eprintid: 10042129 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/21/29 datestamp: 2018-01-31 11:35:22 lastmod: 2021-09-22 22:15:37 status_changed: 2019-01-30 11:13:07 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Pelling, M creators_name: Leck, H creators_name: Pasquini, L creators_name: Ajibade, I creators_name: Osuteye, E creators_name: Parnell, S creators_name: Lwasa, S creators_name: Johnson, C creators_name: Fraser, A creators_name: Barcena, A creators_name: Boubacar, S title: Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F32 note: © 2017 this is article is published under a Creative Commons licence Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). abstract: For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive management are exacerbated by rapid population growth, deep and persistent poverty, a trend for resolving risk through relocation (often forced), and emerging new risks, often multi-hazard, for example heat stroke made worse by air pollution. Orienting risk management towards a developmental agenda can help. Transition is constrained by fragmented governance, donor priorities and inadequate monitoring of hazards, vulnerability and impacts. Opportunities arise where data and forecasting is present and through multi-level governance where civil society collaborates with city government. date: 2018-04 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Review verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1519773 doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005 lyricists_name: Johnson, Cassidy lyricists_name: Osuteye, Emmanuel lyricists_id: CJOHN96 lyricists_id: EOSUT99 actors_name: Osuteye, Emmanuel actors_id: EOSUT99 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability volume: 31 pagerange: 10-15 issn: 1877-3435 citation: Pelling, M; Leck, H; Pasquini, L; Ajibade, I; Osuteye, E; Parnell, S; Lwasa, S; ... Boubacar, S; + view all <#> Pelling, M; Leck, H; Pasquini, L; Ajibade, I; Osuteye, E; Parnell, S; Lwasa, S; Johnson, C; Fraser, A; Barcena, A; Boubacar, S; - view fewer <#> (2018) Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability , 31 pp. 10-15. 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042129/1/Pelling%20et%20al%20Cosust.pdf