More than half of the world’s population already live in cities, the fastest growing cities in the global South, and many of these cities are highly vulnerable to climate change. Write an essay that: 1. Provides an overview of the key dimensions of climate change vulnerability in cities of the

global South 2. Explains the unevenness of vulnerability within these urban populations, and 3. Describes some of the adaptation mechanisms

available to address these problems. In writing this essay, should ensure all three of these aspects are addressed. Note that the term ‘global South’ refers to low and middle income countries located in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Don’t be too fixated on the precise geographical definition – the broad intent of this essay question is for you to focus on less affluent parts of the world. You shouldn’t use

examples from Australia, North America, Europe or high-income Asia (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc) in answering this question. It is expected you use the following references when answering each part of the essay question. (An overview of the key dimensions of climate

change vulnerability in cities of the global South Dodman, D., Archer, D., Satterthwaite, D. (2019). “Responding to climate change in contexts of urban poverty and informality, Environment and Urbanization, 31(3), pp. 3-12. ) (Explaining unevenness in vulnerability within urban populations Leichenko, R., & Silva, J. A. (2014) Climate change and poverty: vulnerability, impacts, and alleviation strategies. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 5, pp. 539-556. Amoako, C., & Inkoom, D. K. B. (2018). The production of flood vulnerability in Accra, Ghana: Re-

thinking flooding and informal urbanisation. Urban Studies, 55(13), pp. 2903-2922. ) (Describing some adaptation mechanisms Colenbrander, S., Gouldson, A., Roy, J., Kerr, N., Sarkar, S., Hall, S., Sudmant, A., Ghatak, A., Chakravarty, D., Ganguly, D. and Mcanulla, F., 2017. Can low-carbon urban development be pro-poor? The case of Kolkata, India. Environment and Urbanization, 29(1), pp.139-158. Douglas, I., Alam, K., Maghenda, M., McDonnell, Y., Mclean, L. & Campbell, J. (2008) Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the urban poor in Africa, Environment & Urbanization, 20, pp. 187-205. )