Group V - Collaborative Climate Adaption Project

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Area	Tehran Province
Place	Tehran
Country	Iran
Topic	please enter the topic here
Author(s)	Ana Cecilia Martinez Marletta; Negar Mehryar; Sandra Streipert; Tina Vetter

Rationale: Why have you selected this case study area?

• Please summarise:- e.g. previous experience, is it your everyday environment?, specific vulnerability, previous research being done etc.

Tehran is the hometown of one of the groupmembers and it's her everyday environment. Tehran is the mega city in the north of Iran and has a good climate which is suffering most from air pollution and crowded population

Authors' perspectives

• What theoretical or professional perspective do you bring to the case study?

Landscape and/or urban context

• Biogeography, land use patterns, cultural features, overall character, history and dynamics
• ratio of green/blue and sealed/built-up areas

Illustration: Map; sketches; short descriptive analyses

Topography of Tehran Province; source: http://atlas.tehran.ir

Quality of Life in Tehran City; source: http://atlas.tehran.ir

Watersheds of Tehran Province; source: http://atlas.tehran.ir

Green Spaces of Tehran City; source: http://www.ictcsociety.org

Cultural/social/political context

• Brief explanation of culture, political economy, legal framework

Illustration: Bullet points, image, background notes

Local Climate

• What are the climatic conditions at present? Have there been extreme weather events in the near past?
• Which changes are expected? Is there any evidence?

Illustration: Table or time line

Analysis of vulnerability

• If you consider these potential changes - which aspects/functions of your case study would be affected?

Illustration: Map/diagram/sketches/photos/background notes

Proposals for Climate Change Adaption

• How could your case study area become more resilient to climate change?
• Which measures would need to be taken to adapt to the new situation?
• How could you assure sustainability of these measures?
• Please describe 2-3 measures

Proposals for Climate Change Mitigation

• Which measures would need to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other drivers of climate change within your case study area?
• How could you assure sustainability of these measures?
• Please describe 2-3 measures

Your scenario

• How will this area look like in 2060?
• Please forecast one potential future development taking climate change into account

Illustration: Map/diagram/sketches photos and background notes

What can be generalized from this case study?

• Are there any important theoretical insights?
• Which research questions does it generate?
• Short statement plus background notes

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References

Please add literature, documentations and weblinks

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