Towards a conceptual framework for property level flood resilience

Adedeji, Taiwo; Proverbs, David; Xiao, Hong; Oladokun, Victor

doi:10.2495/safe-v8-n4-493-504

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“…Engineering resilience is increasingly being applied in planning, architecture and building technology focusing on flood hazard mitigation and involving the deployment of flood resilient design and technologies to adapt or construct buildings to reduce the probability of failure, reduce the consequence during failure and/or to reduce recovery time after failure by flood water (e.g. [4,5] (figure 1). The authors expanded the existing 4R resilience model (robustness, redundancy, resourcefulness and rapidity) of Bruneau et al [7] beyond the design and operation phase to a 6R model that includes 'risk avoidance' and 'recovery'.…”

Section: (A) Engineering Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Flood resilience

Zevenbergen

Gersonius

Radhakrishan

2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Three different conceptual frameworks of resilience, including engineering, ecological and social–ecological have been presented and framed within the context of flood risk management. Engineering resilience has demonstrated its value in the design and operation of technological systems in general and in flood resilient technologies in particular. Although limited to the technical domain, it has broadened the objectives of flood resilient technologies and provided guidance in improving their effectiveness. Socio-ecological resilience is conceived as a broader system characteristic that involves the interaction between human and natural systems. It acknowledges that these systems change over time and that these interactions are of complex nature and associated with uncertainties. Building (socio-ecological) resilience in flood risk management strategies calls for an adaptive approach with short-term measures and a set of monitoring criteria for keeping track of developments that might require adaptation in the long-term (adaptation pathways) and thus built-in adaptive capacity as opposed to building engineering resilience which involves a static approach with a fixed time horizon a set of robust measures designed for specific future conditions or scenarios. The two case studies, from a developing and a developed country, indicate that the concepts of ecological and socio-ecological resilience provide guidance for building more resilient flood risk management systems resulting in an approach that embraces flood protection, prevention and preparedness. The case studies also reveal that the translation of resilience concepts into practice remains a challenge. One plausible explanation for this is our inability to arrive at a quantification of socio-ecological resilience taking into account the various attributes of the concept. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Urban flood resilience’.

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Section: (A) Engineering Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Flood resilience

Zevenbergen

Gersonius

Radhakrishan

2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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“…However, for the purpose of this study, we adopted the established knowledge of Oladokun et al (2017) for flood resilient measurement as relevant dimensions for the resilience classification in the developed methodology. Also, we combined Adedeji et al (2018) suggestions in the developed framework for resilience measurement. Adedeji et al (2018) discussed the measurement of flood resilience at an individual property level based on two themes which are engineering and psychological resilience.…”

Section: Resilience Attributes and Sub-attributes And Basic Functionamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, we combined Adedeji et al (2018) suggestions in the developed framework for resilience measurement. Adedeji et al (2018) discussed the measurement of flood resilience at an individual property level based on two themes which are engineering and psychological resilience. The engineering resilience describes the features added to the building for the purpose of flood risk management while the latter describes the human coping capability.…”

Section: Resilience Attributes and Sub-attributes And Basic Functionamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further analysis of some of the highlighted resilient features and their classifications showed that Resident Capacity established by Oladokun et al (2017) can be further broken down. Therefore, this study reconsidered the resident capacity (RC) and simplified it to human resilience (HR) which is similar to the expression in Adedeji et al (2018) and socio-economic resilience. These formed the basic structure for the measurement at an individual property level.…”

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A fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process approach for measuring flood resilience at the individual property level

Proverbs

Oladokun

2020

IJBPA

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PurposeRecent changes in climate, rainfall patterns, snow melt and rising sea levels coupled with an increase in urban development have increased the threat of flooding. To curb these threats and mitigate these damages, property-level approaches to improving resilience are now being encouraged as part of an integrated approach to flood risk management. This raises questions such as, what are the flood resilient attributes within individual properties, what is their importance and how can these be quantified. This research sought to develop a quantitative approach for the measurement of property-level flood resilience.Design/methodology/approachA synthesis of literature was undertaken to establish the main resilient attributes and their relevant sub-attributes. This process led to the development of a new method, named the Composite Flood Resilient Index (CFRI) to weight the attributes and sub-attributes of flood resilience based on their importance. The approach adopts the use of the fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process (F-AHP) approach to quantify flood resilience.FindingsThe implications of the proposed methodology in determining the flood resilience of individual property, including the potential use in retrofitting activities, and the benefits to a range of stakeholders are considered.Social implicationsThe methodology offers the potential to support the measurement of flood resilience of individual properties, allowing the identification and prioritisation of specific interventions to improve the resilience of a property.Originality/valueWhereas previous attempts to quantify flood resilience have adopted qualitative approaches with some level of subjectivity, this proposed methodology represents an important advancement in developing a scientific and quantitative approach.

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“…Until recently, most of the legislations and of the scientific research focused only on river and urban flooding or coastal erosion [26][27][28][29] but in the last 15 years the coastal flooding risk has significantly increased due to climate changes which have caused an increase in the sea level, and in the frequency of extreme events. As a consequence, in recent years, scientific researchers and legislators have devoted more attention to coastal flooding [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

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Risk Mapping of Coastal Flooding Areas. Case Studies: Scilla and Monasterace (Italy)

Barbaro¹,

Foti²,

Nucera³

et al. 2020

IJSSE

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Coastal flooding is a danger to people who live near coasts. It is therefore necessary to increase knowledge of the causes of coastal flooding through scientific research. Furthermore, the correct assessment of flooding areas is very important for the management of coastal areas. Given this, the current European legislation (Directive 2007/60/EC) requires flood areas to be mapped, but to date in Italy each region is still adopting different procedures to map their flood areas. This paper, through two case studies, analyzes the hazard, damage and risk mapping of coastal flooding areas. The cases are related to two Calabrian towns, located along the Ionian coast (Monasterace), and the Tyrrhenian coast (Scilla), with both particularly prone to coastal flooding. In particular, with regards to the hazard mapping, the effects of sea storms and climate changes were taken into account. The damage assessment followed an "ex ante" approach, based on the employment of land use maps, in accordance with current Italian legislation. Furthermore, risk maps were added, and obtained by combining both damage and hazard maps. Finally, a comparison with previous events allowed us to verify the validity of the proposed methodology.

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Towards a conceptual framework for property level flood resilience

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

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A fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process approach for measuring flood resilience at the individual property level

Risk Mapping of Coastal Flooding Areas. Case Studies: Scilla and Monasterace (Italy)

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