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Mehrotra, S., Rosenzweig, C., Solecki, W. D., Natenzon, C. E., Omojola, A., Folorunsho, R., and Gilbride, J. (2011). Cities, disasters and climate risk. In Rosenzweig, C., Solecki, W. D., Hammer, S. A., and Mehrotra, S. (eds.), Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (pp. 15–42). Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar

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Zagheni, E. (2011). The leverage of demographic dynamics on carbon dioxide emissions: Does age structure matter? Demography 48, 371–399.Google Scholar

Balk, D., Montgomery, M. R., McGranahan, G., Kim, D., Mara, V., Todd, M., Buettner, T., and Dorelien, A. (2009). Mapping urban settlements and the risks of climate change in Africa, Asia, and South America. In Martine, G., Guzman, J. M., McGranahan, G., Schensul, D., and Tacoli, C. (eds.), Population Dynamics and Climate Change (pp. 80–103). United Nations Population Fund and International Institute for the Environment and Development.Google Scholar

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Brown, K., O’Neill, S., and Fabricius, C. (2013). Social science understandings of transformation (pp. 100–106). World Social Science Report 2013: Changing Global Environments. ISSC, UNESCO.Google Scholar

Bulkeley, H., Broto, V. C., Hodson, M., and Marvin, S. (2012). Cities and Low Carbon Transitions. Routledege.Google Scholar

Bulkeley, H., Broto, V. C., Hodson, M., and Marvin, S. (2014). Low-carbon transitions and the reconfiguration of urban infrastructure. Urban Studies Journal, 51(7), 1471–1486, Accessed January 12, 2015: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/51/7/1471.full.pdf+htmlGoogle Scholar

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Denton, F., Wilbanks, T. J., Abeysinghe, A. C., Burton, I., Gao, Q., Lemos, M. C., Masui, T. O’Brien, K. L., and Warner, K. (2014). Climate-resilient pathways: Adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development. In Field, C. B., Barros, V. R., Dokken, D. J., et al. (eds.), Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (pp. 1101–1131). Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar

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Dodman, D. (2009b). Urban form, greenhouse gas emissions and climate vulnerability. In Guzmán, J. M., Martine, G., McGranahan, G., Schensul, D., and Tacoli, C. (eds.), Population Dynamics and Climate Change (pp. 64–79). UNFPA/IIED.Google Scholar

Ferguson, D. B., Rice, J., and Woodhouse, C. (2014). Linking Environmental Research and Practice: Lessons from the Integration of Climate Science and Water Management in the Western United States. Climate Assessment for the Southwest.Google Scholar

Grimm, N. B., Faeth, S. H., Redman, C. L., Wu, J., Bai, X., Briggs, J. and Golubiewski, N. E. (2008). Global change and the ecology of cities. Science 319(5864), 756–760.Google Scholar

Hunter, L., and O’Neill, B. (2014). Enhancing engagement between the population, environment, and climate research communities: The shared socio-economic pathway process, Population and Environment. 35, 231–242.Google Scholar

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Marshall, N. A., Park, S. E., Adger, W. N., Brown, K., and Howden, S. M. (2012). Transformational capacity and the influence of place and identity. Environmental Research Letters 7(3), 1–9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

McDonald, R. I., Green, P. Balk, D., Fekete, B., Revenga, C., Todd, M., and Montgomery, M. (2011). Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 3(21), 1–6.Google Scholar

McGranahan, G., Balk, D., and Anderson, B. (2007). The rising tide: Assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones. Environment and Urbanization 19, 17–37.Google Scholar

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