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Environmental Security, Resilience and Sustainability of Cities in the Global South
Environmental Security, Resilience and Sustainability of Cities in the Global South
Abstract Submissions Closed
Wednesday, 24 February 2021: 09:00-10:30
Location:
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
This session interrogates the issues and challenges of environmental security, resilience and sustainability of cities, especially in the Global South. Recently, cities in the Global South, have experienced severe natural disasters like huge earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and floods. The concept of sustainability has been discussed focusing on the relationship to future generations, between developing countries and developed countries, and to natural limits. However, recent disasters in these regions reveal that new dimension of community or local resilience to disaster should be added to the concept of sustainability.
This session examines policy-program interventions in the areas of climate mitigation (low carbon), energy transition, poverty reduction, disaster resilience towards sustainability and community resilience.
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