More integrated and systemic approaches to address the challenges posed by climate change
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The gap
There is a need for more integrated and systemic approaches to address the challenges posed by climate change. Prior work has focused on emergency responses to heatwaves, but there is a lack of more comprehensive and sustainable solutions.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 20 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps
- Climate Shelters: an urban network for climate resilience and neighbourhood services (2026) · TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment · doi
There is a need for more integrated and systemic approaches to address the challenges posed by climate change. Prior work has focused on emergency responses to heatwaves, but there is a lack of more comprehensive and sustainable solutions.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need integrated systemic approaches address challenges posed - Climate Shelters: an urban network for climate resilience and neighbourhood services (2026) · TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment · doi
The intensification of extreme weather events impairs urban liveability, and poses a serious health risk to vulnerable populations. The combination of technological solutions, nature-based approaches and social interventions is recognised as a key lever for systemic transformation. There is a need for more comprehensive and sustainable solutions to address the challenges posed by climate change.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: intensification extreme weather events impairs urban liveability poses - Machine learning driven land surface temperature prediction and urban heat risk assessment in the Gambia (2026) · Discover Cities · doi
Urbanization is exerting pressure on and altering the physical biodiversity, environment, and ecosystem. Temperature increases are becoming more extreme, with heatwaves reported more often, for longer durations, and at higher intensities. The lack of proper planning of urban settlements leads to air and water pollution, weather changes, diseases, and land use/land cover changes.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: urbanization exerting pressure altering physical biodiversity environment ecosystem - What’s ahead: navigating the future of environmental science in and around cities in post-pandemic times (2025) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 2× · doi
The gap between the current state of ecological crises and the need for a sustainable and socially balanced transformation. The lack of understanding of the role of urban areas in addressing ecological crises. The need for a systematic analysis of the emergence, progression, and resolution of complex problems in human-nature interaction.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: gap between current state ecological crises need sustainable - A relational turn in climate change adaptation: Evidence from urban nature-based solutions (2024) · AMBIO · cited 18× · doi
The emergence of nature-based solutions (NbS) in science, policy, and practice signals a paradigmatic shift in urban climate change adaptation, yet empirical investigations into its impact on adaptation definitions and progress tracking remain scarce.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: adaptation emergence nature based solutions science policy practice signals paradigmatic shift urban climate change empirical
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