Megacities and the Coast: Global Context and Scope for Transformation

TY - CHAP

T1 - Megacities and the Coast

T2 - Global Context and Scope for Transformation

AU - Blackburn, Sophie

AU - Pelling, Mark

AU - Marques, César

PY - 2019/1/31

Y1 - 2019/1/31

N2 - We now know a good deal about the physical and social functioning of large urban systems, and also of coastal zones-yet relatively little work has traversed the intersection of large-scale urbanization on the coast. This chapter identifies a lack of conceptual clarity and intersecting policy responsibilities as two reasons for this lack of focus. In response, it suggests a number of guiding parameters and priorities for coastal cities research, policy, and practice, focusing on the complex and compounding drivers of risk in mega-urban regions. The chapter outlines broad levels of hazard and vulnerability in coastal megacities (ranging from hydrological to environmental health risks), explaining these are products of the interplay between multiple forms of change (demographic, infrastructural, environmental, social, economic, etc.). It highlights the role of innovation, inclusive knowledge capture, and responsive social institutions in opening possibilities for resilience and transformation, and makes the case for more integrated coastal-urban futures.

AB - We now know a good deal about the physical and social functioning of large urban systems, and also of coastal zones-yet relatively little work has traversed the intersection of large-scale urbanization on the coast. This chapter identifies a lack of conceptual clarity and intersecting policy responsibilities as two reasons for this lack of focus. In response, it suggests a number of guiding parameters and priorities for coastal cities research, policy, and practice, focusing on the complex and compounding drivers of risk in mega-urban regions. The chapter outlines broad levels of hazard and vulnerability in coastal megacities (ranging from hydrological to environmental health risks), explaining these are products of the interplay between multiple forms of change (demographic, infrastructural, environmental, social, economic, etc.). It highlights the role of innovation, inclusive knowledge capture, and responsive social institutions in opening possibilities for resilience and transformation, and makes the case for more integrated coastal-urban futures.

KW - Hazard

KW - Resilience

KW - Risk

KW - Transformation

KW - Urban

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079883780&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-814003-1.00038-1

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-814003-1.00038-1

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780128140031

SP - 661

EP - 669

BT - Coasts and Estuaries

PB - Elsevier

ER -