{"id":19403,"date":"2024-03-25T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T11:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/?p=19403"},"modified":"2024-04-11T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:08:18","slug":"building-resilient-cities-part-1-the-role-of-charter-cities-in-a-changing-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/blog-posts\/building-resilient-cities-part-1-the-role-of-charter-cities-in-a-changing-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Resilient Cities, Part 1: The Role of Charter Cities in a Changing Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19403\" class=\"elementor elementor-19403\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b1906c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b1906c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6618f92\" data-id=\"6618f92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d01ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d01ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate change is rapidly transforming humanity\u2019s relationship to the natural world.\u00a0 Higher global surface temperatures, increasingly extreme weather events, and rising sea levels are not merely environmental concerns, but pose direct threats to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/sixth-assessment-report-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">very fabric of our societies<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As epicenters of population density, economic opportunity, cultural exchange, and innovation, cities have immense potential to confer resilience to households, nations, and the whole of human civilization\u00b9.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0However, the compounding challenges of climate change and rapid urbanization are undermining the growth of resilient, productive cities, particularly across the Global South.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charter cities offer one promising solution. These \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Introduction-to-Charter-Cities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new cities with new rules<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d present an opportunity to construct well-governed, sustainable cities from the ground up. Ultimately, charter cities may hold the key for building resilient urban centers which are capable of propelling human prosperity far into the future.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">Cities <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">matter for<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">limate <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103247696 BCX0\">esilience<\/span><\/span><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>Cities have a vital role to play in climate-resilient development. For one, \u201csustained economic development does not occur <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1467-9787.2009.00636.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">without urbanization<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d Urban agglomerations give rise to the skills, knowledge, experimentation, and innovation necessary to propel long-run growth. Productive cities can generate the capital necessary to finance investment in climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives. They can also spur innovation in green technologies and serve as experimentation grounds for new climate policies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Second, cities also provide new economic opportunities for households, allowing those who have been negatively impacted by climate change to engage in occupational and\/or spatial adaptation. Access to jobs and high per capita incomes in cities also improve households\u2019 ability to withstand and adapt to external climate-related shocks.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Third, well-financed and -administered cities can also decrease households\u2019 vulnerability to climate change through reliable, high-quality public service provision, such as water and sanitation services, electricity, and waste management. Sound infrastructure and dwelling construction further increase resilience by ensuring buildings are designed to withstand climate-related hazards.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span class=\"TextRun SCXW98622466 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW98622466 BCX0\">Compounding challenges\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW98622466 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\"><br \/>Nonetheless, in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">almost every<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\"> corner of the globe, urban centers are embroiled in an ongoing battle against climate change. Extreme heat exposure in cities has <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW46753811 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1073\/pnas.2024792118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">increased<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\"> as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW46753811 BCX0\">rising<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\"> temperatures and heatwaves spawn intense urban heat islands. Urban flooding has resulted in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW46753811 BCX0\">loss<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\"> of human life, as well as lasting damage to health, livelihoods, and property. <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW46753811 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Urban infrastructure<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">including transportation, water, sanitation and energy systems have been compromised by extreme and slow-onset events, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">w<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">ith resulting economic losses, disruptions of services and negative impacts on wellbeing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46753811 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW46753811 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_19430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19430\" style=\"width: 857px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19430\" src=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"857\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-30.jpg 857w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-30-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-30-768x470.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ND-GAIN<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Already, climate change has wreaked untold difficulties upon urban centers, yet the challenges cities currently face are only expected to intensify as the climate crisis worsens over the coming decades. This is particularly true for urban centers across the Global South, which are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to geographic, economic, and institutional circumstances.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The challenge of resilient urban development in the Global South is further heightened by the rapidity of urban growth. By 2050, cities are projected to accommodate over 70 percent of the world\u2019s population, with over two thirds of urban population growth concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_19431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19431\" style=\"width: 871px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19431\" src=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"871\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-41.jpg 871w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-41-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-41-768x253.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: USAID<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not only is the pace of urbanization substantially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1467-9787.2009.00636.