TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban climate science, planning, policy and investment challenges
AU - Ruth, Matthias
AU - Baklanov, Alexander
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - The majority of the world's population is now living in urban areas, which together represent <1% of the Earth's surface. As populations and their assets continue to accumulate in urban areas, as their role in shaping local, regional and global economic and environmental processes continues to increase, and as climate change and other challenges continue to place people, infrastructures, institutions and ecosystems at risk, more attention needs to be given to the diverse processes that determine quality of life in urban areas. Climate conditions play a particular role in this context not just because climate change poses new challenges for urban areas but also because urban areas can play a lead role in humanity's quest for a relationship with the natural environment that allows societies to prosper and flourish for a long time to come. Urban climate, as a topic of multidisciplinary research and focus for decision-making, subsumes many of these challenges. Urban Climate, as a new journal, provides a forum to share novel data, models, analyses results, and insights at the forefront of research and decision-making. Being able to assist in that knowledge sharing and knowledge generation will be, no doubt, a great opportunity for the scientific community, planners and decision makers alike.
AB - The majority of the world's population is now living in urban areas, which together represent <1% of the Earth's surface. As populations and their assets continue to accumulate in urban areas, as their role in shaping local, regional and global economic and environmental processes continues to increase, and as climate change and other challenges continue to place people, infrastructures, institutions and ecosystems at risk, more attention needs to be given to the diverse processes that determine quality of life in urban areas. Climate conditions play a particular role in this context not just because climate change poses new challenges for urban areas but also because urban areas can play a lead role in humanity's quest for a relationship with the natural environment that allows societies to prosper and flourish for a long time to come. Urban climate, as a topic of multidisciplinary research and focus for decision-making, subsumes many of these challenges. Urban Climate, as a new journal, provides a forum to share novel data, models, analyses results, and insights at the forefront of research and decision-making. Being able to assist in that knowledge sharing and knowledge generation will be, no doubt, a great opportunity for the scientific community, planners and decision makers alike.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Climate change
KW - Human dimensions of global change
KW - Urban climate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870277911&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.uclim.2012.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.uclim.2012.10.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870277911
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Urban Climate
JF - Urban Climate
SN - 2212-0955
ER -