Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0587
ISSN: 2167-0587
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Review Article
The Imperatives in Mainstreaming Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Transformation in Urban Management Practices: African Perspectives
Author(s): Maurice Onyango Oyugi*
While urbanization provides significant development opportunities intertwined with challenges, a notable challenge portended by urbanization is global warming and climate change, leading to increased occurrences of drought oscillating with flood, heat waves, increased pest invasions, disease incidences and food insecurity. In the global south, this is likely to lead to population displacement with the hosts being urban centres already experiencing plethora of infrastructure inadequacies. Experience from the global south corroborate that mitigation, adaptation and transformation of climate change is a challenge at the urban level due to socioeconomic conditions accentuated by insufficient regional and national assistance to urban authorities. This paper therefore annunciates the African urban climate change mitigation, adaptation and transformation scenarios and further discuss the cha.. View More»
DOI:
10.35841/2167-0587.23.13.281