Adaptation to climate change in cities of Mediterranean Europe

Filomena Pietrapertosa (), Marta Olazabal, Sofia Simoes, Monica Salvia, Paris Fokaides, Byron Ioannou, Vincent Viguié (), Niki-Artemis Spyridaki, Sonia de Gregorio Hurtado, Davide Geneletti, Oliver Heidrich, Léa Tardieu (), Efren Feliu, Klavdija Rižnar, Marko Matosović, Mario Balzan, Alexandros Flamos, Nataša Belšak Šel and Diana Reckien
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Filomena Pietrapertosa: IMAA - Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council [Italy] - CNR - National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Center
Marta Olazabal: BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change
Sofia Simoes: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
Monica Salvia: IMAA - Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council [Italy] - CNR - National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Center
Paris Fokaides: Frederick University
Byron Ioannou: Frederick University
Vincent Viguié: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Niki-Artemis Spyridaki: University of Piraeus
Sonia de Gregorio Hurtado: UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Davide Geneletti: UNITN - Università degli Studi di Trento = University of Trento
Oliver Heidrich: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - UEA - University of East Anglia [Norwich]
Léa Tardieu: UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Efren Feliu: BRTA - Basque Research and Technology Alliance, TECNALIA France - Tecnalia
Mario Balzan: MCAST - Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology [Valletta]
Alexandros Flamos: University of Piraeus
Diana Reckien: Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation [Enschede] - University of Twente

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Abstract: Cities across Mediterranean Europe face common climatic threats. They are highly vulnerable and very likely to suffer losses and damages due to heat waves, droughts, wildfires, landslides, and extreme coastal events. To this date, however, there is no systematic understanding of how cities in Mediterranean Europe are preparing to adapt to these impacts. To address this question, we analyse local adaptation plans in 73 cities located in 51 regions across 9 European countries along the Mediterranean Sea (France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta). We also investigate upper levels of planning to understand the influence of policy environments. Across the sample, 67 % of regions have adopted a plan, but only 30 % of the cities. The most common climate-related hazards these cities prepare for are extreme temperatures and rainfall, followed by drought and water scarcity, as well as floods and landslides. Without legal obligations, neither regional nor national adaptation policy frameworks seem to influence the development of urban plans. In some cases, cities are ahead of national policy. This paper sheds light on the progress of local adaptation planning in Mediterranean Europe and paves the way for further research in this climate-threatened geographical area.

Keywords: Climate adaptation; Content analysis; Local climate plans; Adaptation measures; Climate impact; regional adaptation plans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09
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Published in Cities, 2023, 140, pp.104452. ⟨10.1016/j.cities.2023.104452⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104452

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