CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITIES: A REVIEW ON THE IMPACTS AND POLICY RESPONSES

Balaban O.

METU JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, cilt.29, sa.1, ss.21-44, 2012 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4305/metu.jfa.2012.1.2
  • Dergi Adı: METU JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-44
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: climate change, mitigation, adaptation, cities, policy responses and strategies, URBAN, ADAPTATION, LEVEL
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century. It is likely to bring severe consequences for human life and settlements. Until recently, climate policy focused on mitigation actions, which aim to curb global warming and avoid further climate change. However, the increasing evidences that world's climate is actually changing have led to increase of attention on adaptation actions along with the mitigation ones. Thus, it is now widely recognized that prompt mitigation and adaptation actions are required to tackle the climate problem.