This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts. This challenge goes further than the ability to resist the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from them are equally important, as well as the capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change and the ability to transform the entire urban system. The book explores how the resilience journey for coastal cities in particular encompasses using scientific knowledge but also the knowledge of citizens and practitioners. Measures and strategies on different scales are needed, from national scale all the way down to neighbourhood, street level and building level. Representing the holistic nature of climate resilience, this collection contains unique insights from leading scientists and practitioners in areas of expertise such as engineering, social sciences and urban design. It will be a valuable resource for scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers interested in the development of resilient and sustainable urban environments.
Author(s): Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
Series: (Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 218
City: Cham
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: The Five Pillars of Climate Resilience
1.1 Background
1.1.1 Climate Impacts in Urban Areas
1.1.2 Decline in Biodiversity
1.1.3 Social Vulnerability
1.1.4 How Cities Respond
1.2 The Five Pillars of Climate Resilience
1.2.1 Threshold Capacity
1.2.2 Coping Capacity
1.2.3 Recovery Capacity
1.2.4 Adaptive Capacity
1.2.5 Transformative Capacity
1.3 Scope of the Book
References
Chapter 2: Integration of Water Management and Urban Design for Climate Resilient Cities
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Urban Water Transitions (UWT) Framework
2.3 Design and Planning Approaches
2.3.1 Multi-layer Safety as a Central Concept
2.3.2 Living with Water Principles
2.3.3 Spatial Adaptation as a Planning Strategy
2.4 Merging of Water Management and Urban Design
2.4.1 Urban Analysis in Layers—City (Use) Typologies
2.4.2 Water Systems Approach—Cities as Water Catchments
2.4.3 The Water Assignment
2.4.4 Green Infrastructure—Cities Providing Ecosystem Services
2.5 Testing of WSUD Interventions in Climate Resilient Pathways
2.6 Application in Practice: Case of Hoboken, USA
2.7 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Climate Resilient Urban Retrofit at Street Level
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Guidelines
3.3 Standard Solutions
3.3.1 Urban Typologies
3.3.2 Ten Examples with Variants
3.3.3 Costs and Benefits
3.3.4 Results
3.4 Existing Solutions Presented in Climate Adaptation Platforms
3.4.1 Introduction to Climate Adaptation Platforms
3.4.2 ClimateScan Platform
3.5 Reflection on Five Pillars of Resilience
3.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Flood Resilience of Critical Buildings: Assessment Methods and Tools
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Research on Resilience of Buildings
4.3 Methods for Assessment of Flood Resilience of Critical Buildings
4.3.1 Method 1—The “Quick Scan”
4.3.2 Selection and Evaluation Tools for Flood Proofing of Buildings
4.3.3 The Individual Building Flood Damage Tool (IBT)
4.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Recovery Capacity: To Build Back Better
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Guiding Principles
5.2.1 Physical Concepts
5.2.2 Interdisciplinary Planning Approach
5.3 Cases
5.3.1 Japan
5.3.1.1 Yuriage—Reconstruction Measures
5.3.1.2 Ötsuchi—Planning Process
5.3.1.3 Ötsuchi—Reconstruction Measures
5.3.2 Bahamas
5.3.2.1 Reconstruction Measures
5.4 Analysis
5.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Removing Challenges for Building Resilience with Support of the Circular Economy
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Can Tho Resilience Strategy, Potential for Circular Economy?
6.3 Methodology
6.4 Results
6.4.1 Characterize: Amount and Type of Floating Debris
6.4.2 Engage
6.4.3 Diagnose
6.4.4 Design
6.4.5 Act
6.4.6 Adapt
6.5 Discussion
6.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Climate Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements: Towards a Transformative Upgrading Agenda
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Climate Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements
7.3 In-Situ Settlement Upgrading
7.4 Climate Resilience Capacities in Informal Settlement Upgrading
7.5 Transformative Informal Capacities: Elements of a Holistic Approach to Urban Climate Resilience
7.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: A Transformative Process for Urban Climate Resilience: The Case of Water as Leverage Resilient Cities Asia in Semarang, Indonesia
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Water as Leverage Resilient Cities Asia
8.2.1 Phase 1: Understanding and Exploring Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
8.2.2 Phase 2: Creating and Strengthening an Enabling Environment
8.2.3 Phase 3: Brokering Financial Arrangements for Project Implementation
8.2.4 Phase 4: Replication and Scaling-up
8.3 Water as Leverage: Toward Transformative Adaptation?
8.3.1 Reflection on the Co-creation of Program-Based Urban Climate Solutions
8.3.2 Reflection on the Financing and Implementation of the Urban Climate Solutions
8.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Making the Transition: Transformative Governance Capacities for a Resilient Rotterdam
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Rotterdam as Water Laboratory
9.3 Developing Transformative Governance
9.3.1 Stewarding Capacity in Rotterdam
9.3.2 Unlocking Capacity in Rotterdam
9.3.3 Transformative Capacity
9.3.4 Orchestrating Capacity
9.4 Conclusions and Outlook
References
Chapter 10: Future Outlook: Emerging Trends and Key Ingredients for the Transition to Resilient Delta Cities
10.1 Reflection on the Five Capacities of Climate Resilience
10.2 Overview of Key Transition Ingredients
10.3 The Transition Outline: From Adaptation to Transformation
10.3.1 Implementing Innovations at Appropriate Scale and Speed
10.3.2 Planning and Collaboration
10.3.3 Capacity Building at a Local Level
10.3.4 From Sustainability to Regeneration
10.4 Transformation Towards a New Societal Model
10.5 Floating Communities as Testing Space for Transformative Resilience
References
Index
