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The bi-annual UGEC Viewpoints publications showcase the diversity of work undertaken by the UGEC community, placing particular attention on knowledge gaps and implications for policy as well as the IPO’s efforts towards synthesis of the new knowledge generated.

Issue 10 (May 2014) Urbanization and Global Environmental Change: Exploring Local Solutions to Global Challenges
ISBN 978-0-9888675-9-8

Governance and Urban Resilience in Africa: Lessons from START’s GEC Scoping Workshops – Senay Habtezion and Clark Seipt
Rapid Urbanization, GEC and the Challenge of Water Provision to the Poor: Lessons from Utility-Community Partnership Models in Kenya – Daniel M. Nzengya and Rimjhim Aggarwal
The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Shaping Adaptation Capacities of the Urban Poor in Kampala, Uganda – Peter Kasaija and Shuaib Lwasa
How Prepared are UK Cities for Addressing Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation? – Oliver Heidrich, Richard J. Dawson, Diana Reckien, and Claire L. Walsh
Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes: Practical Applications and Governance Implications – The URBES Approach – Dagmar Haase, Timon McPhearson, Niki Frantzeskaki, and Anna Kaczorowska
Understanding Drivers of Urban Expansion: Exploratory Case Studies of Three Indian Cities – Shriya Anand and Kavita Wankhade
Developing Resilient Housing for Disaster-prone Regions in Central Vietnam – Tran Tuan Anh
Local Water Issues Reframe Responses to Environmental Change – Cat Button

Issue 9 (July 2013) Paving the Way Forward in Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Research: Emerging Scholars Edition ISBN 978-0-9888675-2-9

The Role of Local Politicians and Political Realities in Shaping Urban Climate Change

Agendas: The Case of eThekwini Municipality – Hayley Leck
Climate Change Risk Assessment and the Development of Adaptation Pathways – Ashley Kingsborough
Urbanization and Its Impacts on an Estuarine Wetland Area in Fuzhou City, China – Yuanbin Cai and Xiangrong Wang
Integrating Wetland Ecosystem Services into the Planning of Urban Landscapes in Developing

Cities of East Africa: Lessons from European Riverine Wetlands and Floodplains – Najib Lukooya Bateganya, Judith Tukahirwa, Henry Busulwa and Thomas Hein
Getting off the Island: Understanding Urban Heat in a Changing World – Jason Vargo
Rapidly Urbanizing Indian Cities: The Problem of Local Heat but a Global Challenge – Richa Sharma and P. K. Joshi
Combating the Urban Heat Island Effect: Strategies for Enhancing the Cooling Capacity
of Green Infrastructure in Melbourne, Australia – Alexei Trundle, Karyn Bosomworth and Darryn McEvoy
Revealing Sprawl and Structural Connectivity in Europe: A Cross-National Comparison – Menno Mandemaker, Martha Bakker and Tom (A.) Veldkamp
Street Tree Management in Bangkok, Thailand: Policies, Challenges and Perceptions of Ecosystem Services – Natthanij Soonsawad
Spatial Analysis of Oases Transformation for Sustainable Growth in El-Bahariya Oasis, Egypt – Ahmed Abdelhalim M Hassan
Green Investment in Asian Cities – Takako Wakiyama and Joni Jupesta

Issue 8 (November 2012) Connecting Past and Present Lessons in Urbanization and the EnvironmentISBN 978-0-9888675-7-4

Beyond Adaptive Capacity Checklists: Examining the Construction of Capacity in Mexico City and Santiago – Patricia Romero-Lankao, Sara Hughes, Angélica Rosas-Huerta, Roxana Borquéz and Melissa Haeffner
A Probabilistic Risk-Based Approach to Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Cities: The Tyndall Centre’s Urban Integrated Assessment Framework – Katie Jenkins, Vassilis Glenis, Alistair Ford and Jim Hall
Trade-Offs and Synergies in Urban Climate Policies: A Case Study in the Paris Urban Area – Vincent Viguié and Stéphane Hallegatte
Special Section: Urban Sustainability — What We Can Learn from Archaeology
The Role of Ancient Cities in Research on Contemporary Urbanization – Michael E. Smith
Low-Density Urbanism, Sustainability, and IHOPE-Maya: Can the Past Provide More than History? – Vernon L. Scarborough, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Investigating Urban Experiences, Deconstructing Urban Essentialism – Christian Isendahl
Are City-Based Emissions Trading Schemes Efficient Instruments for Reducing Local GHG Emissions? – Benoit Lefèvre and Gautier Kohler
Mexico City in the 21st Century: Population Dynamics and Policy Responses – Gary Sands and Laura A. Reese
Developing Spatial Economic Models of Land Change for Policy Simulation – Elena G. Irwin and Douglas Wrenn

