Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities

In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that facilitate the effective building and maintenance of urban resilience are poorl...

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Main Author: Saavedra, Casilda (author)
Other Authors: Budd, William W. (author), Lovrich, Nicholas P. (author)
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Published: 2012
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description In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that facilitate the effective building and maintenance of urban resilience are poorly understood. Two groups of US cities differing markedly in their commitment to climate change are contrasted with respect to their planning approaches and actions related to mitigation and adaptation strategies, and also in relation to social features that are believed to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. The first group manifests a strong commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the second group has demonstrated little or no such commitment. These cities are compared with respect to several noteworthy social features, including level of social capital, degree of unconventional thought, and level of cultural diversity. These characteristics are postulated to contribute to the adaptive capacity of communities for dealing with the impacts of climate change. The aim is to determine to what extent there is a relationship between social/cultural structures and urban commitment and planning for climate change that could discriminate between climate change resilient and nonresilient urban areas.
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spelling Assessing resilience to climate change in the US citiesSaavedra, CasildaBudd, William W.Lovrich, Nicholas P.adaptive capacityresilienceclimate changemitigationadaptive capacityresilienceclimate changemitigationIn the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that facilitate the effective building and maintenance of urban resilience are poorly understood. Two groups of US cities differing markedly in their commitment to climate change are contrasted with respect to their planning approaches and actions related to mitigation and adaptation strategies, and also in relation to social features that are believed to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. The first group manifests a strong commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the second group has demonstrated little or no such commitment. These cities are compared with respect to several noteworthy social features, including level of social capital, degree of unconventional thought, and level of cultural diversity. These characteristics are postulated to contribute to the adaptive capacity of communities for dealing with the impacts of climate change. The aim is to determine to what extent there is a relationship between social/cultural structures and urban commitment and planning for climate change that could discriminate between climate change resilient and nonresilient urban areas.In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that facilitate the effective building and maintenance of urban resilience are poorly understood. Two groups of US cities differing markedly in their commitment to climate change are contrasted with respect to their planning approaches and actions related to mitigation and adaptation strategies, and also in relation to social features that are believed to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. The first group manifests a strong commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the second group has demonstrated little or no such commitment. These cities are compared with respect to several noteworthy social features, including level of social capital, degree of unconventional thought, and level of cultural diversity. These characteristics are postulated to contribute to the adaptive capacity of communities for dealing with the impacts of climate change. The aim is to determine to what extent there is a relationship between social/cultural structures and urban commitment and planning for climate change that could discriminate between climate change resilient and nonresilient urban areas.2017-08-17T17:30:10Z2017-08-17T17:30:10Z2017-08-17T17:30:10Z2017-08-17T17:30:10Z2012-03-092012-03-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2825http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2825engenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositorio Institucional de documento digitales de acceso abierto de la UTPinstname:Universidad Tecnológica de Panamáinstacron:U Tecnológica de Panamáoai:ridda2.utp.ac.pa:123456789/28252021-07-06T15:34:48Z
spellingShingle Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
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adaptive capacity
resilience
climate change
mitigation
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title Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
title_full Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
title_fullStr Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
title_full_unstemmed Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
title_short Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
title_sort Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
topic adaptive capacity
resilience
climate change
mitigation
adaptive capacity
resilience
climate change
mitigation
url http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2825