Climate change poses significant challenges at multiple scales, and will require nuanced multi-scalar adaptations. One of the least-examined aspects of climate change adaptability is at the community level. This gap in the literature is problematic since a significant amount of everyday governance happens at the community scale, especially in urban areas. Furthermore, the lack of cohesive responses to climate change at the regional and national level for most of the world has placed a larger onus on local communities to adapt to climate change, and to provide much-needed leadership. This Special Issue is calling for original research manuscripts that examine climate change adaptation at the community level with a focus on urban sustainability. This Special Issue also seeks to highlight research that centers the experiences of vulnerable and disenfranchised urban communities. We welcome work that makes use of a diverse array of theoretical and methodological approaches to examine this phenomenon. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to rigorous peer review procedures with the aim of wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
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