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* '''Planning for climate change:''' a strategic, values-based approach for urban planners, UN-Habitat Report, 2011, [http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=3164&alt=1 view full document]
* '''Planning for climate change:''' a strategic, values-based approach for urban planners, UN-Habitat Report, 2011, [http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=3164&alt=1 view full document]
* '''Cities and Biodiversity Outlook''' A Global Assessment of the Links between Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012), [http://www.stockholmresilience.org/download/18.5ea7abe0139d0dada524fe/CBD+CBO1+Book-F+WEB.pdf read full report]
* '''Cities and Biodiversity Outlook''' A Global Assessment of the Links between Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012), [http://www.stockholmresilience.org/download/18.5ea7abe0139d0dada524fe/CBD+CBO1+Book-F+WEB.pdf read full report]
* Learning to live with floods, Asia Pacific Housing Journal, Volume 6  No. 18, 2012 [http://www.ghbhomecenter.com/journal/GHBEng-sub.php?ids=69 read full report]

Revision as of 12:31, 20 November 2012

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Terminology

International Initiatives and Documents

  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) read more
  • Climate Change Adaption in Europe The European Climate Adaptation Platform (CLIMATE-ADAPT) aims to support Europe in adapting to climate change read more
  • Gateway to the United Nations Systems Work on Climate Change
  • UN Climate Change TV

Research Projects

  • ClimUrb: Poverty and Climate Change in Urban Bangladesh read more
  • Climate Proof Cities and Infrastructure read more

Organisations

  • European Environment Agency read more
  • CIPRA - International Commisson for the Protection of the Alps read more

Professional Initiatives

  • Landscape architecture and the challenge of climate change - Landscape Institute (UK) Position statement read more
  • Position of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects on Climate Change read more
  • International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Newsletter Perspectives on a Changing Climate read more

Books + Reports

  • The European Environment Agency: Urban Adaption to Climate Change in Europe, 2012 read full report
  • Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Handbook on Climate-Friendly Cities, 2011, read full report
  • Sustainable Energy Landscapes - Designing, Planning and Development, edited by Sven Stremke, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, 2012 read more
  • Stephen R.J. Sheppard: Visualizing Climate Change. A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions, Routledge, 2012, read more
  • Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities, Edited by Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Malcolm Bowman, Philip Ward, Piet Dircke read more
  • Kirstin Dow, Thomas E. Downing: The Atlas of Climate Change - Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge, 3rd Edition, Routledge 2011, read more
  • Local Climate Change and Society, edited by M. A. Mohamed Salih, Routledg 2012, read more
  • Climate Change at the City Scale - Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Cape Town, edited by Anton Cartwright, Susan Parnell, Gregg Oelofse, Sarah Ward, Routledge, 2012 read more
  • Planning for climate change: a strategic, values-based approach for urban planners, UN-Habitat Report, 2011, view full document
  • Cities and Biodiversity Outlook A Global Assessment of the Links between Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012), read full report
  • Learning to live with floods, Asia Pacific Housing Journal, Volume 6 No. 18, 2012 read full report