Maximising synergies between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Potential enablers for improved planning outcomes

Serrao‐Neumann, Silvia; Crick, Florence; Harman, Ben; Schuch, Gemma; Choy, Darryl Low

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.01.017

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“…For example, adapting to the changing climate might lead to future risk reduction measures such as an increase in dike heights [42,55], whereas, adaptation to climate variation might lead to risk recovery measures such as insurance and post disaster relief assistance [56] or a vulnerability centred adaptation might encourage enabling low income groups to cope with floods [57], (e.g., resettlement of vulnerable populations [58]). Although these measures originate from different perspectives, there is the possibility of synergies between the adaptation measures originating from the various multi-sectoral perspectives adopted in an urban environment [59]. Adaptive capacity and flexibility are likely to increase due to the synergy between the adaptation measures [60].…”

Section: Understanding Adaptation In a Local Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Radhakrishnan

Pathirana

Ashley

et al. 2017

Water

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Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, combined perspectives that include multiple needs and visions can help to deepen the understanding of various aspects of adaptation and provide more effective responses. Such combinations of perspectives can help to increase the range and variety of adaptation measures available for implementation or avoid maladaptation compared with adaptations derived from a singular perspective. The objective of this paper is to present and demonstrate a framework for structuring the local adaptation responses using the inputs from multiple perspectives. The adaptation response framing has been done by: (i) contextualizing climate change adaptation needs; (ii) analyzing drivers of change; (iii) characterizing measures of adaptation; and (iv) establishing links between the measures with a particular emphasis on taking account of multiple perspectives. This framework was demonstrated with reference to the management of flood risks in a case study Can Tho, Vietnam. The results from the case study show that framing of adaptation responses from multiple perspectives can enhance the understanding of adaptation measures, thereby helping to bring about more flexible implementation practices.

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Section: Understanding Adaptation In a Local Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Radhakrishnan

Pathirana

Ashley

et al. 2017

Water

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“…In Slovenia, spatial planning as a tool for adapting to climate change was analysed by Mojca Golobič et al (2012). The authors of these studies state that spatial planning is an activity with the ability to help society and the economy with adaptation to landuse change, prevention of natural disasters and integration of various fields into planning (Rannow et al, 2010;Pütz et al, 2011;Greiving & Fleischhauer, 2012;Serrao-Neumann et al, 2015). They point out that some spatial-planning instruments already include measures for adapting to climate change but these measures are not sufficient or are not suitably implemented in order to transfer adaptation into practice (Wilson, 2006;Rannow et al, 2010;Golobič et al, 2012, Pütz et al, 2011.…”

Section: The Role Of Spatial Planning In Adapting To Gradual Climate mentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration of extreme weather event risk assessment into spatial planning of electric power infrastructure

Matko¹,

Golobič²,

Kontić³

2016

Urbani izziv

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“…[15] response can reduce the vulnerability of the disaster-victim communities to the impact of extreme weather such as the escalation of urban floods. [17] However, the growth of urbanized land in developing countries such as Indonesia generally takes two different growth patterns; the planned urbanized land and the spontaneous and unplanned. [18] While the planned version normally covers the areas where urban planning and policies have access to regulate the settlements, the unplanned version usually takes place in areas that are occupied by squatters, slums, traditional communities and the unwanted communities.…”

Section: Urban Flooding and Urbanizationmentioning

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Unraveling the impact of built-environmental self-modification of the local inhabitants in their attempt to reduce the urban flood impact in Grogol, Sukoharjo*

Wanabakti

Susilo²,

Nathania

et al. 2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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PAPER • OPEN ACCESSUnraveling the impact of built-environmental selfmodification of the local inhabitants in their attempt to reduce the urban flood impact in Grogol, Sukoharjo* Corresponding authors: maximilianwanabakti@outlook.comAbstract. Due in part to climate change impact and the lack of environmental awareness of urban societies, urban flood disasters have increased in both frequency and impacted areas. The inevitable destructive impact is also experienced by urban inhabitants within Grogol District, Sukoharjo, Central Java. Situated within the fast-growing peri-urban area of Surakarta, the geographical condition of the district, which is located in the convergence of Bengawan Solo River and four different streamlet rivers is undoubtedly critical to flood. Since the position of the peri-urban area is along the border of Surakarta City and Sukoharjo Regency, the site is a strategic locus of the main city's urban expansion. However, its border location has made floodreduction programs challenging to be implemented, due to unclear territorial admiration and distribution. Because of the absence of flood-reduction programs in the area, local inhabitants have been independently developing physical and built environmental modification of their settlements. By analyzing the two-months built environmental fieldwork research in Grogol Sukoharjo, this paper unravels both the success and the conflicting impact of local self-initiative modification in Grogol Sukoharjo. By combining the two-month field observation with the semistructured interviews in three sub-districts of Grogol, this paper finds that the very pragmatic self-modification taken by the inhabitants results in short-term reductions of flood impact and increases the secure feelings of inhabitants to continue living in their neighborhoods. However, the lack of proper technical supervision from experts and the absence of inter-neighborhood coordination leads to future additional damage on the flood-prone areas of Grogol. The paper also reveals that one pragmatic physical self-modification solution taken by one neighborhood may lead to an extra flood-threat to other neighborhoods.

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Maximising synergies between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Potential enablers for improved planning outcomes

Cited by 50 publications

References 64 publications

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Integration of extreme weather event risk assessment into spatial planning of electric power infrastructure

Unraveling the impact of built-environmental self-modification of the local inhabitants in their attempt to reduce the urban flood impact in Grogol, Sukoharjo*

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