Cities and Climate Change

dc.contributor.authorShort, John Rennie
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, Abbey
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T16:21:56Z
dc.date.available2022-01-11T16:21:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-27
dc.description.abstractThis review paper considers the disjuncture between the rapid pace of climate change and the more sluggish ability of cities to fully implement effective strategies of climate change adaptation and mitigation. We will refer to this as the ‘slow city–quick climate change’ dilemma. Climate change is accelerating, quickly rendering obsolete previous urban forms inadequate, while structural adjustments to cities are slower moving. Cities around the world were largely built for previous climate regimes. In the short to medium term, there is a mismatch between the climate regime that cities were designed for and the climate regime they now inhabit. The paper is divided into four parts: a brief review of climate change in general; climate change in cities; a review of climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities; and finally, a discussion of urban futures in the time of climate regime change.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2673-4834/2/4/61en_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2d7vk-7pw3
dc.identifier.citationShort, John R., and Abbey Farmer. 2021. "Cities and Climate Change" Earth 2, no. 4: 1038-1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth2040061en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/earth2040061
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/23957
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC School of Public Policy Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.titleCities and Climate Changeen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-6626en_US

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