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">faster than the historical precedent<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 with \u201cfull urbanization\u2026[occurring] in a span of about 30 years as opposed to\u2026100-150 years [in today\u2019s developed countries]\u201d \u2013 but it is also occurring at comparatively low levels of income, productivity, and infrastructural development.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many cities are sorely underequipped to accommodate the influx of residents, particularly as climate change amplifies the economic, social, and environmental challenges of rapid urbanization. Cities across the Global South are already straining under urbanization pressures, which threaten to undermine social cohesion, urban productivity, economic growth, and resilience.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Consequently, unsustainable urbanization \u201ccould make the world\u2019s society and economy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/documents\/9664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">increasingly vulnerable<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the impacts of climate change\u2026,[particularly] urban centers\u2026in developing countries.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142178579 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142178579 BCX0\">Charter cities as a solution<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW142178579 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\"><br \/>The<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\"> importance of cities in the battle against climate change<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\">necessitates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\"> new and innovative solutions to ensure sustainable urban growth and promote resilience, particularly in the Global South.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23025323 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW23025323 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19432\" src=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-50.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-50-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-50-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2024-03-25-13-08-50-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are three main questions to consider: (1) how can the urban exposure to external climate shocks be decreased?; (2) how can the city\u2019s absorptive capacity be strengthened through its built, economic, and social systems?; and (3) how can adaptive capacity be improved through institutional quality?\u00b2<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charter cities offer one innovative, viable strategy to promote resilience, complementary to efforts to upgrade and retrofit existing cities. More specifically, charter cities can help address each of the three questions for how to build urban resilience:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charter cities can help direct urban growth away from climate-vulnerable zones through strategic location decisions. Pre-emptive urban expansion through satellite cities in in-migration hotspots can also help decrease exposure to changing environmental conditions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charter cities can introduce stronger built systems, rooted in sustainable foundations. Climate-conscious infrastructure and good urban planning in new cities can not only improve the built absorptive capacity of the city, but it can also generate positive feedback loops in economic and social spheres, increasing resilience of the urban system.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charter cities can instigate administrative and regulatory reforms that not only enable economic development, but also help improve processes for service provision, long-term planning, and adaptive policy-making.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is not to say that the creation of a new city is not without its own substantial challenges. Even from the outset, identifying a greenfield location which is well-connected and unlikely to be negatively impacted by climate change is a daunting proposition. New city construction is also undeniably expensive and may meet significant political resistance, even if it does not undermine existing elite entrenchment. There is a serious risk of creating exclusive elite enclaves which further exacerbate economic, social, and environmental inequalities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonetheless, charter cities still have immense potential to help direct urban growth, while providing the planning and good governance necessary to effectively manage rapid urbanization and leverage it into economic development. This blog series and the accompanying white paper will explore the ways in which charter cities can support urban resilience in the Global South, above and beyond the benefits of urban growth alone, while taking seriously these immense challenges for new city construction.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ultimately, ushering in the growth of resilient, productive cities across the Global South is one of the most pressing issues in our world today. Charter cities can help us harness the inherent virtues of cities &#8211; their density, diversity, dynamism, and redundancy \u2013 to propel us into the future.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As physicist Luis Bettencourt compellingly argues, \u201ccities are [humanity\u2019s] master niche: the primary environments where an open-ended, sustainable future for our kind and for life on earth may be imagined and constructed.\u201d It is up to us to create the conditions within which such a future can be realized.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-554da64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"554da64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49dd7a2\" data-id=\"49dd7a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5155649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5155649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><br \/>\u00b9 <span class=\"TextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">Resilience is defined here as the ability of a system to absorb, process, adapt, and transform itself in response to external shocks, without losing function and integrity. It is also important to note that cities, as large carbon emitters, also have a significant role to play in climate change mitigation efforts. However, because this<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">\u00a0blog series\/<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">white paper is primarily concerned with resilience, discussion of mitigation will be peripheral and limited.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">See\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW90098988 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/chartercitiesinstitute.org\/blog-posts\/earth-day-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW90098988 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">this blog<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">\u00a0for more on mitigation.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">Additionally, this\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">blog series\/<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"footnote text\">paper focuses on resilience within the physical boundaries of the city, while recognizing that the tendrils of urbanization reach deep into the systems, environments, and economic realities that shape sub-urban and rural life.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW90098988 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00b2 <span class=\"TextRun SCXW268294471 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268294471 BCX0\" 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