While urban areas generally experience the same exposure to climate change as surrounding regions, urban environments exacerbate these impacts locally. Replacement of natural vegetation and unpaved areas with paved surfaces and buildings, high density of people, concentration of services and infrastructure, impacts of climate change on the city significantly worsen and have, respectively. they will have serious consequences for human health, livelihood, property and ultimately affect the development of the entire city and its surroundings. Paper published at the ERSA 2014 conference: Regional development & globalisation: Best Practices.

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