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Climate change and urban sustainability of Chilean metropolitan cities.
(Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo., 2009)
Cities are at the same time cause and effect of climate change. Climate Change processes and effects should mainly affect Latin American cities, where most of the population and economic activities are concentrated. Urban ...
Urban Flood Risk Reduction by Increasing Green Areas For Adaptation To Climate Change
(Elsevier, 2016)
Enhanced green infrastructure (GI) in urban areas, such as green roofs, parks and green spaces can make a significant contribution to enhancing the provision of fundamental ecosystem services (ES), through nature-based ...
The role of urban green infrastructure in mitigating land surface temperature in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)
Green infrastructure, ecosystem services and their contributions to address climate change in cities: the case of the coastal corridor of the river Mapocho in Santiago de Chile
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Ins. Geografía, 2016)
The paper discusses the arguments in favor of urban green infrastructure and the provision of ecosystem services as key components of urban-ecological systems resilient to climate change. The analytical framework developed ...
Prevention, mitigation and adaptation to climate change from perspectives of urban population in an emerging economy
This paper discusses the current knowledge and opinions of urban population in a city of a country that it is recognized with greater vulnerability to climate change, as it is Bogotá the main city of Colombia. It is important ...
Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change, Priorities, and Decision-Making among Municipalities in Lima, Peru to Better Inform Adaptation and Mitigation Planning
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
Climate change poses multiple risks to the population of Lima, the largest city and capital of Peru, located on the Pacific coast in a desert ecosystem. These risks include increased water scarcity, increased heat, and the ...
Compensating Water Service Interruptions to Implement a Safe-to-Fail Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Water Supply
(2020)
A city resilient to climate change is characterized by effectively responding to and recovering from the negative impacts of climate hazards. In the city of Santiago, Chile, extreme weather that can be associated with a ...