Flood Adaptation Measures Applicable in the Design of Urban Public Spaces: Proposal for a Conceptual Framework

Silva, María Matos; Costa, João Pedro

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“…In line with the working definition and based on the analysis of the cases, we propose to develop a conceptual framework around the central concepts that were used in the analytical framework: namely infrastructural strategies and public activities. On the basis of the cases and the conducted literature study, we defined a number of categories for each strategy and activity, thence type synthesise and classify the corresponding measures and activities (Foster et al., ; Matos Silva & Costa, ; Miguez et al., ).…”

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“…The first framework is that of Matos Silva and Costa (), who define six, so‐called infrastructural strategies to manage water with parks: to harvest, store, infiltrate, convey, tolerate, avoid. The following list explains each infrastructural strategy and illustrates it with one example from the selected databases.…”

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“…This results in public spaces that are designed to both support local public life and to cool and clean air, purify water, regulate microclimates, buffer storm water, etc. (Matos Silva & Costa, ).…”

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“…It is therefore important to find solutions to relieve the sewage system and make urban spaces less vulnerable to storm water [65]. Diversified interventions have been adopted to intercept, slow down and channel water: For example, water squares, large underground storage facilities, green roofs, planted areas, green dunes, substitution of waterproof surfaces with permeable surfaces [66,67]. They have the same goal: To prevent damage to people and things.…”

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“…Traditionally, built environment studies were conducted in the context of travel behavior [12][13][14], health [15], and energy efficiency [16]. According to recent studies on flood-preventing constructions in Western countries, resilience from urban flooding is caused by several factors, including mixed old and new buildings [17,18], narrow public spaces [19] insufficient water-resistance of building materials [18], the lack of consideration for climate change elements in urban planning [20,21], and the natural aging On the basis of community topography, water accumulation, surrounding facilities, and other relevant factors, the six communities can be divided into three gradients. The first gradient included the Shuanghe Community and the Zhoudao Community, which are characterized by high elevation.…”

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Influence of the Built Environment on Community Flood Resilience: Evidence from Nanjing City, China

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With the acceleration of global climate change and urbanization, many large and medium-sized cities in China have been frequently subjected to heavy rains and floods. Thus, the question of how to reduce the impact of floods and achieve rapid recovery has attracted much attention. We use the urban community as the basic unit to examine the living environment, internal facilities, and surrounding environment characteristics of six different types of communities in the Jianye District of Nanjing City. First, we use factor analysis and the binary logistic regression model to analyze pre-disaster preparation, disaster response, and post-disaster recovery. Second, we analyze the resilience of the community at different stages. Then, we explore the influencing factors of the built environment on the resilience of the community. Results show that the built-up environmental factors, such as topography, riverfront, building coverage ratio, green space rate, and land use diversity, have a significant impact on community resilience. Finally, we proposed several suggestions for improving the flood resilience of Nanjing City.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2401 2 of 16 of drainage systems [22]. Distance to the coast or public service facilities will also affect the perceptions of urban residents about their vulnerability to flood [23]. Given that the relationship between the built environment and disaster has been confirmed [4,24], preventive measures, such as construction of dams, serve to reduce vulnerability to flooding.Community resilience is an increasingly employed perspective to understand and cope with disaters [25]. Although built environment remains a fundamental aspect of this resilience, its relationship with social structure is emphasized in this framework. In the context of this research, community resilience refers to strategies and actions taken to respond to actual urban flooding. From this perspective, Kim and Hastak [26] regard the built environment as the space to construct social networks. They believe that different types of built environments create different levels of social networks. Residential segregation gathers vulnerable groups in specific spaces; hence, social vulnerability has become increasingly important in disaster prevention and management [27][28][29][30]. As an important part of a green infrastructure, green space plays a role in reducing the impact of climate change on the development of human society [31][32][33]. Given this role, developed countries are more inclined to social prevention of flooding than engineering flood control, such as improving property, disaster prevention, and design and planning of urban flood control [15,21,24,[34][35][36][37][38][39], as discussed by Lang et al [35]. Thus, the objective of urban planners is to improve the built environment, which is conducive to constructing a flexible community before disasters take place.Community resilience to flooding disasters and the role of the built environment have been evaluated in different countries [40,41]. However, seve...

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Flood Adaptation Measures Applicable in the Design of Urban Public Spaces: Proposal for a Conceptual Framework

Cited by 38 publications

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Flood‐resilient urban parks: Toward a framework

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Influence of the Built Environment on Community Flood Resilience: Evidence from Nanjing City, China

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