通过城市规划建构适应气候变化的能力

Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change through Planning

文章从对适应的解释说明开始，阐述了其含义和环境变化可能产生的影响，并总结了适应气候变化为规划研究提供的更广阔、更多样的机会。同时，回顾了相关领域中的已有研究，包括脆弱性评估在内的有关气候变化适应的新兴科学；基于协作规划发展的一体化战略规划过程；适应性策略的识别和发展；关注这些策略的评估研究；实施主题的研究，涉及制度、财政和法律层面。

This paper begins with an account of adaptation, including its meaning and the likely impacts to which we will aeed to adapt, and also sketches out the roles that planners can play. At the same time, it reviews the existing research in these areas These areas include： the emerging science of climate change adaptation, including malnerability assessments; an integrative and strategic planning process based on collaborative scenario development; the identification and development of adaptation strategies; evaluation research focused on such strategies; and finally, research on implementation issues, including institutional, fiscal and legal.