Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 31, Issue , 2018, Pages 10-15

  Pelling, Mark ^a   Leck, Hayley ^a   Pasquini, Lorena ^b   Ajibade, Idowu ^c   Osuteye, Emanuel ^d   Parnell, Susan ^b   Lwasa, Shuaib ^e   Johnson, Cassidy ^d   Fraser, Arabella ^f   Barcena, Alejandro ^a   Boubacar, Soumana ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIC NEEDS; CIVIL SOCIETY; DRINKING WATER; GLOBAL WARMING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND TENURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; SANITATION; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 85037650343     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005     Document Type: Review

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