scholarly journals Projections of Climate Change on Precipitation Intensities, and Implications to Urban Infrastructure

Water ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 203-214
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Infrastructure

scholarly journals URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS IN RUINS: DAMAGE SEVERITY MAPPING OF NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY THE JUNE 2018 WINDSTORM IN BAUCHI

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W16 ◽  
pp. 327-330
Author(s):  
K. M. Kafi ◽  
A. Aliyu ◽  
K. H. Olugbodi ◽  
I. J. Abubakar ◽  
S. G. Usman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Wind Gust ◽  
Annual Peak ◽  
Residential Land Use ◽  
Disaster Event ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Bauchi for the first time in history experienced a horrific windstorm that lasted for not more than 2 hours, but destroyed more than 20 lives and thousands urban infrastructure. This study examines the monumental damage on buildings and structures as a result of the June, 2018 windstorm disaster event in Bauchi. Handheld GPS was used in taking the location information 1662 structures affected by the windstorm. GIS was used in assessing the spatial pattern and as well mapping the extent of the damage. The results of the Average Nearest Neighbor indicate a clustered pattern with the index (ANN ratio) at 0.30 less than 1%. Similarly, the study reveals that most of the affected structures are residential land use with of 91.2% identified as damaged while the least is the recreational land use with only 0.3% structures identified as damaged by the disaster. On a district level, Jahun is the worst affected district with a total of 46.6% damaged buildings and structures. Finally, variability in annual peak wind gust trend in the last decade suggests the evidence of climate change footprints in Bauchi.

scholarly journals Relations Between Urban Subsoil and Climate Change in Different Neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuela Lopes de Oliveira ◽  
Mara Telles Salles
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Heat Islands ◽  
Infrastructure Networks ◽  
Soil Sealing ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Underground Infrastructure

Abstract Most cities have grown in a disorderly manner without planning or concern for the environment while urban infrastructure networks were emerging and being implemented. Furthermore, it is known that impacts on the environment such as increasing the soil-sealing rate favor increases in temperature and the formation of heat islands leading to climate change. Therefore, the study objective was to analyze the impacts of disorderly occupation of the urban subsoil by underground infrastructure networks on permeable areas and their relationship with climate change. The methodology was based on bibliographic research and a field survey. It was found that the greater the disorderly occupation of the urban subsoil, the smaller the areas destined as green and permeable areas and the greater the vulnerability to climate change.

Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure

2014 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Demuzere ◽  
K. Orru ◽  
O. Heidrich ◽  
E. Olazabal ◽  
D. Geneletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Scale Assessment

Double exposure, infrastructure planning, and urban climate resilience in coastal megacities: A case study of Manila

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 2649-2672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Meerow
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Double Exposure ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Climate Resilience

Coastal megacities pose a particular challenge for climate change adaptation and resilience planning. These dense concentrations of population, economic activity, and consumption—the majority of which are in the Global South—are often extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts such as sea level rise and extreme weather. This paper unpacks these complexities through a case study of Metropolitan Manila, the capital of the Philippines, which represents an example of “double exposure” to climate change impacts and globalization. The city is experiencing tremendous population and economic growth, yet Manila is plagued by frequent natural disasters, congestion, inadequate infrastructure, poverty, and income inequality. The need for metro-wide planning and infrastructure transformations to address these problems is widely recognized, but governance challenges are a major barrier. Drawing on fieldwork, interviews, and other primary and secondary sources, I argue that climate change and globalization, in combination with Manila’s historical and physical context, critically shape metro-wide infrastructure planning. Focusing on electricity and green infrastructure, I find that the largely decentralized and privatized urban governance regime is perpetuating a fragmented and unequal city, which may undermine urban climate resilience. This study extends the double exposure framework to examine how global processes interact with contextual factors to critically shape urban infrastructure planning, and how the resulting system conforms to theorized characteristics of urban climate resilience. In doing so, I help to connect emerging literatures on double exposure, urban infrastructure planning, and urban climate resilience.

scholarly journals Megacities and tall buildings: symbiosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 01001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Safarik ◽  
Shawn Ursini ◽  
Antony Wood
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Plan Design

Anyone concerned with the development of human civilization in the 21st Century will likely have heard the term «megacity». It is – as it should be – increasingly prevalent in both mainstream and academic discussions of the great trends of our time: urbanization, rising technological and physical connectivity, increasingly polarized extremes of wealth and poverty, environmental degradation, and climate change. It is a subject as large and far-reaching as its name implies. This paper sets the scene on how megacities and the built environment are growing together, and examines the implications for those who plan, design, develop and operate tall buildings and urban infrastructure.

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