Towards measuring resilience of flood-prone communities: a conceptual framework

Oladokun, Victor; Montz, Burrell E.

doi:10.5194/nhess-19-1151-2019

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“…Various indicators have been offered to assess flood resilience in different cities. Oladokun and Montz (2019) proposed a conceptual framework for assessing flood resilience in the United States. They explained three dimensions for analysis, including (1) risk absorption capacity, (2) access to resources, and (3) community processes and resource use.…”

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“…They explained three dimensions for analysis, including (1) risk absorption capacity, (2) access to resources, and (3) community processes and resource use. Their findings indicated that the proposed framework is an appropriate method for assessing flood resilience, even in the case of limited data availability and relevance [41]. Campbell et al (2019) also developed a tool to assess flood resilience in large communities.…”

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A Framework for Urban Flood Resilience Assessment with Emphasis on Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions: A Qualitative Study

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In recent years, the effects of climate change have become more noticeable in Iran, especially in big cities. In particular, climate-related flood risk is increasingly recognized as a potential threat in the capital city of Tehran. Accordingly, the present study aimed to provide a framework/assessment tool to measure Tehran’s resilience to flood risks. To this end, 21 professionals from different disciplines were selected through a purposive sampling procedure and were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The analysis procedure resulted in the identification of 3 themes, 15 categories, 40 subcategories, and 235 codes. The themes were social, economic, and organizational; The identified categories were culture and education (since culture is something to be learned through formal and informal education this component has two features: culture and education), participation, trust, attitude, solidarity, resources, empowerment, flexibility, credit, supervision, intercommunication, rules, specialization, and research. Validation of the indicators and their usability based on the opinions of local experts was used to calibrate the assessment tool and ensure its context-sensitivity. The results of this research can help planners and policymakers to increase their awareness of flood resilience. The approach taken in this research may also be useful for developing flood resilience assessment tools in other Iranian cities as well as in other cities of the Global South with similar conditions.

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“…This is a soft computing analytical technique that has already been used extensively in environmental risk assessments (e.g. Seguí et al 2013) and has also been recently applied in resilience evaluation of flood-prone communities (Oladokun and Montz 2019), among other applications.…”

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Evaluating wildfire vulnerability of Mediterranean dwellings using fuzzy logic applied to expert judgement

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Planas³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Background. Wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires pose great challenges to firefighting services and there is a growing need for self-protection and the creation of fire-adapted communities. Aim. A tool that can aid homeowners and residents of the Mediterranean WUI was created so that they can identify vulnerabilities present on their properties and consequently reduce them in order to reduce the risk of fires igniting dwellings. Methods. This Vulnerability Assessment Tool is based on a fault tree analysis that includes possible structural vulnerabilities as well as the different ways a fire could spread on a property to finally enter and ignite a dwelling. The probabilities of the different events are obtained from fuzzy preferences of WUI experts. Key results. Our system was tested against real-world data taken from two WUI fires that occurred in 2021 and 2022 in Spain in which several dwellings were affected, with different degrees of damage (minor to major losses). Conclusions. The tool is able to show the vulnerabilities of the properties and to account for differences in building characteristics and vegetation management at the parcel scale. Implications. A planned use of this tool would be key to improving fire resilience at the community level.

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“…This monumental shift is majorly from the mindset of flood prevention to flood risk mitigation (Schelfaut et al, 2011;Batica et al, 2013). The concept of resilience is central to this thinking and has now become a focus of flood risk management with its usefulness being extended to the planning of the environment and decision making (Hammond et al, 2015;Oladokun & Montz, 2019).…”

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

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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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Towards measuring resilience of flood-prone communities: a conceptual framework

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

A Framework for Urban Flood Resilience Assessment with Emphasis on Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions: A Qualitative Study

A Framework for Urban Flood Resilience Assessment with Emphasis on Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions: A Qualitative Study

Evaluating wildfire vulnerability of Mediterranean dwellings using fuzzy logic applied to expert judgement

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

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