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Start resilience projects with people-centered, evidence-based planning, combining infrastructure, community engagement, and adaptive learning.
Cities in Asia and the Pacific need to scale up investments in resilient infrastructure amid increasing climate and disaster risks.
Combining leadership and climate training can help women lead more confidently in climate decision-making.
Nature-based solutions offer multiple co-benefits and are implementable at community scale.
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
This nature-based solution can help cities become more livable, reduce the risk of flooding, and transform urban spaces into vibrant centers for the community.
A study shows reducing involuntary migration to peripheries of the Greater Seoul Area requires policy interventions to regulate housing cost and supply.
Public spaces help revitalize a city’s environment, culture, tourism, and economy.
Urban planners in Seoul shifted from paper-based processes to a computerized system to improve information sharing and decision-making.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.