Impacts and Adaptation of Climate Change on Urban Economic System: A Perspective from the Urban Planning

Abstract:

Climate change has a significant impact on the environment and is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of nature disaster and create new hazards (e.g., rise in sea level). As densely populated and resource-intensive regions, cities will experience the enhanced heat island effect, flooding or water scarcity as a result of extremes in rainfall, and severe storms may devastate entire settlements. In the face of a projected rise in the frequency and severity of nature disasters due to socio-economic developments and climate change the question arises of how to adapt to and ameliorate impacts of natural disasters. This paper provides some insights into this subject from an urban planning perspective and takes a review on the aspects of climate change impacts on urban economics, based on the practices of mitigation and adaptation experiences, some strategies of adaptation are provided and discussed at last.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 174-177)
• Pages: 2270-2277
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.174-177.2270
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Yan Qiang Wei, Yi Ping Fang
• Keywords: Adaptation, Climate Change, Economic Impact, Mitigation, Urban Planning

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