Planning for climate change: Guide - A strategic, values-based approach for urban planners

Summary

This report was developed for city planners to better understand, assess and take action on climate change at the local level. Specifically targeted to the needs of planners and allied professionals in low and middle-income countries where the challenges of planning for climate change are particularly high.

The guide's strategic,values based planning framework: - promotes a participatory planning process that integrates local participation and good decision-making. - provides practical tools for addressing climate change through different urban planning processes. - supports the "mainstreaming" of climate change actions into other local government policy instruments.

Author/Editor

UN-Habitat - UN Human Settlements Programme

Year

2014

Themes

Climate Change

Planning & Design

Resilience & Risk Reduction

Environmental Resilience

Risk & Resilience

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Goal 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

New Urban Agenda Commitments

Environmentally Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development

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