Issue 7 (May 2012) Interdisciplinary Initiatives for an Urban EarthISBN 978-0-9888675-8-1

The Importance of Ecosystem Services for Urban Areas: Valuation and Modelling Approaches – Dagmar Haase
Adaptation at the Urban-Regional Level in Santiago de Chile: A Science-Policy Research Approach – Kerstin Krellenberg
Building Stakeholder Collaborations through Innovative Data Sharing: The J-Earth Project – Lela Prashad, Scott Dickenshied, Shay Cheeseman and Philip Christensen
Flood Control and Water Management in Metropolitan São Paulo: Prospects of Integration in the Context of Urban Environmental Change – Ricardo Toledo Silva
Building Capacity for Understanding, Managing and Reducing Risks and Vulnerabilities in Urban Areas – Jon Padgham andClark Seipt
UK Environmental Governance through Community – Gerald Aiken
Confronting the Challenges and Opportunities of Indian Urbanization: Insights from the 2011 India Urban Conference – Kavita Wankhade and H. S. Sudhira
Mainstreaming Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Engaging ‘Early Adopters’ – Elizabeth Parker, Sam Kernaghan and Tim Hawley
Urban Sustainability and Ecology of Environmental Justice – Christopher Boone

Issue 6 (Nov. 2011) Addressing Grand Challenges for Global Sustainability: Monitoring, Forecasting, and Governance of Urban SystemsISBN 978-0-9888675-6-7

Beyond Climate-Proofing: Taking an Integrated Approach to Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities – Anna Brown and Sam Kernaghan
Engaging Stakeholders in Urban Climate Adaptation: Early Lessons from Early Adapters – JoAnn Carmin, David Dodman and Eric Chu
Exploring Space-Time Variation in Urban Carbon Metabolism – Lucy R. Hutyra, Steve Raciti, Nathan G. Phillips and J. William Munger
Urban Remote Sensing (URS) and Forecasting Urban Land-Use (FORE) Workshops: Common Ground and Targeted Opportunities – Elizabeth A. Wentz, Karen C. Seto, Soe Myint, Maik Netzband and Michail Fragkias
Thermal Satellite Data for Assessment and Monitoring of surface Temperature Changes and its Impact on Micro-Climate of Delhi – Javed Mallick, Atiqur Rahman, Maik Netzband and Sunil Bhaskaran
The Impact of Demographic Change on the Accessibility to Public Services for the Elderly and Children of Hannover, Germany – Helber Y. López Covaleda and Tyler J. Frazier
Urban Growth Models in a Fast-Urbanizing World – Burak Güneralp
Environmental Change and Urban Resilience: The Experiences of Gorakhpur – B.K Singh and Shiraz Wajih
Local Knowledge and Capacity for Global Environmental Change Adaptation in Urban Slums and Informal Settlements of the Developing World – Peter Elias
Domestic Water Accessibility and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Peripheral Urban Settlements of Mérida Metropolitan Area, Yucatán, México – Mauricio Domínguez-Aguilar and Federico Dickinson Bannack
Global Climate Change and Strategies for Urban Sustainability: A Case Study of the Estuary City of Shanghai, China – Xiangrong Wang, Shixiong Wang, Yuan Wang, Huanran Ling and Zhengqiu Fan

Issue 5 (April 2011) Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World: Selections from the UGEC2010 ConferenceISBN 978-0-9888675-5-0

