scholarly journals Assessing Strategies for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Six Metropolitan Cities in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 2065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Seung Lee ◽  
Jeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Metropolitan Cities

Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen M. Aboulnaga ◽  
Amr F. Elwan ◽  
Mohamed R. Elsharouny
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Urban Climate

Operational data of the Star City rainwater harvesting system and its role as a climate change adaptation and a social influence

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 2796-2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Y. Han ◽  
J. S. Mun
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
News Media ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Rainwater Tank ◽  
Rainwater Management ◽  
Operational Data

The Star City rainwater harvesting system (RWHS) was featured in the December, 2008, issue of Water 21. The article highlighted that the RWHS has a 3,000 m3 rainwater tank used in water saving, flood mitigation, and emergency response. Since then, many news media, public officials, and people from both South Korea and abroad have visited the RWHS. In this paper, two years of the system's operational data are presented and its role in short- and long-term climate change adaptation is investigated. The downstream sewer system has become safe for a 50-year rainfall without upgrading the existing sewer system, which was designed for a 10-year period. The 26,000 m3 of water saved has reduced the energy requirement of transferring water from a distant area. The success of the Star City RWHS has influenced 47 cities across South Korea, including Seoul, to enact regulations on rainwater management. It has shown that decentralized rainwater management can supplement the existing centralized system to ensure its safety.

scholarly journals Using urban climate modelling and improved land use classifications to support climate change adaptation in urban environments: A case study for the city of Klagenfurt, Austria

Urban Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 100582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro M. Oswald ◽  
Brigitta Hollosi ◽  
Maja Žuvela-Aloise ◽  
Linda See ◽  
Stefan Guggenberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
The City

BUILDING URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES: THE CASE OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC CITIES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai Bobylev ◽  
Sebastien Gadal ◽  
Valery Konyshev ◽  
Maria Lagutina ◽  
Alexander Sergunin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Adaptation Strategy ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

AbstractRussian Arctic is a highly urbanized region, with most towns built in the Soviet era to facilitate extraction industries as well as provide and maintain military facilities. Global environmental and developmental changes, as well as national political decisions open up Russia’s Arctic to massive investment, industrial and socioeconomic development. How do Russian Arctic cities, towns, and municipalities reflect on new opportunities in terms of designing their climate change adaptation strategies at a local level? Starting with theoretical discourse on urban climate change adaptation strategy, this research examines state-of-the-art, challenges and trends in planning for adaptation measures in Russia’s Arctic industrial centers. Special attention is given to a comparative analysis of the cities’ climate change adaptation strategies. The role of civil society institutions and business community in the adaptation strategy planning process is explored. Moreover, conflict sensitive approaches to ensure participatory processes for designing and implementing adaptation measures are discussed. The field component of research is based on cities of Apatity, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Salekhard, Severodvinsk and towns of Monchegorsk, Nickel and Vorkuta. The study concludes that in spite of significant challenges identified, the total “balance sheet” of the Arctic cities’ efforts to enhance their adaptive capacities is quite positive: Russian northern urban settlements do their best in addressing existing challenges via planning for sustainability approach. However, there is more to do and municipalities should learn from one another’s experiences, as the different approaches can be helpful in developing adequate climate change adaptation strategies at the local level.

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