Compound urban crises

Westman, Linda; Patterson, James; Macrorie, Rachel; Orr, Christopher; Ashcraft, Catherine; Broto, Vanesa Castán; Dolan, Dana Archer; Gupta, Mukesh Kumar; Heijden, Jeroen van der; Hickmann, Thomas; Hobbins, Robert; Papin, Marielle; Robin, Enora; Rosan, Christina D.; Torrens, Jonas; Webb, Robert J.

doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01697-6

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“…Common local resilience assessment tools and frameworks display an abundance of I&M 36 , which evidences the need for cross-examination and cross-fertilisation of resilience and adaptation MERL elds. Holistic approaches to capture multiple risks and interactions of different hazards are also lacking which calls for greater attention to cascading and compound effects of multiple hazards on urban systems and populations, beyond climate change 37 .…”

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Current indicators and metrics hinder effective urban climate adaptation

Olazabal,

Mansur,

Sahay

et al. 2024

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Assessing the effectiveness of climate adaptation action is the focus of intense debate across scientific and policy arenas. Measurement is essential for effective adaptation management and operation, and indicators and metrics (I&M) have a pivotal role. Surprisingly, there are very few systematic efforts to understand the advances in the provisioning of adaptation I&M. Here we analyse 137 publications and 901 I&M sourced in the scientific literature to measure adaptation to climate change, particularly, in urban areas where governments are increasingly placing efforts to prepare populations and infrastructures. A lack of common terminology, standardisation, and reference guidelines has resulted in a field that is complex to track and understand. Furthermore, such complexity has led to diverse, context-specific and sometimes competing approaches to developing I&M. We argue that current I&M proposals are highly technical, not sufficiently grounded on real needs, and have little potential to collectively support effective urban climate change adaptation.

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confidence: 99%

Current indicators and metrics hinder effective urban climate adaptation

Olazabal,

Mansur,

Sahay

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…(10) These efforts have been joined by international agencies, for instance through the publication of the latest GOLD Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), which focuses on alternative pathways to equality advanced by subnational governments (such as commoning, 8. Westman et al (2022). 9.…”

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Editorial: Addressing urban inequalities II: discursive and material practices through scale

Lévy¹,

Frediani²,

Butcher³

et al. 2023

Environment and Urbanization

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“…The rates and complexity of these changes are remarkable (Westman et al 2022 ). This means that past urban histories may give scant insight for urban living, planning, design, and management in future.…”

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The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

Pickett,

Simone,

Anderson

et al. 2024

Ambio

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This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that urban ecology as a science can better contribute to positive futures by focusing on relationships, rather than prioritizing urban structures. Insights from other relational disciplines, such as political ecology, governance, urban design, and conservation also contribute. Relationality is especially powerful given the need to rapidly adapt to the changing social and biophysical drivers of global urban systems. These unprecedented dynamics are better understood through a relational lens than traditional structural questions. We use three kinds of coproduction—of the social-ecological world, of science, and of actionable knowledge—to identify key processes of coproduction within urban places. Connectivity is crucial to relational urban ecology. Eight themes emerge from the joint explorations of the paper and point toward social action for improving life and environment in urban futures.

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Compound urban crises

Cited by 21 publications

References 102 publications

Current indicators and metrics hinder effective urban climate adaptation

Current indicators and metrics hinder effective urban climate adaptation

Editorial: Addressing urban inequalities II: discursive and material practices through scale

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures

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