Linda Shi

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a roadmap to reorient research on the social dimensions of urban climate adaptation around four issues of equity and justice: broadening participation in adaptation planning; expanding adaptation to rapidly growing cities and those with low financial or institutional capacity; and integrating justice into infrastructure and urban design processes.

TL;DR: The authors argue that urban adaptation injustices fall into two categories: acts of commission, when interventions negatively affect or displace poor communities, and acts of omission, when they protect and prioritize elite groups at the expense of the urban poor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use logistic regression analysis to assess the significance of 13 indicators measuring political leadership, fiscal and administrative resources, ability to obtain and communicate climate information, and state policies in predicting the status of adaptation planning.

TL;DR: The authors review trends in how U.S. federal government, private industry and civil society are planning for climate adaptation and find growing divergence in their approaches and impacts, which increases maladaptive investment in climate-blind infrastructure, justice-blind reforms in financial and professional sectors, and greater societal vulnerability to climate impacts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine regional adaptation planning in Los Angeles, Miami, and Boston, three metropolitan areas that have significant exposure to the impacts of climate change and typify the high levels of administrative fragmentation found in the United States.