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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab7951
	Pathways for resilience to climate change in African cities
	Kareem B.; Lwasa S.; Tugume D.; Mukwaya P.; Walubwa J.; Owuor S.; Kasaija P.; Sseviiri H.; Nsangi G.; Byarugaba D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:7
英文摘要	African cities are largely less-built with agile informal settlements and multiple ecologies that harbor different pathways for resilience to climate change. We undertook a qualitative systematic review of academic and policy evidence, to address the question of what interventions are emerging at neigbourhood to city scale to enhance resilience to climate change in Africa. Resilience at neigbourhood scale often stems from harnessing the local resource base and technologies for urban agriculture and forestry; alternative energy from wastes; grassed drainages for protection against erosion; recreation along dry riverbeds; fog-water harvesting; and adjustments in irrigation schedules. At city scale, planning is targeted at buildings, mobility and energy service delivery as the objects to be made resilient. The review established that evidence on comparisons across regions is mainly on East, West and South African cities, and much less on cities in Northern and Central Africa. Ecological comparisons are majorly on coastal and inland cities, with minimal representation of semi-arid and mountainous cities. Resilience efforts in capital cities are the most dominant in the literature, with less emphasis on secondary cities and towns, which is necessary for a deeper understanding of the role played by inter-municipal and inter-metropolitan collaborations. African cities can bring context-sensitivity to global debates on climate resilience, if theoretical perspectives are generated from emerging interventions across case studies. We conclude with suggestions on what future research needs to take on, if evidence on resilience to climate change in African cities is to be strengthened. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	African cities; climate change; pathways; resilience; sustainability
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Ecology; Forestry; Irrigation; Water conservation; Alternative energy; Context sensitivity; Informal settlements; Irrigation schedule; Minimal representation; Mountainous cities; Systematic Review; Urban agricultures; Climate change; academic research; alternative energy; climate change; informal settlement; literature review; metropolitan area; neighborhood; urban agriculture; urban planning; Central Africa; East Africa; South Africa; West Africa
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153950
作者单位	Urban Action Lab, Makerere University, Uganda; Department of Geography, Geo-informatics and Climatic Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; University Road, CUHSS Building, South Wing Ground Floor, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kareem B.,Lwasa S.,Tugume D.,et al. Pathways for resilience to climate change in African cities[J],2020,15(7).
APA	Kareem B..,Lwasa S..,Tugume D..,Mukwaya P..,Walubwa J..,...&Byarugaba D..(2020).Pathways for resilience to climate change in African cities.Environmental Research Letters,15(7).
MLA	Kareem B.,et al."Pathways for resilience to climate change in African cities".Environmental Research Letters 15.7(2020).