and implementing a decision support environment for risk-sensitive, pro-poor urban planning and development of Tomorrow’s Cities
Creating and implementing a decision support environment for risk-sensitive, pro-poor urban planning and development of Tomorrow’s Cities Open
As the negative impacts of natural hazards continue to escalate around the world due to increasing populations, climate change, and rapid urbanisation (among other factors and processes), there is an urgent requirement to develop structure…
View article: The barriers to uptake of disaster risk management science in urban planning: A political economy analysis
The barriers to uptake of disaster risk management science in urban planning: A political economy analysis Open
There is increasing effort in science to support disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation in urban environments. It is now common for research calls and projects to reference coproduction methods and science uptake goal…
View article: Health and wellbeing in the face of crises associated with climate or conflict: how can knowledge from the humanities and social sciences help us respond to disasters?
Health and wellbeing in the face of crises associated with climate or conflict: how can knowledge from the humanities and social sciences help us respond to disasters? Open
This commentary considers how SHAPE (Social-Sciences Humanities & the Arts for People and the Economy) disciplines contribute to interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness and international cooperation in work to address the challenges to health a…
View article: Normative future visioning: a critical pedagogy for transformative adaptation
Normative future visioning: a critical pedagogy for transformative adaptation Open
Normative future visioning (NFV) offers a critical approach that can respond to the challenges of transformative adaptation. In the context of climate crisis, an understanding of the diversity of desired end-states and pathways for good ur…
View article: COVID-19 Interventions in an informal settlement: A spatial analysis of accessibility in Kibera, Kenya
COVID-19 Interventions in an informal settlement: A spatial analysis of accessibility in Kibera, Kenya Open
This paper introduces a methodology to explore pedestrian accessibility in informal settlements. This methodology is applied to pandemic intervention sites in Nairobi's Kibera area for 3.5 months (14 April to 31 July 2020) during the COVID…
View article: Normative future visioning for city resilience and development
Normative future visioning for city resilience and development Open
This paper argues for normative visioning as an underdeveloped component of adaptation planning. Multi-stakeholder and normative approaches to future visioning offer generative moments when creativity can meet the power to act required for…
View article: Transformative Adaptation through Nature-Based Solutions: A Comparative Case Study Analysis in China, Italy and Germany
Transformative Adaptation through Nature-Based Solutions: A Comparative Case Study Analysis in China, Italy and Germany Open
This presentation explores how claims for transformative adaptation toward more equitable and sustainable societies can be assessed. We build on a theoretical framework describing transformative adaptation as it manifests across four core …
View article: Ten new insights in climate science 2023
Ten new insights in climate science 2023 Open
Non-technical summary We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming li…
View article: Climate emergencies and health system resilience collaborative research action (CHESS): challenges and best practice from the UK and Australia
Climate emergencies and health system resilience collaborative research action (CHESS): challenges and best practice from the UK and Australia Open
Background and aim Health was chosen as a science priority area for the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow as well as in other international initiatives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to bring a stronger focus to t…
View article: A Novel Decision Support Environment for Risk Informed Urban Planning in Tomorrow’s Cities 
A Novel Decision Support Environment for Risk Informed Urban Planning in Tomorrow’s Cities  Open
<table><tbody><tr><td> <p>This talk introduces the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) Urban Disaster Risk Hub, the &#8220;Tomorrow&#8217;s Cities&#8…
View article: Climate Change in Cities and Urban Areas: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Climate Change in Cities and Urban Areas: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Open
The second volume in the Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) series, Climate Change in Cities and Urban Areas: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, offers a concise and accessible distillation of the IPCC Working Group II Report. Cities…
View article: Building back better from COVID-19: Knowledge, emergence and social contracts
Building back better from COVID-19: Knowledge, emergence and social contracts Open
COVID-19 recovery is an opportunity to enhance life chances by Building Back Better, an objective promoted by the UN and deployed politically at national level. To help understand emergent and intentional opportunities to Build Back Better…
View article: Synergies Between COVID-19 and Climate Change Impacts and Responses
Synergies Between COVID-19 and Climate Change Impacts and Responses Open
The COVID-19 pandemic and anthropogenic climate change are global crises. We show how strongly these crises are connected, including the underlying societal inequities and problems of poverty, substandard housing, and infrastructure includ…
View article: A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience
A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience Open
Learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic opens an opportunity for enhanced research and action on inclusive urban resilience to climate change. Lessons and their implications are used to describe a climate resilience research renewal ag…
View article: World Risk Index - Vulnerability Component 2019
World Risk Index - Vulnerability Component 2019 Open
Indicators for assessing human vulnerability to climatic hazards and natural hazards based on the most recent available international data in 2019. The overall indicator system is based on the concept of WRI methodology published in 2011 (…
View article: World Risk Index - Vulnerability Component 2019
World Risk Index - Vulnerability Component 2019 Open
Indicators for assessing human vulnerability to climatic hazards and natural hazards based on the most recent available international data in 2019. The overall indicator system is based on the concept of WRI methodology published in 2011 (…
View article: Editorial. Risk-based, Pro-poor Urban Design and Planning for Tomorrow's Cities
Editorial. Risk-based, Pro-poor Urban Design and Planning for Tomorrow's Cities Open
The Sendai Framework for DRR 2015–2030 identifies an urgent need for a global effort by researchers, practitioners, and governments to integrate science with action to support risk-sensitive decision making . Tomorrow's Cities aims to co-p…
View article: Remote data collection methods to inventory COVID-19 interventions in low-income urban settlements
Remote data collection methods to inventory COVID-19 interventions in low-income urban settlements Open
<p>In this PICO, we outline methods used to inventory the spatial distribution and characteristics of COVID-19 response activities (&#8216;interventions&#8217;) in Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya). About 1/8 of the World&#8217;s P…
View article: Uncertain pasts and risk-sensitive futures in sub-Saharan urban transformation
Uncertain pasts and risk-sensitive futures in sub-Saharan urban transformation Open
This chapter explores the status and the scope for transition of risk- sensitive and transformative urban development in diverse cities of sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is important because of its large proportions of urban popula…