By Oisin O’Brien Shanghai has developed over the last three decades from a small city into one of the world’s premier industrial and financial centers. This structural transformation has been accompanied by rapid population growth, from under 10 million in 1975 to 16.58 million in 2010 (UN-Habitat, 2010). With growth occurring in both industry and [...]
Tag | city
São Paulo: Public Transportation Climate Risk Assessment
By Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli Central Policy Issue How can the city of Saõ Paulo adapt its public transit system to changing climate conditions, while reducing the vulnerability of underserved low-income populations in the urban periphery? General Information The public transit-dependent poor live in peripheral hillsides, and the number of commuters to the city center [...]
Read more Comments are closed
Melbourne: Adapt to Climate Change Through Telecommuting
By Michael McClenathan Although the central city has a residential population just under 100,000 people, over 771,000 people access the City of Melbourne every weekday, and that number is expected to grow to over one million by 2020 (City of Melbourne, 2009, p. 32). Most visitors come from Melbourne’s surrounding metropolitan area, from which 46% [...]
Read more Comments are closed
Subscribe / Connect
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates.
