Climate-resilient development planning for cities: progress from Cape Town

Nicholas P Simpson; Kayleen Jeanne Simpson; Albert T Ferreira; Andrew Constable; Bruce Glavovic; Siri Ellen Hallstrøm Eriksen; Debora Ley; William Solecki; Roberto Sanchez Rodríguez; Lindsay C Stringer

doi:10.1038/s42949-023-00089-x

Climate-resilient development planning for cities: progress from Cape Town

NPJ Urban Sustain. 2023;3(1):10. doi: 10.1038/s42949-023-00089-x. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Affiliations

¹ African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Future Planning and Resilience, Strategic Policy Branch, City of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Australian Antarctic Division, Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, Channel Highway, Kingston, ACT Australia.
⁴ School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁵ Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ Energy and Natural Resources, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁷ Department of Geography, Hunter College-City University of New York, New York, NY USA.
⁸ El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Gobierno de Mexico, Tijuana, Mexico.
⁹ Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.

Abstract

Priorities and programmes in the City of Cape Town's Integrated Development Plan (2022-2027) demonstrate progress towards operationalising local level planning for climate-resilient development. These developments provide lessons of process and focus on transformative outcomes for cities seeking equitable and just development while implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Keywords: Developing world; Development studies; Governance; Science, technology and society.