#70: Climate Adaptation Explained - Resilience, Transition, Transformation

Jul 3, 2023

33:10

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Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Importance of Adaptive Capacity

2min

The Importance of Adaptability in Climate Change

5min

Resilience in Urban Planning and Architecture

6min

The Benefits of a Greening Permit in Paris

4min

The Problems With Resilience and Transformation in Climate Change

2min

The Rise of Transformational Adaptation

5min

The Importance of Resilience in Architecture and Master Planning

2min

The Importance of Biodiversity in Adaptive Architecture

3min

Climate change is here and now cities and communities must adapt for safety, health and quality of life. In this episode I discuss a useful model for thinking about climate adaptation in three levels: resilience, transition and transformation.

I also provide some examples and ideas for bringing adaptation thinking into the work of urbanists.

Relevant episodes:
#68: Urban Rewilding
#59: Why cities need Transformational Adaptation and what it could mean for urban ecosystems
#38: Dr Morgan Phillips - Climate Adaptation

Bibliography
The ideas in this episode were largely inspired by the book Adaptation to Climate Change by Mark Pelling.
Blythe et al. (2018) The Dark Side of Transformation