Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action

Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action

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Abstract There is a growing recognition w insta saree that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation.We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable research on urban adaptation needs to recognize the nature of cities as social networks embedded in physical space.Given the pace, scale and socioeconomic outcomes of urbanization in the Global South, the specificities and history of its cities must be central to the study of how well-known agglomeration effects can facilitate adaptation.The proposed effort calls for the co-creation of knowledge involving scientists and good luck bear shirt stakeholders, especially those historically excluded from the design and implementation of urban development policies.