[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions in informal settlements: A systematic review of projects in Southeast Asian and Pacific countries

E Wolff, HA Rauf, P Hamel - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NbS) have gained traction in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region
over the last decade. While the benefits of NbS are established for most urban contexts …

A Global (South) collective burden: a systematic review of the current state of climate-related hazards in informal settlements

C Tavares, RSD Pereira, C Bonnin, D Duarte… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, 1 billion residents inhabit informal settlements characterized by a lack of urban
services, inadequate housing, insecure land tenure, and heightened vulnerability to climate …

Urban climate justice, human health, and citizen science in Nairobi's informal settlements

J Corburn, P Njoroge, J Weru, M Musya - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban informal settlements or slums are among the most vulnerable places to climate-
change-related health risks. Yet, little data exist documenting environmental and human …

Flooding in the urban fringes: analysis of flood inundation and hazard levels within the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya

B Juma, LO Olang, MA Hassan, S Chasia… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2023 - Elsevier
Overlapping conditions of rapid urbanisation and climate change across developing
countries are threatening the capacity of cities to manage climate risks, especially in the …

Simulation of flood peak discharges and volumes for flood risk management in the ungauged urban informal settlement of Kibera, Kenya

B Juma, LO Olang, MA Hassan, J Mulligan… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2022 - Elsevier
In spite of the increasing extremity and adverse consequences of urban floods under climate
change, flood characteristics in most developing countries are still largely unknown due to …

Implementing participatory nature-based solutions in the Global South

E Wolff, HA Rauf, L Diep, B Natakun, K Kelly… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This article delves into the participatory aspects of the implementation of nature-based
solutions (NbS) in the Global South. It examines the practices of community engagement in …

[HTML][HTML] Filling data gaps using citizen science for flood modeling in urbanized catchment of akaki

AN Alemu, AT Haile, AB Carr, MA Trigg… - Natural Hazards …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying and understanding the value of citizen science to improve flood modeling is of
importance to flood risk management. However, there are few studies that explore the value …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing equitable 'resilience imaginaries' in the Global South through dialogical participatory mapping: Experiences from informal communities in Brazil

V Pitidis, J Coaffee, F Lima-Silva - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Over recent years, and as a result of the recent global health pandemic, resilience has
become increasingly central to contemporary policy discourses in urban planning and …

Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system

T Opach, C Navarra, JK Rød, TS Neset… - … and Planning B …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The study set out to investigate how the experience of creating a map-based participatory
system might help identify what is needed to support the production of relevant volunteered …

[PDF][PDF] A citizen science approach to the characterisation and modelling of urban pluvial flooding

K Azizi, SK Diko, CI Meier - Water Alternatives, 2023 - water-alternatives.org
Urban pluvial flooding (UPF), a growing challenge across cities worldwide that is expected
to worsen due to climate change and urbanisation, requires comprehensive response …