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As a coastal city, the history and development of Helsinki are very much linked to its harbor. In particular, as the closest harbor to the city center, the South Port "Makasiiniranta" has largely served as the "gateway to the sea" of Helsinki. As the closest harbor to the city center, Makasiiniranta, in particular, has largely served as the "maritime gateway" to Helsinki, participating to a great extent in the daily life of Helsinki's residents and making a strong first impression on visitors. However, the function and form of the South Harbour have historically changed along with the values and needs of visitors, both residents and tourists, and this time is no exception.  The design of the harbor is based on this idea, which is divided into three levels: 1. the creation of a flood protection zone with different strategies based on the topography and different characteristics of the city; 2. the refinement and streamlining of the coastal flood protection architecture and landscape, which can exist in different scenarios with a variable form. To build climate-adapted spaces in coastal areas with their flexible forms to maximize the range of activities and functions of people at different water heights. 3. To embed functions in adaptive flood protection spaces to meet the needs of multiple groups.

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Regenerative agriculture, a soil health focused alternative to conventional agriculture, has been increasingly popular among producers and consumers for its ability to produce nourishing food while also prioritizing the health of the environment. The practices used within this style of farming and ranching also have benefits that make operations more resilient to various agricultural hazards. Few studies have addressed the role of resiliency in the transition process to regenerative agriculture. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of disaster resilience in the decision-making process farmers and ranchers use as they transition to regenerative agricultural practices. Drawing from qualitative, semi-structured interviews with Texas ranchers that use regenerative methods, four major themes were found. First, climate related hazards are a recurring issue because agricultural operations are continually threatened by the same hazards. Next, the food system is in dire need of change, as producers recognize a major problem in the food system, and it is leading to a food insecure future. Also prevalent, disaster resilience is a built-in benefit because regenerative practices result in the creation of systems that build resilience. Finally, learning opportunities are expanding as an increased interest in regenerative agriculture is providing more opportunities for both producer and consumer. The implications of this study highlight new opportunities to bridge the gap between emergency management and agriculture, specifically focusing on the resilience capabilities of using regenerative methods.

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Swedish municipalities increasingly prioritize blue-green infrastructure in response to the changing climate and precipitation. This study focuses on Norrköping, Huddinge, Nyköping, and Kalmar and how urban planning develops strategies for implementing blue-green infrastructure. Through document content analysis, the municipalities recognize the importance of blue-green infrastructure for stormwater management. However, challenges with implementation remain. Clashes with higher legal and economic interests impede progress. There are issues with responsibility allocation and operation. Most of the challenges can be ascribed to the absence of a comprehensive framework for sustainable stormwater management. Each municipality has developed unique practices to handle this, which have emerged through the interviews. The strategies break down to collaborative models involving multiple stakeholders. These findings advocate for a holistic approach suggest potential for a unified framework, and a path forward in sustainable urban planning.

While persons with disabilities are not a homogenous group, most are likely to be disproportionately impacted by climate change and the “natural” disasters that result from these changes. As a social worker living with chronic health conditions and a particular interest in disability and public policy, I was curious about how Canada’s Federal Government climate change policies and initiatives address persons with disabilities and their diverse needs. My research explored how matters of health and disability have been taken up in recent Canadian Federal Government climate change policies and strategies through an analysis of six significant climate change documents. Framed by a feminist, poststructural-inspired critical disability lens, the documents were examined through an inductive approach to reflexive thematic analysis, with the aim of contributing to critical conversations around the intersections of disability justice, climate justice, and related social justice matters. Through reflexive thematic analysis, I identified three key themes: persons with disabilities are widely absent from Canadian Federal Government climate change documents, both as collaborators as well as groups considered in climate change planning; adaptation to climate change and climate resilience are central in government climate mitigation strategies; and healthy and normative body-minds are presumed by the documents, which broadly assume all people have the same capacities to adapt. Subthemes included both a prioritization of the economy, and a foregrounding of a productive, compulsory, able-bodied and able-minded citizen around which climate change strategies are designed. I conclude with some suggestions for how Canada’s climate change policies may become more inclusive for persons with disabilities. / Graduate

In response to climate change, economic instability, and rapid urbanization, the notion of urban resilience has gained prominence in city planning and governance. Urban resilience is the ability of a system to adapt to new baseline conditions developing as a result of disturbances. This study is focused on one of urban resilience’s sub-tenets, ecological resilience. Ecological resilience is the ability of a system to sustain ecosystem services following a disturbance (i.e. droughts, flooding, heat waves). The health of the environment prior to a disturbance informs post-disturbance ecological resilience. An already stressed and unbalanced system, or an ecosystem with degraded health, is predisposed to vulnerabilities and exposure to disturbances. Environmental injustice is a significant gauge of latent environmental harm, and subsequently degraded ecosystem functionality. This study explores the spatial distribution and correlation between socioeconomic and environmental burdens in the largest majority Black neighborhood in the City of Orlando, Parramore. Through a lens of environmental justice, identifying where environmental, social, and economic harm is amplified and who is affected provides greater contextual information for the focus of future resilience strategies, the process through which they are devised and implemented, and their connection to land use planning and policy.

