Abstract
To prevent flood disasters, policymakers call for resilient cities which are better able to cope with flood hazards. However, actual adoption of resilience measures in urban planning is still limited, partly because it is not sufficiently clear how and to what extent resilience should and can be enhanced. To develop resilience strategies, information on the current resilience and on the effects of measures should be available. Since cities are complex systems, an assessment of resilience requires the input of different actors. To obtain and combine this input, a comprehensive approach which brings together many actors is required. Furthermore, resilience must be integrated in planning frameworks in order to enhance adoption by city policy makers. Tools which support and structure the contribution of different disciplines and actors will help to obtain information on the current resilience and to develop a shared vision on measures to enhance urban resilience. We illustrate our view with an example on Cork, Ireland.
Highlights
The world’s policymakers, authorities, development organizations and donors emphasize the need for more resilient cities [1] in order to prevent hazards from resulting in disasters
Attempts have been made to derive principles based on those shared insights which may help policy makers define measures that enhance resilience. [11] proposed ten “essentials” for making cities resilient including conducting risk assessments, ensuring stakeholder participation, protecting critical infrastructure and assigning budgets. [12] developed a city resilience index. [13] provided guidance on how to build urban resilience to natural hazards
The continuing interest in flood risk and flood impact studies, in resilience and CI vulnerability may be considered as an indication of the search to determine what is feasible to do to increase resilience and what levels are required
Summary
The world’s policymakers, authorities, development organizations and donors emphasize the need for more resilient cities [1] in order to prevent hazards from resulting in disasters. Resilience constitutes the paradigm of the 100 Resilient Cities campaign by the Rockfeller foundation [5] These global policies, do not provide practical guidance for assessing and enhancing flood resilience within urban systems. [13] provided guidance on how to build urban resilience to natural hazards They claim that cities should protect their citizens and that public funding of resilience is justified. They promote the sharing of risk information with actors to increase resilience and mention a number of critical steps such as: taking into account future uncertainties, looking at various aspects of the disaster chain and focusing on critical infrastructure. They promote the sharing of risk information with actors to increase resilience and mention a number of critical steps such as: taking into account future uncertainties, looking at various aspects of the disaster chain and focusing on critical infrastructure. [14] defined lessons learned from hurricane Sandy and mentioned sharing of information, anticipating on uncertain futures and aligning various policies and programs. [10] proposed five resilience principles for policy makers and consultants to guide enhancing resilience to natural hazards
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