DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2015.01.003
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84921771983
论文题名: An integrated method for assessing climate-related risks and adaptation alternatives in urban areas
作者: Andersson-Sköld Y. ; Thorsson S. ; Rayner D. ; Lindberg F. ; Janhäll S. ; Jonsson A. ; Moback U. ; Bergman R. ; Granberg M.
刊名: Climate Risk Management
ISSN: 22120963
出版年: 2015
卷: 7 起始页码: 31
结束页码: 50
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaption measures
; Air pollution
; Flooding
; Heat
; Integrated assessment
; Urban climate
英文摘要: The urban environment is a complex structure with interlinked social, ecological and technical structures. Global warming is expected to have a broad variety of impacts, which will add to the complexity. Climate changes will force adaptation, to reduce climate-related risks. Adaptation measures can address one aspect at the time, or aim for a holistic approach to avoid maladaptation. This paper presents a systematic, integrated approach for assessing alternatives for reducing the risks of heat waves, flooding and air pollution in urban settings, with the aim of reducing the risk of maladaptation. The study includes strategies covering different spatial scales, and both the current climate situation and the climate predicted under climate change scenarios. The adaptation strategies investigated included increasing vegetation; selecting density, height and colour of buildings; and retreat or resist (defend) against sea-level rise. Their effectiveness was assessed with regard to not only flooding, heat stress and air quality but also with regard to resource use, emissions to air (incl. GHG), soil and water, and people's perceptions and vulnerability. The effectiveness of the strategies were ranked on a common scale (from -3 to 3) in an integrated assessment. Integrated assessments are recommended, as they help identify the most sustainable solutions, but to reduce the risk of maladaptation they require experts from a variety of disciplines. The most generally applicable recommendation, derived from the integrated assessment here, taking into account both expertise from different municipal departments, literature surveys, life cycle assessments and publics perceptions, is to increase the urban greenery, as it contributes to several positive aspects such as heat stress mitigation, air quality improvement, effective storm-water and flood-risk management, and it has several positive social impacts. The most favourable alternative was compact, mid-rise, light coloured building design with large parks/green areas and trees near buildings. © 2015 The Authors. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59046
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作者单位: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 460, Gothenburg, Sweden; COWI AB, SkärgÃ¥rdsgatan 1, Gothenburg, Sweden; Transport Research Institute (VTI), The Swedish National Road, Box 8072, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden; City of Gothenburg (Göteborgs stad), Box 2554, Gothenburg, Sweden; Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI), Hugo Grauers gata 5B, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies, Karlstad University, Universitetsgatan 2, Karlstad, Sweden; The Centre for Climate and Safety, Karlstad University, Universitetsgatan 2, Karlstad, Sweden
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Andersson-Sköld Y.,Thorsson S.,Rayner D.,et al. An integrated method for assessing climate-related risks and adaptation alternatives in urban areas[J]. Climate Risk Management,2015-01-01,7