Urban settlements adaptation. Measures for neighbourhood plans

Urban areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change due to the presence of a high proportion of population, economic activities, real estate and water, energy and transport infrastructure; extreme weather events climate events such as heavy rainfall, droughts and heat waves, cause impacts whose severity varies according to local vulnerabilities, thus putting the health and safety of inhabitants at serious risk. Faced with these growing risks, cities are increasingly looking to adaptation as an integral part of urban development to increase resilience to climate change and promote urban sustainability. Undoubtedly, urban planning processes can effectively address climate adaptation objectives by incorporating a multi-dimensional ap-proach. They can link adaptation policies with local transport, biodiversity and health-related policies to determine the scale, mix and design of development to ensure resilience to climate impacts. As part of an ongo-ing research project, the contribution aims to investi-gate solutions that can be used at the neighbourhood scale to support climate resilience. In particular, it fo-cuses on neighbourhood-scale developments, incorpo-rating principles such as mixed land use, social diversi-ty and the creation of green spaces to address climate challenges. It then considers solutions for sustainable urban drainage such as watersquare, water collection and reuse system and permeable surfaces.