Adaptation progress is being hampered by current urban redevelopment practice and statutory planning guidelines that are leading to the removal of critical urban green space . Reform of approaches to urban redevelopment would facilitate adaptation . Several cities in Australia and New Zealand are part of the 100 Resilient Cities global network, which helped facilitate the metropolitan Melbourne Urban Forest Strategy across councils , and in New Zealand, restoration of the urban forest in Hamilton is reducing heat stressors . In peri-urban zones, adapting to fire risk is a contested issue, raising difficult trade- offs between heat management, ecological values and fuel reduction in treed landscapes .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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