It also helps to identify specific points of entry for addressing supporting the continuous process of learning that is central to the the differential impact of climate change on the urban poor and other growth and maintenance of urban resilience. [...] In the coming decades, climate change may further strain the lives of poor urban residents and In the face of climate change then, are cities in the developing world the already frayed infrastructure and administrative systems of these likely to become refuges of opportunity, security, and productivity, where migrants can avoid the worst impacts of climate change and seek i n t ro d u c t i o n 9. [...] However, the Climate Risk and Opportunity Management (CCROM), and Urban opinions expressed and the conclusions drawn are the responsibility of and Regional Development Institute (URDI) in Indonesia; the Thailand ISET and of the chapter authors. [...] experience, a demonstration of the application of the UCRPF, and a set of lessons to help refine resilience planning and replicate it in The next step in the UCRPF is building resilience through the develop- other cities. [...] Vulnerability, in the Urban Climate Resilience Planning Framework, is therefore a function of not only exposure, but of the characteristics of systems, the capacities of agents, and Impacts of Negative Climate Change on the nature of the institutions that link them — and for each, the Marginal Agents degree to which it is exposed to the impacts of climate change.
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