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Kingsborough, Ashley, Jenkins, Katie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-5139 and Hall, Jim W.
(2017)
Development and appraisal of long-term adaptation pathways for managing heat-risk in London.
Climate Risk Management, 16.
pp. 73-92.
ISSN 2212-0963
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Abstract
The risk of residential overheating and mortality is increasing due to the effects of global warming and the urban heat island effect and needs to be addressed through climate change adaptation. ‘Adaptation pathways’ have become widely recognised as an adaptation planning approach, but they have not been utilised for long-term planning for city-scale urban heat risk management. This paper applies adaptation pathway methodology to urban heat risk management. We use spatially coherent downscaled probabilistic climate change projections that account for changes in urban-land cover and the urban heat island to appraise adaptation pathways and inform long-term adaptation planning. We demonstrate that adaptation strategies focusing solely on urban greening or building level adaptation based on current best practice are unlikely to cope with the increasing levels of risk. Air-conditioning may play a growing role in managing heat-risk; however, increasing air-conditioning will exacerbate the urban heat island and further increase the risks of overheating.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2021 00:12 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2023 00:08 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80160 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crm.2017.01.001 |
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