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Urban Climate Change Adaptation Planning: Lessons from the Global South

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Synopsis:	The 2009-2011 Global Initiative theme Ecologies in the Balance?
Start Time:	Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:30 PM
End Time:	Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:00 PM
Location:	Blake Hall
Address:	93 Lipman Drive
Campus:	George H. Cook
Room:	131
City, State, Country:	New Brunswick, NJ US
Fee:	N/A
Speaker:	JoAnn Carmin, Associate Professor, Environmental Policy and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor:	Department of Human Ecology
Category:	Talk, Lecture, Seminar
Web Site:	http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/seminars.html
Contact Name:	Kristen Drusjack
Contact Email:	drusjack@aesop.rutgers.edu
Contact Phone:	(732) 932-9153 ext. 301
Additional Information:	Minimizing the impacts that climate change will have on cities and their inhabitants requires that urban municipalities make concerted efforts to protect natural systems, the built environment, and human populations. Although the need for urban adaptation is pressing, relatively few cities have developed climate adaptation plans. In this pilot research, I examine what motivated Durban, South Africa and Quito, Ecuador to initiate climate adaptation planning. While many scholars argue that external pressures, diffusion, and capacity are critical drivers of sub-national policy change, the cases suggest that these early adapters are motivated by local goals and priorities. The findings of this research enhance our theoretical understanding of urban change while offering policy-relevant lessons about climate adaptation and adaptation planning.
Target Audience:	Current Students,  Researchers,  Visitors,  Commuters,  Donors & Supporters,  Undergraduate Students,  Graduate Students,  Prospective Students,  Faculty,  Staff,  Alumni,  General Public,  Parents & Families