No AccessJun 2011Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Opportunities and ConstraintsAuthors/Editors: Dirk Heinrichs, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Jonathan Barton, Erach Bharucha, Carsten Butsch, Michail Fragkias, Peter Johnston, Frauke Kraas, Kerstin Krellenberg, Andrea Lampis, Ooi Giok Ling, Johanna VogelDirk Heinrichs, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Jonathan Barton, Erach Bharucha, Carsten Butsch, Michail Fragkias, Peter Johnston, Frauke Kraas, Kerstin Krellenberg, Andrea Lampis, Ooi Giok Ling, Johanna Vogelhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9780821384930_CH08AboutView ChaptersPDF (0.9 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Explores the variety of adaptation options that cities have started to implement, drawing on the experience of eight cities—Bogota, Cape Town, Delhi, Pearl River Delta, Pune, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo, and Singapore—and compares their progress toward adaptation. The cases of Cape Town, Delhi, São Paulo, and Singapore show that cities (or city-states) can play a leading role as forerunners in designing local responses. They highlight the multitude of existing options and show how the issue of climate change can be integrated into local development strategies. A first lesson for applied research and policy is to better understand existing local opportunities and the ways to connect them to local climate action. A second lesson advocates that a main strategy to confront the trend of growing scarcities will have to focus on adjusting consumption levels as a complement to reuse and recycling schemes. The third lesson shows that policy needs to pay increasing attention to long-term regulation of the distribution of resources between competing uses and users. Previous chapterNext chapter FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byClimate Change and Cities15 April 2019Archetypical barriers to adapting water governance in river basins to climate changeJournal of Institutional Economics, Vol.14, No.330 October 2017Barriers and opportunities for urban adaptation planning: analytical framework and evidence from cities in Latin America and GermanyMitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol.20, No.115 June 2013Coping with Natural Disasters and Urban Risk: An Approach to Urban Sustainability from Socio-Environmental Fragmentation and Urban Vulnerability Assessment25 November 2014Explaining and overcoming barriers to climate change adaptationNature Climate Change, Vol.4, No.1025 September 2014Megacities and Climate Change: Early Adapters, Mainstream Adapters and Capacities19 January 2013Introduction8 January 2014Climate and environmental change and the potential for greening African citiesLocal Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, Vol.28, No.22 November 2012Strategic Land-Use Planning in a Changing Climate—Adapting to the Spatial Dynamics of Risk in Ho Chi Minh City10 December 2013Exploring ecosystem-based adaptation in Durban, South Africa: "learning-by-doing" at the local government coal faceEnvironment and Urbanization, Vol.24, No.12 December 2011Megacities in Latin America: Role and Challenges19 August 2011 View Published: June 2011ISBN: 978-0-8213-8493-0e-ISBN: 978-0-8213-8667-5 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsEurope and Central AsiaRelated CountriesRussian FederationUnited KingdomRelated TopicsEnvironment KeywordsADAPTATIONAIRAIR TEMPERATURESCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE DATACLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE MODELCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATESGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE MODELREGIONAL CLIMATESOLAR RADIATIONSURFACE ENERGYSURFACE ENERGY BALANCESURFACE HETEROGENEITYSURFACE SCHEMETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE DIFFERENCEURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN TEMPERATURES PDF DownloadLoading ...