TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2019///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069726227&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2019.07.227&partnerID=40&md5=6b88f988b6f1e7b9d6be33e6a31dc956
JF  - Science of the Total Environment
A1  - Filho, W.L.
A1  - Balogun, A.-L.
A1  - Olayide, O.E.
A1  - Azeiteiro, U.M.
A1  - Ayal, D.Y.
A1  - Muñoz, P.D.C.
A1  - Nagy, G.J.
A1  - Bynoe, P.
A1  - Oguge, O.
A1  - Yannick Toamukum, N.
A1  - Saroar, M.
A1  - Li, C.
VL  - 692
N2  - Many cities across the world are facing many problems climate change poses to their populations, communities and infrastructure. These vary from increased exposures to floods, to discomfort due to urban heat, depending on their geographical locations and settings. However, even though some cities have a greater ability to cope with climate change challenges, many struggle to do so, particularly in cities in developing countries. In addition, there is a shortage of international studies which examine the links between climate change adaptation and cities, and which at the same time draw some successful examples of good practice, which may assist future efforts. This paper is an attempt to address this information need. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which cities in a sample of developing countries are attempting to pursue climate change adaptation and the problems which hinder this process. Its goal is to showcase examples of initiatives and good practice in transformative adaptation, which may be replicable elsewhere. To this purpose, the paper describes some trends related to climate change in a set of cities in developing countries across different continents, including one of the smallest capital cities (Georgetown, Guyana) and Shanghai, one the world's most populous cities. In particular, it analyses their degree of vulnerability, how they manage to cope with climate change impacts, and the policies being implemented to aid adaptation. It also suggests the use of transformative approaches which may be adopted, in order to assist them in their efforts towards investments in low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, thereby maximizing investments in urban areas and trying to address their related poverty issues. This paper addresses a gap in the international literature on the problems many cities in developing countries face, in trying to adapt to a changing climate. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
KW  - Developing countries; Investments; Public policy
KW  -  Adaptation; Climate change adaptation; Climate change impact; Developing cities; Geographical locations; International studies; Poverty; Vulnerability
KW  -  Climate change
KW  -  carbon
KW  -  adaptive management; aid flow; climate change; developing world; income distribution; poverty alleviation; urban population; vulnerability
KW  -  adaptation; Article; Bangladesh; China; climate change; controlled study; developing country; environmental policy; Guyana; investment; Kenya; Malaysia; Nigeria; Peru; poverty; poverty reduction; priority journal; socioeconomics; Togo; urban area; Uruguay; vulnerable population
KW  -  China; Guyana; Shanghai
ID  - scholars11099
SN  - 00489697
PB  - Elsevier B.V.
EP  - 1190
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 103
SP  - 1175
TI  - Assessing the impacts of climate change in cities and their adaptive capacity: Towards transformative approaches to climate change adaptation and poverty reduction in urban areas in a set of developing countries
ER  -