This readings overview is provided as an openly-available list of the readings for this course.
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Unit 1 Readings and Resources:
Required Readings
Moser, S. C., Meerow, S., Arnott, J., & Jack-Scott, E. (2019). The turbulent world of resilience: Interpretations and themes for transdisciplinary dialog. Climatic Change, 153.
Elmqvist, T., Andersson, E., Frantzeskaki, N., McPhearson, T., Olsson, P., Gaffney, O., Takeuchi, K., & Folke, C. (2019). Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century. Nature Sustainability, 2(4), 267–273.
The Expert Panel on Disaster Resilience in a Changing Climate. (2022). Building a resilient Canada.
Recommended/additional reading
BC Assembly of First Nations. (2020). Cultural rights of First Nations and climate change.
IPCC. (2018). Global warming of 1.5°C. Summary for policymakers. In Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change,. https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf – need new link
Meerow, S., & Stults, M. (2016). Comparing conceptualizations of urban climate resilience in theory and practice. Sustainability (Switzerland), 8(7), 1–16. 1Meerow, S., Newell, J. P., & Stults, M. (2016). Defining urban resilience: A review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 147, 38–49.
Thistlethwaite, J., Minano, A., Henstra, D., & Scott, D. (2020). Indigenous reserve lands in Canada face high flood risk (Issue 159).
Unit 2 Readings and Resources:
Required Readings
Community Resilience Organizations. (2022). Community resilience assessment.
Gasser, P., Lustenberger, P., Cinelli, M., Kim, W., Spada, M., Burgherr, P., Hirschberg, S., Stojadinovic, B., & Sun, T. Y. (2021). A review on resilience assessment of energy systems. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 6(5), 273–299.
Lempert, R. J. (2021). Measuring global climate risk. Nature Climate Change, 11(10), 802–803.
Muñoz-Erickson, T. A. , Meerow, S., etc (2021). Beyond bouncing back? Comparing and contesting urban resilience frames in US and Latin American contexts. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214(July).
Rao, N., Mishra, A., Prakash, A., Singh, C., Qaisrani, A., Poonacha, P., Vincent, K., & Bedelian, C. (2019). A qualitative comparative analysis of women’s agency and adaptive capacity in climate change hotspots in Asia and Africa. Nature Climate Change, 9(12), 964–971.
Recommended Readings
Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA). (2018). Calgary disaster risk explorer.
Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA). (2018). Disaster risk report.
Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group. (2018). Paying it forward: The path toward climate-safe infrastructure in California.
Cutter, S. L. (2016). The landscape of disaster resilience indicators in the USA. Natural Hazards, 80(2), 741–758.
Infrastructure Canada. (2018). Climate lens: General guidance (Version 1.1).
Magnan, A. K., Pörtner, H.-O., Duvat, V. K. E., Garschagen, M., Guinder, V. A., Zommers, Z., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., & Gattuso, J.-P. (2021). Estimating the global risk of anthropogenic climate change. Nature Climate Change, 11(10), 879–885.
Prince Edward Island. (2021). Prince Edward Island climate change risk assessment.
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture. (2018). Risk proofing Nova Scotia’s agriculture: A risk assessment system pilot (Agririsk) final report.
Vancouver Coastal Health. (2021). Community health and climate change.
Unit 3 Readings and Resources:
Required
First Nations Leadership Council. (2022). BC First Nations climate strategy and action plan.
Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience. (2021). Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable populations to have “a seat at the table” in climate resilience planning.
City of Nanaimo. (2020). Climate change resilience strategy.
Dickson-Hoyle, S., & John, C. (2021). Elephant Hill: Secwépemc leadership and lessons learned from the collective story of wildfire recovery.
Meerow, S., & Newell, J. P. (2017). Spatial planning for multifunctional green infrastructure: Growing resilience in Detroit. Landscape and Urban Planning, 159, 62–75.
The Greenlining Institute. (2019). Making Equity Real in Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience Policies and Programs.
Recommended
Asset Management BC. (2018). Climate change and asset management: A sustainable service delivery primer.
Colorado Resiliency Office. (2020). Community readiness and resilience toolkit.
Coultier, D., Mulkern, D., & Faghin, N. (2020). Community-based coastal resilience planning guidebook.
Facilities Management. (2020). Climate resilience guidelines for BC health facility planning and design: Version 1.1.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2020). Community resilience planning guide.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. (2021). Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT).
Unit 4 Readings and Resources:
Required
Boyd, R. and Markandya, A. (2021): Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation; Chapter 6 in Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report, (Eds.) F.J. Warren and N. Lulham; Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience. (2021). Research as climate advocacy: Using scholarship for social change.
Meerow, S., & Mitchell, C. L. (2017). Weathering the storm: The politics of urban climate change adaptation planning. Environment and Planning A, 49(11), 2619–2627.
Recommended
Allen, L. J. (2020). From multiple streams to muddling through: Policy process theories and “field of vision.” Open Political Science, 3(1), 117–127.
Findlater, K., Webber, S., Kandlikar, M., & Donner, S. (2021). Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data. Nature Climate Change, 11(9), 731–737.
IBC, & FCM. (2020). Investing in Canada’s future: The cost of Climate adaptation at the local level (Issue February).
Shi, L., Chu, E., Anguelovski, I., Aylett, A., Debats, J., Goh, K., Schenk, T., Seto, K. C., Dodman, D., Roberts, D., Roberts, J. T., & Van Deveer, S. D. (2016). Roadmap towards justice in urban climate adaptation research. Nature Climate Change, 6(2), 131–137.
Stults, M., & Meerow, S. (2017). Professional societies and climate change: An analysis of how urban-focused professional societies are integrating climate change into their member engagement activities (Issue January).
Unit 5 Readings and Resources:
Required
Brown, C., Shaker, R. R., & Das, R. (2018). A review of approaches for monitoring and evaluation of urban climate resilience initiatives. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20(1), 23–40.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Introduction to program evaluation for public health programs: A self-study guide.
EPCCARR. (2018). Measuring progress on adaptation and climate resilience: Recommendations to the Government of Canada. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada.
Moser, S. C., & Boykoff, M. (2013). Climate change and adaptation success. In S. Moser & M. Boykoff (Eds.), Successful adaptation to climate change: Linking science and policy in a changing world (pp. 1–34). Routledge.