TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation
AU - Egerer, Monika
AU - Haase, Dagmar
AU - McPhearson, Timon
AU - Frantzeskaki, Niki
AU - Andersson, Erik
AU - Nagendra, Harini
AU - Ossola, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Urban social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) are dynamic and respond to climate pressures. Change involves alterations to land and resource management, social organization, infrastructure, and design. Research often focuses on how climate change impacts urban SETS or on the characteristics of urban SETS that promote climate resilience. Yet passive approaches to urban climate change adaptation may disregard active SETS change by urban residents, planners, and policymakers that could be opportunities for adaptation. Here, we use evidence of urban social, ecological, and technological change to address how SETS change opens windows of opportunity to improve climate change adaptation.
AB - Urban social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) are dynamic and respond to climate pressures. Change involves alterations to land and resource management, social organization, infrastructure, and design. Research often focuses on how climate change impacts urban SETS or on the characteristics of urban SETS that promote climate resilience. Yet passive approaches to urban climate change adaptation may disregard active SETS change by urban residents, planners, and policymakers that could be opportunities for adaptation. Here, we use evidence of urban social, ecological, and technological change to address how SETS change opens windows of opportunity to improve climate change adaptation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179660004&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s42949-021-00024-y
DO - 10.1038/s42949-021-00024-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85179660004
SN - 2661-8001
VL - 1
JO - npj Urban Sustainability
JF - npj Urban Sustainability
IS - 1
M1 - 22
ER -