Dear Colleagues,

Climate Change is one of the most challenging threats to our current society and our planet. Extreme-weather-related events have seriously affected our society and its welfare. This challenge is even greater in cities, where 56% of the population currently lives, and this percentage is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Furthermore, cities have become significantly complex, consisting of an extensive network of strongly interconnected people, infrastructures, and services. Cities are responsible for 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions causing Climate Change (CC) and other urban climatic changes.

In this vein, cities have begun to recognize their role as a contributor to the changes in urban climate, and as consequence they are attempting not only to reduce their impact on the environment but also to build capacities to face the irreversible effects of CC and transform themselves into more sustainable cities.

Building resilient cities able to withstand the threats from CC is vital to ensure their sustainability.

Several studies and projects that have developed conceptual models and frameworks to build city resilience and form sustainable cities can be found in the literature. These studies aim to define the attributes and actions that need to be implemented in order to improve the resilience of cities. Although theoretical knowledge has been developed with regard to how to build city resilience, the information provided by the existing frameworks has been considered too complex to put into practice in everyday activities. A more detailed guide is needed that helps the crisis managers to implement resilience with concrete actions and processes in the most efficient way. This guide should take into account a holistic approach considering all the stakeholders taking part in the CC-resilience-building process, bearing in mind all the resilience dimensions (infrastructure, social, organizational, governance, economic, and environmental).

Prof. Josune Hernantes
Dr. Leire Labaka
Guest Editors

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• climate change
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