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Integrated Adaptation Tipping Points (IATPs) for urban flood resilience
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Ahmed, Farhana M Shah Alam Khan Warner, Jeroen Moors, Eddy Catharien Terwisscha Van Scheltinga |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | This paper applies an Adaptation Tipping Point (ATP) approach for the assessment of vulnerability to flooding in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A series of rigorous modelling exercises for fluvial and pluvial flooding was conducted to identify the critical ATPs of the physical system, under both existing and proposed flood risk management strategies, for different urban and climate change scenarios. But a standalone assessment of the physical system’s ATPs is insufficient to gain a complete understanding of flood risks; community resilience also depends on people’s adaptability and the acceptance of risks by the community in question. Through participatory public consultations, this study determines the critical ATPs for community risk acceptance. The concept of the “Integrated Adaptation Tipping Point (IATP)”, introduced here, combines the accepted level of risk to the community with the ATPs for physical systems. This approach reveals that the assessed vulnerability to flooding increases when social tipping points are considered. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247818776510?download=true |
| Starting Page | 575 |
| Ending Page | 596 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| ISSN | 09562478 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Journal | Environment and Urbanization (EAU) |
| e-ISSN | 17460301 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247818776510 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2018-06-28 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © 2018 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| Subject Keyword | Dhaka resilience social tipping point Adaptation Tipping Point modelling flood risk management |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Urban Studies Environmental Science |
