Abstract
The deep modifications to climate are currently provoking risks of increasing impact, that can cause unexpected consequences, interacting with other risks. However, the available planning regulations and instruments appear inadequate to face this challenge, most of all at a local scale. This paper presents a semi-quantitative methodology for the assessment of multiple risks, developed for the direct use of the municipality technicians, in order to increase their awareness towards multiple risks and unexpected events that could hit their territory. The methodology is based on the assignation of rates to the risks, and on a simple calculation of the binary interactions. It was tested on two Italian case studies, revealing a good feasibility in the results obtained for the interactions, and highlighting some problems neglected in the sectorial risk plans. The methodology is a background knowledge of the ‘Responsible Risk Resilience Center’ (R3C) of Politecnico di Torino, and it was furtherly developed through an in-depth analysis of the territorial vulnerabilities. This paper introduces two new indicators of sensitivity towards external risks, related to fire and flood risks, proposed for the application at a local scale. The indicators belong to a wider R3C framework in the phase of development to operationalize resilience.
Highlights
The methodology for the semi-quantitative assessment of multiple risks at a local scale constitutes the background employed for the development of the framework and theories of the multidisciplinary research center of Politecnico di Torino ‘R3C’—Responsible Risk Resilience Center
An in-depth discussion around the epistemological meaning of resilience in different fields of application has been set up, comparing the theoretical approaches and their practical applications derived from the operational research carried out by urban and regional planners, social scientists, anthropologists, engineers, historicists, and ecologists [1]
Measurement is strictly related to the management of the risks impinging on an area, integrating the approaches of multi-risk assessment with climate modelling and the qualitative study of governance models [1]
Summary
The methodology for the semi-quantitative assessment of multiple risks at a local scale constitutes the background employed for the development of the framework and theories of the multidisciplinary research center of Politecnico di Torino ‘R3C’—Responsible Risk Resilience Center. The R3C Project aims at designing and operationalizing an interdisciplinary research methodology to implement resilience in regional and urban systems. An in-depth discussion around the epistemological meaning of resilience in different fields of application has been set up, comparing the theoretical approaches and their practical applications derived from the operational research carried out by urban and regional planners, social scientists, anthropologists, engineers, historicists, and ecologists [1]. In order to operationalize the “territorial resilience”, it is essential to develop a framework for the measurement of the resilience itself. Measurement is strictly related to the management of the risks impinging on an area, integrating the approaches of multi-risk assessment with climate modelling and the qualitative study of governance models [1]
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