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DOI	10.1038/s41558-022-01546-8
	Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa
	Rusca, Maria; Savelli, Elisa; Di Baldassarre, Giuliano; Biza, Adriano; Messori, Gabriele
发表日期	2023
ISSN	1758-678X
EISSN	1758-6798
起始页码	98
结束页码	+
卷号	13 期号:1 页码:18
英文摘要	Climate change-related drought risks are intensifying in many urban areas, making stakes particularly high in contexts of severe vulnerability. Yet, how social power, differential agency and economic visions will shape societal responses to droughts remains poorly understood. Here, we build a social-environmental scenario of the possible impacts of an unprecedented drought in Maputo, which epitomizes a Southern African city with highly uneven development and differential vulnerability across urban areas. To build the scenario, we draw on theoretical insights from critical social sciences and take Cape Town (2015-2017) as a case-in-point of a locally unprecedented drought in Southern Africa. We show that future droughts in Southern Africa will probably polarize urban inequalities, generate localized public health crises and regress progress in water access. Climate policies must address these inequalities and develop equitable water distribution and conservation measures to ensure sustainable and inclusive adaptation to future droughts.
学科领域	Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000903135300003
来源期刊	NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/274059
作者单位	University of Manchester; Uppsala University; Centre of Natural Hazards & Disaster Science (CNDS); IHE Delft Institute for Water Education; Eduardo Mondlane University; Stockholm University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rusca, Maria,Savelli, Elisa,Di Baldassarre, Giuliano,et al. Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa[J],2023,13(1):18.
APA	Rusca, Maria,Savelli, Elisa,Di Baldassarre, Giuliano,Biza, Adriano,&Messori, Gabriele.(2023).Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa.NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,13(1),18.
MLA	Rusca, Maria,et al."Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa".NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 13.1(2023):18.