Urban greenspace as a climate change adaptation strategy for subtropical Asian cities: A comparative study across cities in three countries.

Accordingly, Friend and Moench (2015: 643) argue that “(a)t the heart of urbanization in Asia [...] are challenges of governance and equity [...] Issues of governance and equity link strongly to questions regarding how the urban future is shaped, for whose benefit and by whom.” The specific governance question we address is thus: can we identify characteristics or skill sets that enable effective and equitable climate adaptation via greenspace within dense subtropical Asian cities, where there may be significant competition for land, high exposure to hazards and subtropical ecosystems, and potentially very different governance arrangements between city contexts?

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