Rationale – Climate disasters represent a significant and growing proportion of the humanitarian burden and are a key factor in increasing poverty and insecurity. A myriad of studies demonstrate that aid delivered in an ex-ante fashion can be effective in mitigating losses of life, assets and livelihoods associated with climate hazards. This inquiry supplements the nascent body of research and empirical evidence base pertaining to the building of anticipatory capacity into large-scale national systems, namely via linking a Forecast-based Financing mechanism to an existing social protection system. Research question – Using the case of flood disasters in Bardiya district, Nepal, the research inquired the following: How can social protection be combined with Forecast-based Financing in order to optimise anticipatory humanitarian relief for climate-related disasters? Sub-questions – Research sub-questions guided the inquiry: (1) To what extent are current social protection beneficiaries exposed to climate-related disasters? (2) What is the specific climate vulnerability of social protection beneficiaries? (3) What are the anticipatory relief needs of climate vulnerable social protection beneficiaries? Methodology – Grounded in empirical research via the conduct of a qualitative single case study, the inquiry adopted a conceptual perspective and an exploratory design. A remote data collection strategy was applied, which included (1) a thorough desk review of key scientific literature and secondary data provided by in-field humanitarian organisations; and (2) semi-structured interviews with key informants. Key findings – The data demonstrated that the exposure of social protection beneficiaries to flood hazards is comparable to the general population. Nevertheless, an elevated climate vulnerability is evident secondary to an increased sensitivity and diminished adaptive capacity. The flood anticipatory relief needs/preferences identified include cash-based assistance, food provisions, evacuation assistance and/or enhanced Early Warning Systems. Conclusion – The research supports the utilisation of the proposed conceptual model for an integrated social protection and Forecast-based Financing mechanism, inclusive of vertical and horizontal expansion, in order to effectively identify the most climate vulnerable groups and to guide the provision of targeted anticipatory actions. The mechanism is optimised when a people-centred approach is utilised, with reference to the idiosyncratic, lifecycle and corresponding intersectional vulnerabilities of the targeted population. These findings will contribute to prospective programming in Nepal; additionally, the extent to which they can be generalised will be informed by future applied efficacy studies and comparative analyses with research from differing contexts.

[pt] A crescente presença da digitalização em todas as áreas de estudo e atuação, é igualmente evidente no Planejamento e Gestão Urbana (PGU). Globalmente, a complexa realidade das cidades atuais, marcada pelo contínuo crescimento populacional urbano e as já correntes consequências das mudanças climáticas, exige uma ampla requalificação urbana. Essa requalificação envolve uma nova gestão de informações, o enfrentamento de questões socialmente sensíveis e realização de intervenções físicas contundentes, cirúrgicas, contextualizadas e de eficácia imediata. Este trabalho explora o potencial protagonismo dos Digital Twins (DTs) nesta transformação digital das cidades. Através de pesquisa bibliográfica, e consultas a entidades especializadas, foi caracterizado o contexto do PGU, foi realizado um nivelamento conceitual dos DTs, e foram apresentadas as tecnologias envolvidas no seu desenvolvimento e aplicação. Através de estudos de caso, de exemplos notáveis, foi avaliada a aplicação dos DTs como estratégia para enfrentar os desafios identificados. Desta discussão emergiram alguns aspectos aderentes ao PGU atual: acesso intuitivo a informações ricas, precisas e atualizadas; integração tecnológica; gestão transparente e participativa; simulação verossímil de projetos e cenários de emergências climáticas. As conclusões deste trabalho sugerem o desenvolvimento do Ambiente de Informação Integrada (AII), uma plataforma colaborativa e multicamada que permite o acesso e a gestão de múltiplos atores através da integração de dados em uma organização física e ontológica. Essa ferramenta, concentra informação e processos, promove acessibilidade, minimiza os impactos sociais e ambientais, e gera eficiência temporal e de recursos. / [en] The increasing presence of digitalization in all areas of study and work is equally evident in urban planning and management (UPM). Globally, the complex reality of today s cities, marked by continuous urban population growth and the ongoing consequences of climate change, demands extensive urban requalification. This requalification involves managing a vast amount of information, addressing socially sensitive issues, and carrying out forceful, surgical, contextualized, and immediately effective physical interventions. This work explores the potential role of Digital Twins (DTs) in this digital transformation of cities. Through bibliographic research and consultations with specialized entities, the context of the PGU was characterized, a conceptual leveling of the DTs was carried out, and the technologies involved in its development and application were presented. By studying notable case examples, the application of DTs as a tool to address the identified challenges was evaluated. Some aspects aligned with current UPM emerged from this discussion: intuitive access to rich, accurate, and up-to-date information; technological integration; transparent and participatory management; realistic simulation of projects and climate emergency scenarios. The conclusions of this work suggest the development of the Integrated Information Environment (IIE), a collaborative and multi-layered platform that allows access and management by multiple actors through data integration in a physical and ontological organization. This tool concentrates information and processes, promotes accessibility, minimizes social and environmental impacts, and generates temporal and resource efficiency. In the early part of the last century, only 10 per cent of the world s population lived in cities. However, by around 1950, when two-thirds of the global population still resided in rural communities, an increase in urbanization was observed. This process has intensified over the past two decades, and by 2007, we reached a significant milestone: for the first time, the urban population surpassed the rural population (UNITED NATIONS, 2019). With the urban population continuously growing at a faster rate than the rural population, today approximately 56 per cent of the global population – 4.4 billion people – resides in cities. By the end of the sustainable development agenda in 2030, the proportion of the population living in cities is expected to reach 60 per cent. With projections indicating a continued increase in this percentage in the medium term, by 2050, after just one century of intense and progressive urbanization, the situation will be reversed, with two thirds of the world s population living in urban areas. This will result in an additional 1.2 million square kilometers of urban area worldwide (THE WORLD BANK, 2020; UNITED NATIONS, 2019).