by Resilient Cities Network | Apr 24, 2023 | Cities On The Frontline
About this session Cities are leading the transition to clean energy, but improving access, affordability, and overall resilience of municipal energy systems remains a significant challenge for our network cities, who face a myriad of chronic shocks and stresses that...
by Resilient Cities Network | Apr 19, 2023 | Publications
Rio de Janeiro is located on Brazil’s Southeast coast, set between forested mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is world-renowned for its natural landscapes and diversity of cultures and, in 2012, became the first “urban cultural landscape” to be included on...
by Resilient Cities Network | Apr 19, 2023 | Publications
Lagos is the city with the highest population in Nigeria and one of the most densely populated cities in Africa. Bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, this lagoon city was home to indigenous fishing and farming communities dating back to pre-colonial times. As...
by Resilient Cities Network | Apr 19, 2023 | Publications
Cape Town lies on the southwest coast of South Africa under the shadow of Table Mountain. The mountain has shaped the development of the city’s road and rail networks, while its status as a biodiversity hotspot has restricted where houses can be built – nature...
by Resilient Cities Network | Apr 19, 2023 | Publications
Cali sits between two immovable borders: the Cauca River and the Farallones de Cali, mountains that form part of the western Andean range. Six rivers descend from these forested mountains and cross the city before disgorging into the Cauca, one of Colombia’s most...
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