Authors:
Wei Meng, Cai Zhi, Xu Jiangang, Shen Duanshuai, Song Yan
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University
Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Zhejiang Gongshang University
School of Government, Beijing Normal University
Abstract
Climate change poses significant challenges to urban transportation infrastructure, necessitating the development of climate-adaptive urban transportation planning systems and management mechanisms to mitigate its impacts on transportation networks. Major U.S. cities have accumulated extensive experience in climate-adaptive transportation planning and institutionalized governance. Adapting their policy tools and strategies could help China establish a localized climate-adaptive urban transportation planning and policy response framework.
This study first explains the concept and key research topics of climate-adaptive transportation planning, including transportation system risk assessment and adaptation, asset management strategies, and relevant legal and policy frameworks. Using New York and Chicago as case studies, the research systematically summarizes the practical experiences of major U.S. cities in establishing conceptual frameworks, planning content, and policy integration. Based on these insights, the study proposes systematic development directions for climate-adaptive transportation planning in China, focusing on regulatory frameworks, institutional structures, planning techniques, stakeholder collaboration, and supervision mechanisms.