Nowadays, natural disasters and human actions are considered uncertain, unpredictable
urban threats. Therefore, cities must respond more quickly and more effectively to anticipate …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon with strong sustainability implications across multiple
scales. We argue that much of the associated challenges, and opportunities, are found in the …

Abstract Evaluation of urban resilience is essential for ensuring the health and security of
cities in China. This paper describes creating a multi-dimensional index system that …

在全球环境变化和快速城市化的背景下, 各种不确定风险成为制约城市安全和可持续发展的重要
障碍. 城市韧性作为一种城市风险治理的新思路, 如何提高城市抵御, 消解 …

Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional
environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative …

In today's cities, however, low-income communities, people of color, and migrant
communities face welldocumented forms of climate injustice. Typically, these populations …

As the climate warms, increasing heat-related health risks are expected, and can be
exacerbated by the urban heat island (UHI) effect. UHIs can also offer protection against …

Many systems on our planet shift abruptly and irreversibly from the desired state to an
undesired state when forced across a “tipping point”. Some examples are mass extinctions …

In the context of global environmental change much hope is placed in the ability of resilience
thinking to help address environment-related risks. Numerous initiatives aim at incorporating …

Green infrastructure (GI), which mimics natural hydrological systems, is a promising solution
for flood management at the intersection of urban built infrastructure and natural systems …