Pelling, M;
Leck, H;
Pasquini, L;
Ajibade, I;
Osuteye, E;
Parnell, S;
Lwasa, S;
... Boubacar, S; + view all
(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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 this is article is published under a Creative Commons licence Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042129 |
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