Climate adaptation as strategic urbanism: assessing opportunities and uncertainties for equity and inclusive development in cities

Cities

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 378-387

  Chu, Eric ^a   Anguelovski, Isabelle ^b,c   Roberts, Debra ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change adaptation; Development; Governance; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN PLANNING;

ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; DURBAN; INDIA; INDORE; KWAZULU-NATAL; MADHYA PRADESH; MEDELLIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84993950069     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.10.016     Document Type: Article

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