Participatory climate change impact assessment in three Czech cities: The case of heatwaves

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00020699:_____/18:N0000091

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061906" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061906</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061906" target="_blank" >10.3390/su10061906</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Participatory climate change impact assessment in three Czech cities: The case of heatwaves

Original language description

Cities are complex socioecological systems that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and are also exposed to other trends, such as urbanization and population aging. Due to the changing climate, days with extreme temperatures are expected to become more numerous, which is particularly important for urban areas, where the urban heat island phenomenon is observed. This study presents an example of a spatially explicit potential climate change impact assessment of heatwaves integrating both science and stakeholder participation for three large Czech cities (Prague, Brno, and Pilsen). Stakeholder participation exercises were used to prioritize climate change risks, provide impetus and opportunity for knowledge co-production, and support adaptation planning. Potential climate change impacts of heatwaves in the three Czech cities for the current baseline (1981-2010) and for the future (2021-2040) using Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)-RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, were mapped at two levels describing 'in-city' and 'inter-city' comparison. When comparing the potential impact of heatwaves across the three cities ('inter-city'), the most affected city is Brno, with 10.5% of its area in the very high impact category for the baseline and both RCPs. The 'in-city' comparison shows the differences between the baseline and future scenarios of each city. The assessment of heatwaves' impacts was further used to support urban adaptation planning.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000436570100218

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85048075616