TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change and growing megacities
T2 - Hazards and vulnerability
AU - Hunt, Julian C.R.
AU - Aktas, Yasemin D.
AU - Mahalov, Alex
AU - Moustaoui, Mohamed
AU - Salamanca Palou, Francisco
AU - Georgescu, Matei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/30
Y1 - 2017/1/30
N2 - This paper is a review of geophysical and climatic trends associated with extreme weather events and natural hazards, their implications for urban areas and the effects of continued environmental modification due to urban expansion. It discusses how urban design, technological development and societal behaviour can either ameliorate or worsen climate-induced hazards in urban areas. Pressures - ranging from excessive rainfall causing urban flooding to urban temperature extremes driving air pollution - require more attention to understand, model and predict changes in hazards in urban areas. It concludes that involving different techniques for data analysis and system modelling is more appropriate for practical decision-making than a purely reductionist approach. Successfully determining the future environment of megacities will, however, require joint action with societally informed decision makers, grounded in sound scientific achievements.
AB - This paper is a review of geophysical and climatic trends associated with extreme weather events and natural hazards, their implications for urban areas and the effects of continued environmental modification due to urban expansion. It discusses how urban design, technological development and societal behaviour can either ameliorate or worsen climate-induced hazards in urban areas. Pressures - ranging from excessive rainfall causing urban flooding to urban temperature extremes driving air pollution - require more attention to understand, model and predict changes in hazards in urban areas. It concludes that involving different techniques for data analysis and system modelling is more appropriate for practical decision-making than a purely reductionist approach. Successfully determining the future environment of megacities will, however, require joint action with societally informed decision makers, grounded in sound scientific achievements.
KW - Environment
KW - Mathematical modelling
KW - Sustainability
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U2 - 10.1680/jensu.16.00068
DO - 10.1680/jensu.16.00068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051190419
SN - 1478-4629
VL - 171
SP - 314
EP - 326
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability
IS - 6
ER -