Building a Climate-Resilient City: Transportation infrastructure

This policy brief outlines strategies for developing resilient urban transportation infrastructure to mitigate risks from natural hazards and climate change, emphasizing sustainable systems, urban densification, and the creation of complete communities.

• Urban transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, railways, and runways, faces significant exposure to climate-related impacts, specifically rising temperatures and an increase in the frequency and intensity of rainfall.
• Sustainable transportation systems enhance resilience by being physically durable against climate impacts, offering alternative modes of transport during climate-induced disruptions, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
• Urban resilience can be improved through densification, which limits the amount of infrastructure exposed to climate risks and enables the reallocation of resources to reinforce existing assets, as well as by developing 'complete communities' where residents can access services via walking or cycling.

APA

Temmer,, J. (2017). Building a Climate-Resilient City: Transportation infrastructure. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-transportation-infrastructure

Chicago

Temmer,, Jennifer. Building a Climate-Resilient City: Transportation infrastructure. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-transportation-infrastructure.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{temmer2017building, author = {Temmer,, Jennifer}, title = {{Building a Climate-Resilient City: Transportation infrastructure}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-transportation-infrastructure}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }