Enhanced urban adaptation efforts needed to counter rising extreme rainfall risks
Mona Hemmati, Kai Kornhuber, Andrew Kruczkiewicz
Abstract
Record-breaking rainfall events are occurring more frequently in a warming climate. Impacts on lives and livelihoods disproportionately occur in traditionally underserved communities, particularly in urban areas. To influence policy and behavioral change at the community level, climate services must be developed specific to extreme rainfall events and subsequent floods in urban environments.
Topics & Concepts
LivelihoodClimate changeExtreme weatherUrban climateGeographyExtreme heatClimate change adaptationAdaptation (eye)Environmental planningEnvironmental resource managementUrbanizationEnvironmental scienceEcologyAgriculturePhysicsBiologyArchaeologyOpticsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementUrban Heat Island MitigationClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration