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Article: Urban agglomeration worsens spatial disparities in climate adaptation
Title | Urban agglomeration worsens spatial disparities in climate adaptation |
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Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Nature Research: Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html |
Citation | Scientific Reports, 2021, v. 11, p. article no. 8446 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Many countries promote urban agglomeration to enhance economic competitiveness, but the impacts of this strategy on local climate adaptation remain poorly understood. Here, we use variation in greenspaces to test the effectiveness of climate adaptation policy across climate impacts and vulnerability dimensions. Using satellite imagery and logistic regression, we analyze spatiotemporal correlation between greenspace and climate vulnerability in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, an area comprising ~ 70 million people and 11 cities, making it a useful natural experiment for our study. We find that while greenspace increases proportionally with climate exposure and sensitivity, many cities exhibit discrepancies between greenspace variation and climate vulnerability. Green adaptation funnels into wealthier, less vulnerable areas while bypassing more vulnerable ones, increasing their climate vulnerability and undermining the benefits of urban agglomeration. The results suggest that centrally-planned climate adaptation policy must accommodate local heterogeneity to improve urban sustainability. By neglecting local heterogeneity, urban agglomeration policy risks exacerbating spatial inequalities in climate adaptation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/304750 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 4.996 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.240 |
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dc.contributor.author | Kim, SK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, MM | - |
dc.contributor.author | van Gevelt, T | - |
dc.contributor.author | Joosse, P | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-05T02:34:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-05T02:34:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports, 2021, v. 11, p. article no. 8446 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/304750 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Many countries promote urban agglomeration to enhance economic competitiveness, but the impacts of this strategy on local climate adaptation remain poorly understood. Here, we use variation in greenspaces to test the effectiveness of climate adaptation policy across climate impacts and vulnerability dimensions. Using satellite imagery and logistic regression, we analyze spatiotemporal correlation between greenspace and climate vulnerability in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, an area comprising ~ 70 million people and 11 cities, making it a useful natural experiment for our study. We find that while greenspace increases proportionally with climate exposure and sensitivity, many cities exhibit discrepancies between greenspace variation and climate vulnerability. Green adaptation funnels into wealthier, less vulnerable areas while bypassing more vulnerable ones, increasing their climate vulnerability and undermining the benefits of urban agglomeration. The results suggest that centrally-planned climate adaptation policy must accommodate local heterogeneity to improve urban sustainability. By neglecting local heterogeneity, urban agglomeration policy risks exacerbating spatial inequalities in climate adaptation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Nature Research: Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scientific Reports | - |
dc.rights | Scientific Reports. Copyright © Nature Research: Fully open access journals. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Urban agglomeration worsens spatial disparities in climate adaptation | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Kim, SK: skim1@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | van Gevelt, T: tvgevelt@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Joosse, P: pjoosse@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Bennett, MM=rp02356 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | van Gevelt, T=rp02324 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Joosse, P=rp02064 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-021-87739-1 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33875718 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC8055703 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85104497389 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 325968 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 8446 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 8446 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000642573000009 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |