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There is pressing evidence of phenomena, linked to meteorology and climate, which are modifying their temporal occurrence and which have a very evident impact on the safety and health of populations residing in cities. The urban problem at the beginning of the second set of twenty years of the new century requires a complete rethinking of the way of aggregation of man who, today, represents a large part of the world population due to increasingly accelerated urbanization processes over time. The human being has become a citizen, and within the city limits, he tries to develop his life expectancy by seizing opportunities from this. This search for well-being, understood as a complete state of man, at once physiological and psychological and social, can be thwarted by an urban structure that is not functionally capable of providing answers. The climate problem exacerbates this problem by strongly stressing the contradictions of living. Science, technology, and politics are today able to give answers if applied wisely in a joint effort, in a unit of language. This book proposes several solutions that can be implemented today, ranging from a full understanding of phenomena to adaptation policies for solving problems. The most pressing invitation is addressed precisely to politics to make cities more resilient and safe.

Research & information: general --- ACCCRN --- Climate change adaptation --- institutionalising adaptation --- hybrid institutionalism --- mainstreaming resilience --- urban resilience and adaptation --- urban green system --- ecosystem services --- climate change benefits --- resilient city --- urban resilient development --- green urban planning --- pollution flow patterns --- wind circulation patterns --- emission inventory --- criteria pollutants --- Mexico City --- urban heat island --- urbanization --- urban surface energy balance --- fluidodynamic modeling --- Envi-Met --- human biometeorology --- thermal comfort --- interdisciplinarity --- climate change adaptation --- thermal sensitive design --- web-based platform --- early warning system --- vulnerability simulations --- flood risk maps --- rainfall estimates --- microwave links --- CML --- crowdsourcing --- sensible targets --- urban greening --- UrbClim model --- water bodies --- systems change --- innovation --- nature-based solutions --- cities --- urban climate --- open data --- data sources --- urban climate monitoring

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There is pressing evidence of phenomena, linked to meteorology and climate, which are modifying their temporal occurrence and which have a very evident impact on the safety and health of populations residing in cities. The urban problem at the beginning of the second set of twenty years of the new century requires a complete rethinking of the way of aggregation of man who, today, represents a large part of the world population due to increasingly accelerated urbanization processes over time. The human being has become a citizen, and within the city limits, he tries to develop his life expectancy by seizing opportunities from this. This search for well-being, understood as a complete state of man, at once physiological and psychological and social, can be thwarted by an urban structure that is not functionally capable of providing answers. The climate problem exacerbates this problem by strongly stressing the contradictions of living. Science, technology, and politics are today able to give answers if applied wisely in a joint effort, in a unit of language. This book proposes several solutions that can be implemented today, ranging from a full understanding of phenomena to adaptation policies for solving problems. The most pressing invitation is addressed precisely to politics to make cities more resilient and safe.

ACCCRN --- Climate change adaptation --- institutionalising adaptation --- hybrid institutionalism --- mainstreaming resilience --- urban resilience and adaptation --- urban green system --- ecosystem services --- climate change benefits --- resilient city --- urban resilient development --- green urban planning --- pollution flow patterns --- wind circulation patterns --- emission inventory --- criteria pollutants --- Mexico City --- urban heat island --- urbanization --- urban surface energy balance --- fluidodynamic modeling --- Envi-Met --- human biometeorology --- thermal comfort --- interdisciplinarity --- climate change adaptation --- thermal sensitive design --- web-based platform --- early warning system --- vulnerability simulations --- flood risk maps --- rainfall estimates --- microwave links --- CML --- crowdsourcing --- sensible targets --- urban greening --- UrbClim model --- water bodies --- systems change --- innovation --- nature-based solutions --- cities --- urban climate --- open data --- data sources --- urban climate monitoring

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Computational models provide intelligent environmental decision support systems to understand how human decisions are shaped by, and contribute to changes in, the environment. These models provide essential tools to tackle the important issues raised by climate change, including migrations and conflicts due to resource scarcity (e.g., water resources), while accounting for the necessity of co-managing ecosystems across a population of stakeholders with diverse goals. Such socio-environmental systems are characterized by their complexity, which is reflected by an abundance of open questions. This book explores several of these open questions, based on the contributions from over 50 authors. While several books account for methodological developments in modeling socio-environmental systems, our book is unique in combining case studies, methodological innovations, and a holistic approach to training the next generation of modelers. One chapter covers the ontological, epistemological, and ethical issues raised at the intersection of sustainability research and social simulation. In another chapter, we show that the benefits of simulations are not limited to managing complex eco-systems, as they can also serve an educational mission in teaching essential rules and thus improve systems thinking competencies in the broader population.

Technology: general issues --- goal frames --- restoration decision-making rules --- restoration decision-making processes --- mixed qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis --- farmer stakeholders --- Central Malawi --- computer modeling --- human simulation --- social simulation --- sustainability --- development studies --- assemblage theory --- ontology --- epistemology --- ethics --- agent-based modeling --- housing markets --- Urban Shrinkage --- cities --- Detroit --- GIS --- agent-based model --- model development --- IoT sensors --- smart cities --- real-time data --- MARS --- simulation correction --- decision support systems --- urban planning --- multimodal travel --- human responses --- quantitative modeling --- water resources planning --- water availability --- water shortage --- drought --- Congo Basin --- Lake Chad --- climate change --- water --- migrations --- conflicts --- gender --- resilient development --- modeling --- hybrid modeling --- hybrid simulation --- usability --- high school education --- physics education --- user experience --- goal frames --- restoration decision-making rules --- restoration decision-making processes --- mixed qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis --- farmer stakeholders --- Central Malawi --- computer modeling --- human simulation --- social simulation --- sustainability --- development studies --- assemblage theory --- ontology --- epistemology --- ethics --- agent-based modeling --- housing markets --- Urban Shrinkage --- cities --- Detroit --- GIS --- agent-based model --- model development --- IoT sensors --- smart cities --- real-time data --- MARS --- simulation correction --- decision support systems --- urban planning --- multimodal travel --- human responses --- quantitative modeling --- water resources planning --- water availability --- water shortage --- drought --- Congo Basin --- Lake Chad --- climate change --- water --- migrations --- conflicts --- gender --- resilient development --- modeling --- hybrid modeling --- hybrid simulation --- usability --- high school education --- physics education --- user experience

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This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including the robustness of information and the construction of knowledge through co-production. Chapters then move on to explore examples of using climate information to inform adaptation and resilience through early warning, river basin development, urban planning and rural livelihoods based in a variety of contexts. These insights inform new ways to promote action in policy and praxis through the blending of knowledge from multiple disciplines, including climate science that provides understanding of future climate risk and the social science of response through adaptation. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate students and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners in geography, environment, international development and related disciplines. Declan Conway is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute of the London School of Economics, UK. His problem-focused research cuts across water, climate and society, with emphasis on adaptation and the water-energy-food nexus. Katharine Vincent is a director of Kulima Integrated Development Solutions and holds visiting researcher positions at the Universities of the Witwatersrand, KwaZulu Natal and Leeds. She is interested in adaptation to climate change in the global South, and much of her work spans the science-policy/practice divide.

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