Climate extremes, as well as natural and man-made hazards, often affect people directly, but sometimes exacerbate their impact by affecting urban environments and essential infrastructure services, including water, food, health, energy, information, security, and cultural identity.
Cities are melting pots of cultures and innovations, but also hotspots of disaster exposure and impact chains that connect cities to other urban and rural areas.
The topics of vulnerability research, as well as critical infrastructure, have driven the development of methodologies to identify and prioritise needs and capacities in dealing with risks, disasters, or transformations, including climate change-driven processes of adaptation and resilience.
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