Urban Resilience to Climate Change
Evaluating strategies for making cities more resilient to climate change impacts like flooding and extreme weather.
Key Questions
- Design urban infrastructure that is resilient to rising sea levels.
- Analyze the role of early warning systems in enhancing urban resilience to extreme weather.
- Compare 'hard' versus 'soft' engineering approaches to coastal urban protection.
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