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The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for Urban Africa

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Cities—especially those with substantial poor populations—will face increasingly severe challenges in tackling the impacts of global environmental change (GEC). As economic dynamos and increasingly important population concentrations, cities both contribute substantially, and often are very vulnerable, to the impacts of GEC. This applies strongly in Africa, one of the world's poorest regions.

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  • David Simon, 2010. "The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for Urban Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2010-051, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2010-051
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