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Urban Studies Foundation Seminar on the fringe of COP26: Climate Urbanism

Urban Studies Foundation Seminar on the fringe of COP26: Climate Urbanism

Marcin Dabrowski took part in the Urban Studies Foundation event happening on the fringe of COP26 and tackling the issue of climate urbanism. The seminar included no less than five talks from USF grantees questioning whether urban resilience was the final form of urban climate change adaptation or even whether the urban as we know...
The institutional context and the ability to adapt to the growing flood risk in cities

The institutional context and the ability to adapt to the growing flood risk in cities

How do the features of national or regional governance systems affect the ability of cities to prepare for flooding that climate change will bring? This is the issue addressed in a new paper by Marcin Dąbrowski, just published in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.  It focuses on the Rotterdam / The Hague region and...
Marcin Dąbrowski's lecture on adaptive cities at Urban Studies Foundation symposium

Marcin Dąbrowski’s lecture on adaptive cities at Urban Studies Foundation symposium

Marcin Dąbrowski presented his research on governance challenges in climate change adaptation in the Dutch and Chinese delta cities as a lecture at a symposium organised by the Urban Studies Foundation (USF) at the University of Glasgow. Marcin’s research is conducted as part of a USF postdoctoral research fellowship. You can see the video here:...
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