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Urban risk & planning

This theme contributes to the understanding of urban risk, which includes urban hazards, exposure and vulnerability. It also covers aspects related to improving awareness, as well as local governance and local capacity to effectively reduce disaster risk.

Latest Urban risk & planning additions in the Knowledge Base

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VulneraCity–drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability based on a global systematic literature review

In this study, the authors investigate the drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability for six different natural hazards by conducting a systematic literature review on the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
Wetland of the city of Harbin, China
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How China’s most ‘futuristic’ city restored its mangroves

The city's approach to conservation, involving robust policy enforcement and community engagement, illustrates how urban areas can successfully integrate significant ecological habitats, reversing ecological decline in vulnerable delta regions.
Dialogue Earth
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Urban heat hot spots in 65 cities

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities - and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies.
Climate Central
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How cities can adapt to climate change with artificial intelligence

The researchers have developed models that enable precise and detailed measurements and predictions with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) – for example on the frequency of thermal stress, but also on the effects of changes in planning.
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
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Urban overheating and adaptation measures: An analysis at EU, national, and local level

This report on Urban Overheating & Adaptation Measures explores the adaptation strategies employed across the European Union (EU) to mitigate the impacts of urban heat.
Green city with multiple green roofs
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Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat

Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
University College London
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Adapt or die: Bangladesh joins the race to climate-proof cities

Bangladesh's capital, one of the world's most congested and polluted mega-cities, is home to around 10 million people, including thousands who have fled floods and droughts in other parts of a country that is on the frontline of climate change.
Context
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NASA’s ECOSTRESS maps burn risk across Phoenix streets

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where contact with skin — from a fall, for example — can cause serious burns.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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