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Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia

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Developing and communicating knowledge about what will be sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions and stimulating planning processes that can generate more debate about what values and interests are really wanted to be promoted is vital in sustainable urban development planning. Adaptation to climate change refers to the process through which building adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable people is focused and exposure or sensitivity to climate impacts is reduced. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation refers to the process of integrating considerations of climate change adaptation into policy-making, budgeting, implementation and monitoring processes at national, sector and sub-national/regional levels. The purpose of the study was to assess the needs for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into urban land use planning and management and propose strategic actions for mainstreaming in Ambo town. Urban flooding, water stress/water shortage, urban heat island effect/increased urban heat, wind storms, and dust storms were identified as climate change related disaster risks in Ambo town. While it is commendable to appreciate the good start of urban greening and beautification by Ambo town administration and its municipality, the town administration has to take strategic actions of mainstreaming climate change adaptation into urban land use planning and management to promote sustainable urban development in the town and its surroundings.

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The authors wish to express their sincere gratitude to the International Science Foundation (IFS) for providing financial support (research grant) to the corresponding author to carry-out this research as part of his PhD study. Ambo University and the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) of Addis Ababa University deserve also our thanks for providing technical and additional financial support to the corresponding author in his PhD study. The authors are very much grateful also to all organizations and persons for their full cooperation in providing necessary data and information in the whole research process. Our special thanks also go to anonymous reviewers and editors for their efficient and effective management of the review and publication process of the manuscript.

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  1. Environmental Planning Programme, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 518, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Gemechu Shale Ogato

  2. Urban Sociology, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 518, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Ketema Abebe

  3. Center for Food Security Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Amare Bantider

  4. Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano, 77, 38123, Trento, Italy

    Davide Geneletti

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Ogato, G.S., Abebe, K., Bantider, A., Geneletti, D. (2017). Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia. In: Leal Filho, W., Belay, S., Kalangu, J., Menas, W., Munishi, P., Musiyiwa, K. (eds) Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0_5

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