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Pearson, Jonathan M., Punzo, G., Mayfield, M., Brighty, G., Parsons, A., Collins, P., Jeavons, S. and Tagg, A. (2018) Flood resilience : consolidating knowledge between and within critical infrastructure sectors. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38 . pp. 318-329. doi:10.1007/s10669-018-9709-2 ISSN 2194-5403.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-018-9709-2
Abstract
Flood resilience has been rising up the political, economic and social agendas. Taking an integrated systems approach, using the right design guidance and tools and ensuring that education is in place for all stakeholders are three themes which are intrinsically linked to delivering flood resilience. This paper reviews these themes across the academic research, policy landscape and practitioner approaches, drawing conclusions on the way forward to increase our societies resilience to floods. The term ‘flood resilience’ is being increasingly used, however, it remains to be clearly defined and implemented. The UK, USA and Australia are leading the way in considering what flood resilience really means, but our review has found few examples of action underpinned by an understanding of systems and complexity. This review investigates how performance objectives & indicators are currently interpreted in guidance documents. It provides an in-depth exploration of the methods, that although developed through European and US expertise, can be used for worldwide application. Our analysis highlights that resilience is often embedded in engineering education and frequently linked to risk. This may however, mask the importance of resilience and where it differs from risk. With £2.6 billion to be spent in the UK over the next 6 years on strengthening the country’s flood and coastal defences, this is the opportunity to rethink resilience from a systems approach, and embed that learning into education and professional development of engineers. Our conclusions indicate how consolidating flood resilience knowledge between and within critical infrastructure sectors is the way forward to deliver flood resilience engineering.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Flood control, Flood damage prevention, Organizational resilience, Risk management, Resilience (Ecology), Infrastructure (Economics), Emergency management | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environment Systems and Decisions | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2194-5403 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 38 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 318-329 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10669-018-9709-2 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 September 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 September 2018 | ||||||||
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