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• The hope for oil crisis: children, oil vulnerability and (in) dependent mobility • Mind the governance gap: oil vulnerability and urban resilience in Australian cities

This conference will examine the psychological factors, money and politics, and infrastructures that impede change as well as the difficult choices that must be made to foster urban resilience in the face of climate change.

Spatial planning and urban resilience in the context of flood risk.: A comparative study of Kaohsiung, Tainan and Rotterdam

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Thaddeus R. Miller, an Arizona State University scientist who helps lead a national research network focused on «Urban Resilience to Extreme Events,» said in an email that boosting the capacity of cities to stay safe and prosperous in a turbulent climate requires a culture shift as much as hardening physical systems:

In the Internet age, urban «resilience» means not only responding to climate change, but also protecting our ubiquitous networks from both hack and glitch.

Also offers Climate Ventures 2.0, a 12 - week program for entrepreneurs focused on innovations in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urban areas.

Launching the report in Accra on Tuesday, Programme Leader for Sustainable Development, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone for the World Bank Ivo Imparato says although there is a platform for cities and investors to meet the challenge of urban resilience, it would take a significant amount of support.

In 2014, the researchers were awarded government funding to enhance energy resilience, environmental sustainability and urban systems.

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, for example, has been overseeing a challenge, «Rebuild By Design,» in which 10 teams vie for the best idea to promote resilience in the Sandy - affected region.

The dangers only become more obvious and the need to increase the resilience of cities more urgent when you consider that 50 % of the world's populations now live in cities, and 1.5 million people are migrating to urban areas every week.

He also co-directs Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coastlines.

I also co-direct Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coastlines.

He has published in numerous social science and environmental science journals on topics of land and water management, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, residential development, and urban resilience.

The thesis examines whether and how spatial planning is used in urban areas to promote resilience to flood risk and climate change.

Irons and Percoco gather and collect seeds from various abandoned urban sites in the greater New York City area to collect data on the adaptability and resilience of these plants.

1) Urban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardUrban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardurban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardship;

«Creative Time Global Residency: Reports From the Field», New York, NY, December 3, 2013 «Urban Imprint: The Art and Science Shaping Our Cities,» hosted by The University of Chicago, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY, November 14, 2013 «Cultural Investment: Creating a Civic Identity Through the Arts,» CityLab: Urban Solutions for Global Challenges, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY, October 7, 2013 «One State Together in the Arts» One State Illinois Conference, Quad Cities, IL, June 24, 2013 «Theaster Gates in Conversation with Romi Crawford,» Black Collectivities, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2013 «LINC Legacy and Advancements in the Field,» hosted by the Ford Foundation, May 2013 «Constituency Engagement — Culture - Initiated Redevelopment: Strategies in Innovative Constituent Engagement,» Association of Black Foundation Executives, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 6, 2013 «Creating Heat - The Artist as Catalyst: Theaster Gates at TEDxUNC,» University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, February 9, 2013 «Building CapaCity Session,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2013 «Creative Resilience Session,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2013 «Transformative Art: Theaster Gates,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013

A useful discussion of urban futures with a focus on energy and resilience to environmental hazards took place today at The New York Times, including panels of mayors, a chat between me and the actor Jeremy Irons over his involvement in the documentary «Trashed» and much more.

The university already has initiatives on everything from «urban resilience to extremes» to «negative emissions» — developing ways to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in amounts large enough to matter at climate scale.

Strengthening the resilience of people living in urban and semi-urban areas to weather - related disasters in Malawi and Mozambique

This action plan lays out concrete actions to help countries deliver on their Nationally determined contributions and sets targets for 2020 in high - impact areas, including clean energy, green transport, climate - smart agriculture, and urban resilience, as well as in mobilizing the private sector to expand climate investments in developing countries.

It briefly presents the Mayor's Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban urban poor.

This need is not lost on the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate — a group of national finance ministers, former heads of state, and leading global economists — who called in 2015 for international financial institutions to develop a package of $ 1 billion over five years to support the world's 500 largest cities in reducing climate pollution and building urban resilience.

The program is designed for a critical examination of emerging issues in urban resilience and informative exchanges around them.

In an effort to understand the urban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Readurban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... ReadUrban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Read more

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

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Esri calls on the developer community to lend a hand by including the ArcGIS Platform in the development of new apps for urban resilience.

Join our colleagues at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) in Toronto on June 1st — 2nd, 2015 to delve into the latest ideas and innovations in urban agriculture at their 2015 Grey to Green: A Conference Exploring the Economics of Local and Regional Food Systems and Resilience.

Join your colleagues in Toronto this June to explore the economics of urban agriculture and resilience — and don't miss out on the last Early Bird Discount on May 1!

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Climate resilience has failed to find mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, though a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at assessing climate impacts and building resilience.

Climate resilience has failed to find a mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, especially because a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at... Read More

The concept of urban climate resilience is not new in India.

The network comprising of external organisations, urban local bodies and NGOs, has conducted vulnerability assessments, and also developed city resilience strategies in a number of cities.

A study comparing fiscal provisions for urban climate and disaster resilience across ten cities in India notes that the per capita capital expenditure in sectors closely linked to disaster resilience is insufficient compared to other areas of funding.

Metropolitan, municipal and other local government institutions can play a proactive and coordinating role in enhancing urban food security and cities resilience by:

If we are to eradicate poverty, build sustainable and inclusive economies and achieve environmental sustainability, then mitigating urban emissions and building resilience are critical steps in the process.

By 2020: We want to see increased flows of global climate finance and other investments in urban resilience.

This activity report discusses the CCCI Oslo workshop, expert group meeting on «Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies» in Asia - Pacific and Euro - Asia dialogue «Climate Diplomacy and Urban Resilience».

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On the other hand, almost everything is trucked in, so where does that leave the concept of resilience?A group of activists have been exploring how diverse urban communities can build resilience and reduce emissions.

Slum Communities Have «Built - In Resilience» With urban populations soaring around the world, of course efforts need to be made to ensure that people have safe, healthy living conditions.

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ACCHS provide comprehensive primary healthcare to Aboriginal people in a culturally appropriate manner.14 The children participated in phase I of the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH), the largest cohort study of urban Aboriginal children ever conducted.15 Specifically, we aim to describe:

However, in some more positive news, SEARCH (the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health), a unique partnership study into the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children and their families in NSW, is set to continue its work as a platform to close the Indigenous health gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 million.

The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH) is a long term prospective study of the health of urban Aboriginal children in NSW.

Professor Jonathan Craig, from The University of Sydney and the Sydney Children's Hospital Network, presented early findings from the SEARCH (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health) longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal children living in urban areas in western Sydney, Newcastle and Wagga attending Tharawal, Western Sydney, Awabakal and Riverina Aboriginal medical services.

Developmental and family milieu correlates of resilience in urban children who have experienced major life stress.Am J Community Psychol.