Organizers: Florian Koch (Universidad del Norte – Barranquilla, CO and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig DE); Mark Kammerbauer (The University of Queensland, AU and School of Applied Sciences Nürnberg, DE).
Contact: florian.koch@gmx.net; info@transarchitecture.org
Cities and climate change form complex relationships. As important emitters of green house gases, cities are the places where mitigation and adaptation should take place. But they are also highly affected by climate change: global urban areas face increasing risks resulting from climate change-related phenomena such as extreme weather events, changing rainfall patterns, and sea-level rise. Within this context, climate adaptation and especially adaptive planning become urgent tasks for cities. They are important aspects of risk reduction and possibly prevention, and they can help reduce urban vulnerability. As stated in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2014), a significant share of research considers adaptation as a problem-free process, capable of delivering positive outcomes for climate change adaptation. Yet, such notions underestimate the complexity of adaptation as a social process.
Therefore, the stream invites contributions that focus on the social and political dimension of adaptive planning in cities of the Global North and the Global South. Proposed papers should go beyond a purely technical understanding of climate adaptation and current media-oriented approaches, e.g. the “smart city” concept. We are looking for authors who deal with a) the tensions between climate adaptation and other political goals such as social cohesion or competitiveness, b) multi-level governance processes of climate change.
C3 Contesting Adaptive Planning: Climate Change Urban Adaptation and Implementation Complexities in the Global Urban South and North
Chairs: Florian Koch (Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig) and Mark Kammerbauer (The University of Queensland, AU and School of Applied Sciences Nürnberg, DE).
Contact: florian.koch@gmx.net info@transarchitecture.org
Katrin Grossmann, Sandra Huning
Energy-efficient retrofitting and affordable housing: Open questions for urban research and practice
Gabriela Marques Di Giulio, Maria da Penha Vasconcellos
Building adaptive capacity in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil: urgencies, possibilities and challenges
Daniela Krüger, Kristina Seidelsohn, Martin Voss
Contesting the Resilient City – The Unequal Distribution of Vulnerability and The Role of Social Ties
Bixia Xu Maolin Liao
Adaptive risk governance in relation to flooding: A case study in China
Gilda Catalano
The energy transition and the cities – A risky demand for a social and technological change?
Distributed Papers
Kareem Buyana
Policy for Enhanced Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: What Kampala City did, the gains and draw backs?
Razieh Giti Khazaie, Nasser Karami
Multi-Dimension Planning; the New Approach Needed for Climate Change Adaptation. Case Study: Iran
