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Synergies between climate adaptation objectives and other goals : how they can be achieved in urban development projects
Kapousouz, A. (2019) Synergies between climate adaptation objectives and other goals : how they can be achieved in urban development projects.
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| Abstract: | Nowadays, it is widely acknowledged that mitigation in the face of climate change is not sufficient to protect humans and human settlements; cities need to also adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to truly become climate-resilient. Nevertheless, there is little reporting regarding how cities are implementing climate adaptation in practice or about how policy is translated into actions that improve a city’s ability to adapt to extreme weather conditions. This is evident in the domain of urban development, a crucial field for integrating adaptation measures with other objectives and making cities climate adaptive. Considering this, the objective of the present research is to explore how cities can realize climate adaptation objectives alongside other goals by achieving synergies between them. To succeed in this, it focuses on the domain of urban development and investigates how the aforementioned synergies can be achieved, as well as which factors influence the outcome of this process. The methodology consists of a literature review and a case study of four urban development project in the Netherlands and Germany. The results include a conceptual model which illustrates how synergies between climate adaptation objectives and other goals can be achieved, 22 factors that influence the achievement of those synergies and their categorization into necessary or supportive conditions to a successful outcome. To my knowledge, this is the first research that explores in depth how climate adaptation can be achieved alongside other goals in practice. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Construction Management and Engineering MSc (60337) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/79823 |
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