Remote Sensing Data for the Mapping of Urban Poverty and Slum Areas – Maik Netzband and Atiqur Rahman
The Impacts of Urbanization on Cultivated Land Change in China – Xiangzheng Deng and Karen C. Seto
Transforming Accra towards a Sustainable Future: Comprehensive Land Use Planning and the Greater Accra Urban Simulation System (GAUSS) –Tyler J. Frazier
City Systems, their Growth and Sustainability: An Urban Biogeochemistry Approach – Anastasia Svirejeva-Hopkins, Yuri G. Puzachenko and Robert B. Sandlersky
Urban Growth and Food Security in the Himalayas – Prakash C. Tiwari and Bhagwati Joshi
Operational Framing of Climate Change Adaptation at the Local and Regional Scales – Hartmut Fünfgeld and Darryn McEvoy
India: Patterns of an Urbanizing Nation – P K Joshi, Richa Sharma, Brij Mohan Bairwa and Vinay Sinha
Patterns, Process, Causes and Consequences of Urban Growth – H. S. Sudhira
Sea Level Rise and Flood Risk in Rio de Janeiro City: Challenges of Global Climate Change – Andrea Ferraz Young
Built Landscapes of Urban Regions: An International Comparison – Stephen M. Wheeler and Jayoung Koo
Local and Global Changes in an Urbanizing World: The Connections of Urban Agriculture within Cities – Camille Lanzarotti Nolasco
Building Green Cities: The Urban Green Growth Management Model (U2G2M) – Cristiane Carvalho, Benjamín Infante, Ricardo Jordán

Issue 4 (Oct. 2010) The Science and Practice of Urbanization and Global Environmental Change: A Look AheadISBN 978-0-9888675-4-3

Rediscovering Urban Societies in the 21st Century: A Role for UGEC – Roberto Sánchez Rodríguez
What is a City? Old Debate, New Implications – Peter J. Marcotullio & William Solecki
Transboundary Urban Systems and Global Environmental Change: The Need for Effective Regional Policy Integration – David Simon
Governing Climate Change in the City – Harriet Bulkeley
Urban Vulnerabilities and Adaptation in Low Income Countries: Perspectives for Future Research in Africa – Shuaib Lwasa
Remote Sensing of Urban Areas for Climate Change Science – Karen C. Seto & Peter Christensen
Towards a New Science and Practice of Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Areas – Michail Fragkias

Issue 3 (March 2010) Integrative Perspectives on Urbanization and Climate ChangeISBN 978-0-9888675-3-6

Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies in Latin American City-Regions: The Case of Santiago de Chile – Kerstin Krellenberg, Dirk Heinrichs, Jonathan Barton
The Tyndall Centre’s Urban Integrated Assessment Facility – Richard Dawson, Jim Hall, Claire Walsh, Terry Barker, Stuart Barr, Mike Batty, Abigail Bristow, Aidan Burton, Sebastian Carney, Athanasios Dagoumas, Steve Evans, Alistair Ford, Vassilis Glennis, Claire Goodess, Colin Harpham, Helen Harwatt, Chris Kilsby, Jonathan Köhler, Phil Jones, Lucy Manning, Mark McCarthy, Mike Sanderson, Miles Tight, Paul Timms, Alberto Zanni
CO2 Emissions in U.S. Counties: The Importance and Interplay of Population Size, Income and Creative Economic Activity – Michail Fragkias & Jose Lobo
Challenges to Adaptation for Risk-Prone Coastal Livelihoods in Tumaco, Pacific Coast (Colombia) – Andrea Lampis
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change and Its Implications for China’s Future Urban Socio-Economic Development Strategy – Yangfan Li & Xiaodong Zhu
Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation Policy “Down Under”: A Change of Course for Australia? – Darryn McEvoy & Jane Mullett
On the Role of Urbanization in Hydroclimate Extremes: Changing Water Cycle, Record Floods, and More – J. Marshall Shepherd
Challenges of Urbanization and Peri-Urban Development in Europe: The Contribution of the PLUREL Project – Thomas Sick Nielsen, Kjell Nilsson with contributions from: Dagmar Haase, Jan Peters-Anders, Annette Piorr, Sophie Rickebush, Mark Rounsevell, Nina Schwarz, Ingo Zazada
Thirsty Capital: Urban Growth, Water Management and Infrastructure Investments in Khartoum – Salma Abdalla, Anne-Sophie Beckedorf, David Blanchon, Martin Doevenspeck, Detlef Müller-Mahn

Issue 2 (Sept. 2009) Urbanization: a Critical Human Dimension of Global Environmental ChangeISBN 978-0-9888675-1-2

