Definition of an Integrated Theoretical Framework to Assess the NBS Suitability in Flood Risk Areas

Assumma, Vanessa; Quagliolo, Carlotta; Comino, Elena; Mondini, Giulio

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_16

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“…Integration of the A'WOT with the biophysical and economic assessment of the eco-system services that NBS solutions can provide as response to climate shocks and disturbances [36][37][38], strategic management [39,40] as well as the investigation of the interdependencies between dependent and independent variables, is an additional area of research. In this sense, various development scenarios are envisioned, including the extension of the multicriteria hierarchical model into a network [33], the application of the Dynamic SWOT [41], and regression analysis [42].…”

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Evaluation of NBS Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation in the Sub-saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Ashanti Region

Corti

Assumma

Pittau

2023

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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The new challenge of the century is the development of sustainable projects. It is crucial to consider integrated solutions to evaluate project consequences at the social, geographical, physical, ecological, and technological levels in a future where climate hazards will increase owing to anthropogenic activities. As a result, the topic of this paper is the creation of a hybrid methodology for evaluating the aforementioned implications. The "Okyena for a Free Future" project in Manso Abore, in Ghana's Ashanti region, is used as a case study for the methodology. OFF proposes the construction of a school hub that can accompany the entire community towards social and economic development while also taking climate resilience and adaptation measures into consideration. In this environment, perhaps more than in others, the necessity to provide actions that can contribute to community expansion without compromising the development of future generations is clear. The A'WOT model, together with other assessment methods like Stakeholder Analysis and Scenario Building, enables taking multiple factors into account at once to handle the world's increasing complexity. By doing so, it is feasible to highlight the perspectives of the key players and provide decision-makers with a logical foundation for choice dilemmas involving various, frequently at odds objectives. By assessing the viability of implementing NBS solutions, the model aims to facilitate the deployment of alternative techniques.

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Evaluation of NBS Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation in the Sub-saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Ashanti Region

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Assumma

Pittau

2023

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Both NDR and UFRM models are commonly used for their simplicity and robustness. Due to the difficulty in obtaining measured runoff depth/volume data in the UFRM model and nutrient retention data in the NDR model, past studies often do not perform model calibration [6,9,122,123]. Although we have conducted calibration based on the correlation between nutrient export and the SQI dataset, there is still room for improvement in terms of observed data in the future [124][125][126][127][128].…”

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Investigating Urban Flooding and Nutrient Export under Different Urban Development Scenarios in the Rouge River Watershed in Michigan, USA

Zhao,

Rong,

Liu

et al. 2023

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Adverse environmental impacts in the watershed are driven by urbanization, which is reflected by land use and land cover (LULC) transitions, such as increased impervious surfaces, industrial land expansion, and green space reduction. Some adverse impacts on the water environment include urban flooding and water quality degradation. Our study area, the Rouge River Watershed, has been susceptible to accelerated urbanization and degradation of ecosystems. Employing the Land Change Modeler (LCM), we designed four alternative urban development scenarios for 2023. Subsequently, leveraging the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), we utilized two models—Nutrient Delivery Ratio (NDR) and Flood Risk Mitigation (UFRM)—to evaluate and compare the performance of these scenarios, as well as the situation in 2019, in terms of nutrient export and urban flooding. After simulating these scenarios, we determined that prioritizing the medium- and high-intensity development scenario to protect open space outperforms other scenarios in nutrient export. However, the four scenarios could not exhibit significant differences in urban flooding mitigation. Thus, we propose balanced and integrative strategies, such as planning green infrastructure and compact development, to foster ecological and economic growth, and enhance the Rouge River Watershed’s resilience against natural disasters for a sustainable future.

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The performance of two urban flood regulation models using different input data

Stoycheva,

Nedkov

2024

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Increasing climate change has led to an increase in urban flood events. Events with a return period of twenty years become events with a period of two to three years. The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the performance of flood regulation models using different input data and compare their performance for flood regulation supply (FRS) assessment. The assessment of the ecosystem services of urban FRS was performed using two models: Urban Flood Risk Mitigation (UFRM) by Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and IMECOGIP Waterflow Regulation (Retention Model) (WRRM). They rely on relatively accessible open-source data, require a short time to model each scenario and provide opportunities to interpret results in different spatial and measurement units. We performed several improvements to the input data, including updating the national ecosystem-type assessment for the case study area by connecting it with the Urban Atlas typology and proposing an approach for soil data refinement. The outputs of the two models show significant differences in FRS values for each land-use/land-cover (LULC) class. The UFRM assesses different impervious urban classes with different values, varying from very low to medium. In contrast, the WRRM assesses the FRS in densely sealed areas with one fixed value for low supply (where nearly all rainfall is transformed into runoff).

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Definition of an Integrated Theoretical Framework to Assess the NBS Suitability in Flood Risk Areas

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References 33 publications

Evaluation of NBS Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation in the Sub-saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Ashanti Region

Evaluation of NBS Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation in the Sub-saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Ashanti Region

Investigating Urban Flooding and Nutrient Export under Different Urban Development Scenarios in the Rouge River Watershed in Michigan, USA

The performance of two urban flood regulation models using different input data

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