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Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Areas

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 May 2024) | Viewed by 1848

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Silvia Coelho

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Guest Editor
CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: air pollution; air quality modelling; source contributions; environment and health impacts of air pollution
Dr. Joana Ferreira

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Guest Editor
CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: air pollution; air quality modelling; atmospheric emissions; source contributions; control strategies; integrated assessment; environment and health impacts of air pollution
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues:

The Special Issue on "Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Areas" focuses on the crucial topic of how cities can adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. As urbanization continues to accelerate, cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and sea-level rise. This Special Issue aims to explore innovative strategies, policies, and technologies that can help urban areas adapt and build resilience in the face of these challenges.

The articles in this Special Issue cover a wide range of topics related to climate change adaptation in urban areas. They examine the role of urban planning and design in creating climate-resilient cities, including the integration of green infrastructure and sustainable transportation systems. The Special Issue also explores the importance of community engagement and social equity in climate change adaptation efforts, highlighting the need for inclusive approaches that address the needs of all residents.

Additionally, the Special Issue delves into the use of data and technology in urban climate adaptation to assess climate risks and support decision-making processes. It also explores the economic implications of climate change adaptation and the potential for green and low-carbon solutions to drive sustainable urban development.

Overall, this Special Issue provides valuable insights and knowledge for policymakers, urban planners, researchers, and practitioners working towards climate change adaptation in urban areas.

As Guest Editor of the Sustainability Special Issue “Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Areas”, I kindly invite you to publish your emerging research on this topic.

Your contribution, covering (but not limited to) the following research aspects will make a difference!

  • Climate change adaptation;
  • Urban areas;
  • Resilient cities;
  • Urban planning;
  • Green infrastructure;
  • Sustainable transportation;
  • Community engagement;
  • Sustainable urban development.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Silvia Coelho
Dr. Joana Ferreira
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • adaptation
  • urban areas
  • sustainable cities
  • climate adaptation strategies

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Remote Sensing-Based LULP Change and Its Effect on Ecological Quality in the Context of the Hainan Free Trade Port Plan
by Pei Liu, Tingting Wen, Ruimei Han, Lin Zhang and Yuanping Liu
Sustainability 2024, 16(13), 5311; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16135311 - 21 Jun 2024
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The study of Land Use and Landscape Patterns (LULPs) changes and their ecological quality effects in Haikou city under the background of the Hainan Free Trade Port Plan (HFTPP) helps to promote coordinated development between cities and the environment. To date, most research [...] Read more.
The study of Land Use and Landscape Patterns (LULPs) changes and their ecological quality effects in Haikou city under the background of the Hainan Free Trade Port Plan (HFTPP) helps to promote coordinated development between cities and the environment. To date, most research on ecological quality has focused on areas with extremely fragile ecology and/or is related to LULP analysis. There are few studies in the literature focusing on the impact of high-intensity human activities caused by relevant policies on urban LULPs. The purpose of this research was to design a framework that monitors urban ecological security by considering the effect of the developing free trade port. The proposed framework was constructed by integrating multi-temporal Sentinel-2 remote sensing images, night light remote sensing data, digital elevation model (DEM) data, and spectral index features such as the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI), bare soil index (BSI), and normalized intertidal mangrove index (NIMI), as well as analytical approaches such as the land use transfer matrix, land use dynamic degree, land use degree and transfer matrix, land use gravity center measurement, and landscape pattern index. The framework takes advantage of the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud platform and was applied to a highly developed Haikou city, the capital of Hainan province. Maps of brightness (SBI), greenness (GVI), and humidity (WET) were created annually from 2016 to 2021, enabling detailed ecological environment quality evaluation and analysis. The advantages of this study are (1) reliable land cover results obtained automatically and quickly; (2) the strong objectivity of the quantitative research on landscape patterns and land use; and (3) deep integration with free trade port policies. Through the research on the ecological quality problems caused by the change in LULP in the study area, the research results show that, from 2016 to 2021, the spatial distribution of land use and landscape pattern in Haikou city had been constantly changing; the area of construction land has decreased, with most of it having been converted into forest land and farmland; the gravity center of the building land has moved to the northwest; the degree of landscape fragmentation has decreased and the heterogeneity of landscape distribution has increased; the free trade port policies have promoted Haikou’s economic development and ecological civilization construction; and finally, Haikou’s ecological environmental quality has improved significantly. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Areas)
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Revealing the Environmental Characteristics of Towns in the Middle Himalayas Using a Geographic Information System and Self-Organizing Map
by Aike Kan, Qing Xiang, Xiao Yang, Huiseng Xu, Xiaoxiang Yu and Hong Huang
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 15110; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015110 - 20 Oct 2023
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Through long-term interactions with the natural environment, the ethnic groups in the mid-Himalayas have formed unique urban environmental characteristics. Effectively identifying urban environmental characteristics is a prerequisite for implementing sustainable urban management strategies. This study took 194 towns in the mid-Himalayan as the [...] Read more.
Through long-term interactions with the natural environment, the ethnic groups in the mid-Himalayas have formed unique urban environmental characteristics. Effectively identifying urban environmental characteristics is a prerequisite for implementing sustainable urban management strategies. This study took 194 towns in the mid-Himalayan as the research objects. GIS was used to statistically analyze the terrain, climate, soil, and other environmental characteristics of the towns. The SOM (Self-organizing map) method was used to classify the comprehensive environmental characteristics of the towns. The results show that the main urban environmental characteristics in this area are low-altitude towns account for a large proportion, gentle-slope towns account for a small proportion, rainfall is mainly 125–265 mm, vegetation cover is dominated by high-coverage towns, mainly distributed in central and southern parts, the soil is dominated by embryonic soil and alluvial soil. The SOM method overcomes the subjectivity and low degree of automation in traditional research on urban environmental characteristics using threshold indicator methods or feature interpretation methods. Based on environmental characteristics, the towns were divided into six categories, and the classification results showed a distinct north–south zonal distribution pattern. There were significant differences in the environmental characteristics of towns in different clusters, such as the towns in cluster 5 had high altitudes, low rainfall, and low vegetation coverage, while the towns in cluster 2 had low altitudes, high rainfall, and high vegetation coverage. Finally, based on the SOM clustering results, governance strategies were proposed for towns in different clusters to cope with climate and environmental changes and promote sustainable development in the mid-Himalayan. Full article
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