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► Case Studies (42)
▼ Case Studies (42)
» Raising albedo of buildings and pavement   - To maximize solar reflection in cities, and consequently lowering the temperatures, the albedo of buildings and pavements can be raised. Albedo refers to a...
» Construction and Design of Buildings   - In flood prone areas, flooding can cause severe damage to building not prepared to deal with high water levels....
» Compartmentalization   - One of the options to reduce flood risk, other than strengthening the primary water defence structures, is to compartmentalize the to be protected region ...
» Construction and Design of Buildings   - To control indoor air temperature in response to the changing exterior climatic conditions different methods are available....
» Floating and Amphibious Housing   - Floating and amphibious houses are built with a water body and are designed to adapt to rising water levels....
» Flood Forecasting and Warning Systems   - Forecasting and warning systems can help reduce the impact of flooding...
» Flood Proof Infrastructure   - Evacuation routes and infrastructure in cities that are prone to flooding need to be flood proofed....
» Extend Water Supply Services   - Extending water supply services can help to reduce the negative effects of heat in several ways....
» Evacuation and Contingency Management Plans   - Evacuation plans and public contingency plans help to reduce the negative effects of heat stress and flooding...
» Crisis Management   - In the future certain areas might face more drought spells or higher chances of flooding of rivers and seas or flooding caused by storm water runoff....
» Enhancing Capacity of Waters   - Enhancing the capacity of waters can be a relatively easy way to quickly reduce the risk of flooding of rivers and additional storm water runoff....
» Geothermal Heating and Cooling   - Geothermal heating and cooling is a method to store energy in soils at depths of 20-120 meters....
» Green roofs and walls   - Green roofs are roofs with vegetation and provide cooling in summer and thermal insulation in winter. ...
» Heat Health Warning System   - Heat waves can cause increased death rates, especially among older people. Heat health warning systems predict the risk of dangerous heat waves using mete...
» Public education and awareness campaigns   - Public education and awareness campaigns are helpful components of flood, heat and drought action or warning plans....
» Public Green-Blue Areas   - Presence of vegetation, wether or not combined with open water, has a positive effect on different climate impacts....
» Orientation of buildings and open spaces   - Cities have higher temperatures than their surrounding areas (urban heat island effect). Lowering the temperatures can be realised by e.g. increasing the w...
» Land Use Planning to Reduce Flood Risks   - Some areas are more prone to flooding than others. Therefore, when planning new constructions in cities, there should, among others, be kept in mind that:...
» Innovative Flood Protection - River   - Flooding of rivers is projected to occur more often in the future. Innovative options to adapt to this climate impact exist....
» Innovative Flood Protection - Sea   - There are several methods to protect a build environment (cities, economical values) against flooding....
» Reduce Hardened Surface and Use of Water Passing   - Reducing hardened, impervious surfaces in combination with the use of pervious roads, penetrable concrete and water passing pavements helps to enhance the...
» Reinforce Flood Protection Infrastructure   - Flood prone areas often already have implemented adaptation options to face the risks of flooding....
» Water management plans   - Often solutions address water scarcity and flood risks by enhancing preparedness....
» Reinforce Flood Protection Infrastructure   - Flood prone areas often already have implemented adaptation options to face the risks of flooding....
» Adapting to Climate Change in Stockholm   - The City Of Stockholm’s Action Programme On Climate Change...
» Copenhagen: climate adaption plan   - The City of Copenhagen is amongst the ‘frontrunners’ leading on climate change adaptation. The adaptation plan gives details of the three levels of ad...
» Kalamaria Adaptation Strategy   - Case study fact sheet on Kalamaria. Kalamaria has about 90,000 inhabitants and is the second largest municipality of the Central Macedonia Region. It is s...
» Adaptation in Rotterdam   - This case study looks at Rotterdam, the second largest city of The Netherlands, which is is highly exposed to climate phenomena and to climate change impac...
» Venice Case Study   - This case study looks at the impacts of climate change which severely threaten the existence of the City of Venice and the actions being taken in response ...
» Manchester Case Study   - Manchester, with more than 400,000 inhabitants, is experiencing increasing effects of a changing climate among which floods, heat waves and a higher probab...
» Copenhagen   - Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark and well known for its commitment to environmental issues and sustainability. The municipality has about 550,0001...
» Rotterdam   - Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and has a population of about 600,0001. It is located on the North Sea at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt d...
» Malmo   - Malmö is the third biggest city in Sweden with a population of about 270,0001. It is situated on the south west coast where the Øresund Bridge connects D...
» Melbourne   - Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia and is situated on the southern coast of the state of Victoria. The municipality has about 100,0001 inhab...
» Santa Cruz   - Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County in California, USA. It is situated on the pacific coast about 100 km south of San Franc...
» London   - London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom and comprises its biggest metropolitan area with about 7.4 million1 inhabitants. The city of L...
» Schmallenberg   - Review of “KlimamehrWert: Aktion für Schmallenberg - Integriertes Kommunales Klimaschutz- und Klimaanpassungskonzept (IKKK) der Stadt Schmallenberg”...
» Water Saving Measures   - Generally cities have two options to react on water scarcity: decreasing water use or augmenting supply....
» Water Retention   - Water catchment systems typically consist of a range of water buffering measures and are designed to collect and store large quantities of (storm) water r...
» Provide Shading   - Shadowing buildings and streets will lower the amount of direct sunlight in summer and therefore lowers the temperature....
