Understanding how livelihoods, particularly of the urban poor, are both impacted by climate risk and how they might be strengthened is central to understanding climate adaptation in cities and settlements . Rapid urbanisation and expanding physical infrastructure do not have a clear relationship with improved outcomes for urban livelihoods of low-income residents . Municipal and national efforts need to be closely aligned with building adaptive capacity of residents themselves, often through community-based adaptation . Social safety nets protect individuals or households from falling
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