The recent transition from the millennium development goals (MDGs) to the sustainable
development goals (SDGs) raises concerns about the extent to which developing countries …

Abstract The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a new discursive
regime that encompasses global environmental change challenges and sustainability …

Cities in the Global South are quintessential sites for climate adaptation; many are rapidly
expanding, struggle with increasing inequalities and experience unprecedented harm from …

The sub-Saharan African coast is experiencing fast-growing urbanization, particularly
around major cities. This threatens the equilibrium of the socio-ecosystems where they are …

A key challenge for effective, ongoing urban climate adaptation is to adapt institutions within
urban governance. While an extensive foundation of empirical knowledge on urban climate …

This paper argues for normative visioning as an underdeveloped component of adaptation
planning. Multi-stakeholder and normative approaches to future visioning offer generative …

While innovative approaches to urban transformations are increasingly proposed, scholars
often overlook challenges faced by endogenous actors (eg urban planners) tasked with …

The paper initially provides a succinct overview of physical growth and socio-cultural
distinctiveness of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh)-shaped by its primacy in the …

This study considers climate impacts and environmental challenges (flooding and sea-level
rise) in one of the coastal informal settlements in Lagos, Nigeria. A mix of methods was used …

As flood events become more intense and frequent, cities throughout the world increasingly
devise projects for flood management and control, including hard and soft infrastructural …