» Urban Farming and Gardening   - Urban farming and gardening, when compared to paved or asphalted grounds, has a positive contribution to climate adaptation....
» Ghent: A local climate plan that leads the way   - A local climate plan that leads the way...
► Guidance (8)
▼ Guidance (8)
» Climate Change Adaptation by Design: A guide for sustainable communities (TCPA)   - TCPA’s 'Climate Change Adaptation by Design: A guide for sustainable communities' considers the impacts of climate change on the built environment and ...
» The UKCIP Adaptation Wizard   - The UKCIP Adaptation Wizard is a tool to help your organisation adapt to climate change. It will take you through a 5-step process that will help you to as...
» Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century   - Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century provides comprehensive, forward-looking operational guidance o...
» Adapting urban water systems to climate change - A handbook for decision makers at the local level   - ICLEI, UNESCO-IHE and IWA have authored, as part of the ‘SWITCH – Managing Water for the City of the Future’ project, a handbook on adapting urban wa...
» Climate Change Adaptation by Design: A guide for sustainable communities (Town and Country Planning Association, UK)   - The aim of the Climate Change Adaptation by Design guidance is to “communicate the importance of adapting to some degree of inevitable climate change,...
» Changing Climate, Changing Communities: Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation (ICLEI Canada)   - The Guide and accompanying Workbook provide a framework which is specifically targeted at local government practitioners and aims to guide them through ...
» GRaBS Assessment Tool and Case Studies   - The Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS) project1 is a network of leading pan-European organisations involved in integr...
» Future Cities Adaptation Compass   - The Future Cities Adaptation Compass has been developed as part of the broader Future Cities project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (...
► Publications and Reports (24)
▼ Publications and Reports (24)
» The Impacts and Economic Costs of Sea-Level Rise in Europe and the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation   - Part of a wider volume of published work under the ClimateCost programme, this policy briefing analyses the potential cost and impacts of sea level rise i...
» Urban Regions: Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability Assessments by Indicators and Adaptation Options for Climate Change Impacts   - This report pulls together the conceptual background to urban vulnerability to climate change; the data, approaches and indicators currently available; an...
» Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network   - This report covers cities in the developed and developing world, using climate science and socio-economic research to facilitate the mapping of a city’s...
» The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012 Evidence Report   - As a result of the national Climate Change Act (2008), the UK will undertake an independent analysis of climate change risks every five years. The first i...
» Improving public health responses to extreme weather/heat-waves   - Following the serious health and social problems posed by the 2003 heat waves, the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health initiated a wid...
» Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from an applied adaptation assessment   - Authors Katie Johnson and Margaretha Breil present the findings of an urban adaptation assessment framework applied to the cases of New York City (NYC), Me...
» 'Adapting urban water systems to climate change - A handbook for decision makers at the local level   - ICLEI, UNESCO-IHE and IWA have authored, as part of the ‘SWITCH – Managing Water for the City of the Future’ project, a handbook on adapting urban wa...
» Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change   - This section of the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report identifies key vulnerabilities to climate change based on known and normative indicators....
» Making cities resilient   - The objectives of this report by The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities are: a) to give a brief and general overview of the state of cities wit...
» The PLUREL project activity report: Peri-urban Land Use Relationships - Strategies and Sustainability Assessment Tools for Urban-Rural Linkages   - The PLUREL project aimed to achieve a deeper understanding of the changing relationships between urban and rural land use with an emphasis on the most dyna...
» Adapting Energy, Transport and Water Infrastructure to the Long-term Impacts of Climate Change.   - URS Corporation Limited (URS) was commissioned by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) report on the risks and operational i...
» Industry, Settlement and Society   - This section of the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report identifies current vulnerabilities to climate change in the urbanised world....
» OECD Cities and Climate Change   - This report synthesises a large body of OECD work on climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in cities. It discusses climate impacts specific to urban ...
» ETC paper on Urban Vulnerability indicators   - This is a publication from the European Environment Agency’s Topic Centre on the development of indicators of urban vulnerability to climate impacts....
» Seven Climate Change Lessons from the Cities of Europe   - European cities have shown a strong commitment to climate change action. The EU’s Covenant of Mayors agreement now counts over 4,000 signatories. Each si...
» Climate change impacts in Europe. Final report of the PESETA research project   - The report notes a knowledge gap regarding the potential impacts of climate change on Europe’s environment, economy and population, to which the PESETA ...
» Impacts of Europe's changing climate: 2008 indicator-based assessment   - This report covers past and projected climate change and related impacts at the European scale, and demonstrates these issues via the use of indicators....
» Cities and Climate Change   - This report synthesises a large body of OECD work on climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in cities....
» Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns Tackling the environmental challenges driven by European and global change   - This report considers climate change as one of six key drivers that will affect quality of life in Europe’s cities in the future....
» European and Global Climate Change Projections: Discussion of Climate Change Model Outputs, Scenarios and Uncertainty in the EC RTD ClimateCost Project   - This policy briefing presents the results of climate modelling work for Europe, placing the continent in the context of global climate change projections....
» International Dimensions of Climate Change   - The report considers the implications of global climate change for the UK....
» Adapting to Climate Change   - Undertaken as one of the thematic assessments of the European environment state and outlook 2010, this report focuses on key climate change vulnerabiliti...
» Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions and Local Economies, Final Report Version 31/5/2011, Scientific report   - This report offers a pan-European vulnerability assessment, undertaken with the aim of identifying regional typologies of climate change exposure, sensiti...
» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2   - Europe. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability...