Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer,

Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer,

By Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra

City parts are domestic to over part the world's humans and are on the vanguard of the weather switch factor. the necessity for an international learn attempt to set up the present knowing of weather switch edition and mitigation on the urban point is pressing. to satisfy this aim a coalition of foreign researchers - the city weather swap study community (UCCRN) - was once shaped on the time of the C40 huge towns weather Summit in long island in 2007. This booklet is the 1st UCCRN overview record on weather swap and towns. The authors are all foreign specialists from a various variety of towns with various socio-economic stipulations, from either the constructing and constructed global. it truly is important for mayors, urban officers and policymakers; city sustainability officials and concrete planners; and researchers, professors and complex scholars.

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In urban areas, inequities will become more apparent as populations will be differentially able to relocate away from highly vulnerable locations, leading to changes in the spatial distribution and density of both formal and informal settlements. Degradation of building materials is also projected to occur. As warmer temperatures extend into higher latitudes, diseases never before seen might appear, or diseases that had long been considered eradicated may re-emerge. The health ramifications in some areas could be disastrous, especially in densely populated informal settlements.

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