Introduction to the Issue – Corrie Griffith
Reexamining the Capacity of Cities as Agents of Global Environmental Change: The Case of Delhi – Rimjhim Aggarwal
Social Relations in the Waste Waterscapes: The Case of Delhi’s Informal Settlements – Anna Zimmer
Politics of Space in the Megacity Dhaka: Negotiation of Rules in Contested Urban Arenas – Benjamin Etzold & Markus Keck
Urban Governance and Modern Challenges: Evaluating Urban Water Services – Sara Hughes
Landscape Fragmentation under Rapid Urbanization – Abigail M. York, Sainan Zhang, Christopher G. Boone, Milan Shrestha
Hierarchy of Urban Areas in the Brazilian Amazon and Its Environmental Implications – Gilvan Guedes, Sandra Costa, Eduardo Brondízio
Urban Transitions for Progressive Climate Proofing: Mexico’s Caribbean Coast – Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete, Michael Redclift
Managing City Growth and Development in the Context of Environmental Changes Within Sub-Saharan Africa – Shuaib Lwasa
Urban Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Key Issues and Challenges for Nigeria – Felix Olorunfemi
Chronic Vulnerability in Niger Republic: A Challenge to Urbanization – Oluyemi Fayomi

Issue 1 (Aug. 2008) Urban Responses to Climate Change in the AmericasISBN 978-0-9888675-0-5

Introduction to the Issue – Roberto Sanchez- Rodriguez, William Solecki, Michail Fragkias
Global Environmental Change and the Sustainable Use of Space in “Second Half” Cities – George Martine
Urban Issues, Concerns and Responses to Climate Change in the Cities of the Americas: The View of the IPCC AR4 – Monirul Mirza
How Cities in Low- and Middle-Income Nations have Begun to Respond to the Challenges of Climate Change – Patricia Romero Lankao
All Climate Change is Local – George Martine
The Responses of Urban Areas to Climate Change: Perspectives on Energy Efficiency in Megacities of Latin America – Ricardo Jordan
Urbanization and Global Climate Change: The Case of Bogotá- Colombia – Andrea Lampis
Total Urban Water Management in São Paulo, Brazil: A Case Study of Ongoing Experiences on Applied Research and Public Policy – Ricardo Silva Toledo

IHDP Update Newsletter (Oct. 2007) The Implications of Global Environmental Change for Human Security in Coastal Urban Areas

Three Cities and Their Vulnerabilities to Climate Hazards – Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller and Alex Pulsipher
Cities As Crucibles of Disaster Politics – Mark Pelling, Kathy Dill
Climate Change and the Risks of Settlement in the Low Elevation Coastal Zone – Gordon McGranahan, Deborah L. Balk, and Bridget Anderson
Storm Surges – The Case of Hamburg, Germany – Hans von Storch, Katja Woth, Gabriele Goennert
Adaptation Options for Built Environment: Linking Experiences of Developed & Developing Countries – Monirul Q Mirza
Management Strategies for Urban Coastal Zones: Integrating DPSIR concepts with GIS Tools in Peoples Participatory Programs – N. Balchand Alungal, Mooleparambil S. Madhusoodhanan and C. Reghutathan
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change in Varadero, a Coastal Zone under Tourist Exploitation – Barbaro V. Moya, Alfredo Cabrera, Lorenzo Castillo, and Jose Rojo

IHDP Update Newsletter (Feb. 2006) Urbanization and Global Environmental Change

Carbon Management and Clean Air: Opportunities in Urbanization to Link Research, Policy, and Practice – Louis Lebel et. al.
Urban Landscape Patterns and Global Environmental Change: Complex Dynamics and Emergent Properties – Marina Alberti et. al
Urban Modeling, Global Environmental Change, and Policymaking in Developing – World Cities – Michail Fragkias
Global Cities and Local Vulnerabilities – Robin Leichenko, William Solecki
Urbanization Research in China: Many Opportunities and Challenges – Yan Xiaopei, Xue Desheng, Yin Xiaoying
Climatic Deterioration and Urbanization in Senegal – Cheikh Gueye, Abdou Fall, Serigne Tall
Understanding Urban Growth in the Context of Global Change – Annemarie Schneider
Visioning Sustainable Urban Transport: Case Studies for Boston and Bangalore – Philip Vergragt