Developing Urban Resilience Against Climate Uncertainties: Case Study Megacity Dhaka
摘要
The influences of global climate change impact the environment in numerous ways, including increasing surface temperatures, sea level rise, flooding, droughts, and more. As urban areas continue to expand and extreme weather events driven by climate change intensify, the urban landscape increasingly face the associated impacts. Among Asian cities, Dhaka, Bangladesh, is the most climate-vulnerable owing to low adaptive capacity, high exposure, and high sensitivity. Consequently, the need for resilient urban infrastructure in the city has become more critical than ever to mitigate these effects and ensure long-term sustainability. The climate crisis has created uncertainty in urban planning, however only a limited number of past studies systematically address the uncertainties, particularly over the long term. Urban resilience planning focuses on reducing uncertainty and complexity in response to rapid urban growth and changing global climate, rather than specific spatial or infrastructure planning. This chapter employs a mixed method to understand that the recent advances on urban resiliency with a focus on Dhaka, one of the megacities in the world.