Boost resilience of small and mid-sized cities

Joern Birkmann (), Torsten Welle, William Solecki, Shuaib Lwasa and Matthias Garschagen
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Joern Birkmann: Joern Birkmann is director of the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Torsten Welle: Torsten Welle is a senior lecturer, at the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
William Solecki: Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College, City University New York, New York, USA.
Shuaib Lwasa: Geoinformatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Matthias Garschagen: Matthias Garschagen is head of section at the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany.

Nature, 2016, vol. 537, issue 7622, 605-608

Abstract: Smaller settlements are growing faster than megacities — and they need more protection from extreme events, write Joern Birkmann and colleagues.

Date: 2016
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