Index-based Approach to Evaluate City Resilience in Flooding Scenarios

Authors

  • Joào Barreiro CERIS, Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9082-5166
  • Ruth Lopes HIDRA, Hidráulica e Ambiente Lda., Av. Defensores de Chaves, 31 – 1º Esq., 1000-111 Lisbon,
  • Filipa Ferreira CERIS, Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon,
  • José Saldanha Matos HIDRA, Hidráulica e Ambiente Lda., Av. Defensores de Chaves, 31 – 1º Esq., 1000-111 Lisbon,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2021-03091647

Keywords:

City Resilience, Cascade Effects, Urban Flooding, Resilience Assessment, 1D/2D Drainage Modelling.

Abstract

Intense rainfall events combined with high tide levels frequently result in urban floods in riverine or coastal cities. Their increasing variability and uncertainty demand urgent but sustained responses. Thus, resilience-driven approaches are emerging in contrast to the traditional technical-economic frameworks, as urban resilience reflects the overall capacity of a city to survive, adapt and thrive when experiencing stresses and shocks. This paper presents a simplified index-based methodology for the evaluation and quantification of urban resilience to flooding, based on the works developed in the EU H2020 RESCCUE project. A set of five indicators are proposed to compute the Integrated Urban Resilience Index (IURI), allowing to classify resilience according to a proposed range of rankings. This methodology considers simultaneously a multisectoral approach, reflecting services interdependences, and a sectorial approach, applying 1D/2D computational modelling of the urban drainage network. It was applied to the study case of Lisbon downtown, involving the analysis of interdependencies between 124 infrastructures of 10 urban services. Two scenarios were considered, respecting the current and future situations, considering climate changes. Results enhance the usefulness, practicability, and potential of the proposed approach, and improvement opportunities were also identified for future developments.

 

Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091647

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2021-02-01

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021): February

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