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What are the key challenges for urban adaptation from a governance perspective?

In this video we explain in detail what the challenges are that actors in urban governance face to plan and implement adaptations.

In previous steps we explained what governance is and the actors in urban areas. In this video we explain in detail what the challenges are that actors in urban governance face to plan and implement adaptations. In this video GCA expert on urban adaptation and governance challenges Shuaib Lwasa explains in detail what the challenges are that actors in urban governance face to plan and implement adaptations.

  • Power is not distributed equally among actors in urban adaptation
  • Laws, regulations and policies tend to give uneven power to political leaders and technical practitioners of urban authorities
  • Households, community and civil society organizations’ voices in decision making tend to be undermined by uneven power by urban leaders
  • Knowledge, financial resources are a big hindrance to implementation of adaptation plans in cities
  • Institutional tensions between agencies that are sector focused in a key challenge for integrated urban adaptation planning
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