52 <strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> & Str<strong>at</strong>egy <strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> & Resilience to Clim<strong>at</strong>e Change MARCIN DABROWSKI One of the emerging research topics in SPS in recent decades has been the nexus between sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning and adapt<strong>at</strong>ion to clim<strong>at</strong>e change impacts in cities. In a nutshell, cities are the main culprits of clim<strong>at</strong>e change, being the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but <strong>at</strong> the same time they are its main victim, as it is in cities where the neg<strong>at</strong>ive impacts of extreme we<strong>at</strong>her, growing precipit<strong>at</strong>ion, and raising sea levels are most acutely felt. The ways in which cities are planned and developed have a huge bearing on their vulnerability to clim<strong>at</strong>e change, for instance, <strong>by</strong> making vast sw<strong>at</strong>hes of soil impermeable to rainw<strong>at</strong>er or promoting urban expansion onto low-lying flood-prone areas <strong>at</strong> the expense of n<strong>at</strong>ural buffers against flooding. Clim<strong>at</strong>e change adapt<strong>at</strong>ion brings a major governance challenge for cities. Making urban clim<strong>at</strong>e adapt<strong>at</strong>ion work, in fact, requires coordin<strong>at</strong>ing actions and collabor<strong>at</strong>ing across multiple boundaries: vertically between the tiers of government and, horizontally, between the neighbouring municipalities, and organis<strong>at</strong>ions or departments responsible for different policy sectors, which brings this topic even deeper into the realm of sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning and str<strong>at</strong>egy. Integr<strong>at</strong>ing clim<strong>at</strong>e adapt<strong>at</strong>ion consider<strong>at</strong>ions, such as adapting to the growing flood risk, into the work of sp<strong>at</strong>ial planners is therefore a necessity, however, in reality there are numerous institutional, cognitive, and behavioural barriers for this shift. These challenges <strong>at</strong> the nexus of sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning and clim<strong>at</strong>e adapt<strong>at</strong>ion are being explored <strong>by</strong> several SPS staff members and PhD candid<strong>at</strong>es, focusing on cases from the Netherlands, China, or Japan and collabor<strong>at</strong>ing internally with urban designers from other sections of the Department of Urbanism as well as intern<strong>at</strong>ionally with planners and geographers from abroad. Selected public<strong>at</strong>ions: Dąbrowski, M. (2018). Boundary spanning for governance of clim<strong>at</strong>e change adapt<strong>at</strong>ion in cities: Insights from a Dutch urban region. Environment and <strong>Planning</strong> C: Politics and Space, 36(5), 837-855. Francesch-Huidobro, M., Dąbrowski, M., Tai, Y., Chan, F., & <strong>Stead</strong>, D. (2017). Governance challenges of flood-prone delta cities: Integr<strong>at</strong>ing flood risk management and clim<strong>at</strong>e change in sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning. Progress in <strong>Planning</strong>, 114, 1-27. Lu, P., & <strong>Stead</strong>, D. (2013). Understanding the notion of resilience in sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning: A case study of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Cities, 35, 200-212. Meng, Meng, Marcin Dąbrowski, Yuting Tai, Dominic <strong>Stead</strong>, and Faith Chan. “Collabor<strong>at</strong>ive sp<strong>at</strong>ial planning in the face of flood risk in delta cities: A policy framing perspective.” Environmental Science & Policy 96 (2019): 95-104. Fig. 33: Heng Fa Chuen after Typhoon Mangkhut 2018-09-03. Photo <strong>by</strong> Baycrest [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://cre<strong>at</strong>ivecommons.org/licenses/<strong>by</strong>-sa/2.5)]
Urbanism . <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong> 53 Key public<strong>at</strong>ions