TY - JOUR
T1 - Transformation towards risk‐sensitive urban development
T2 - A systematic review of the issues and challenges
AU - Roslan, Ahmad Farhan
AU - Fernando, Terrence
AU - Biscaya, Sara
AU - Sulaiman, Noralfishah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) under the Grant ES/T003219/1 entitled “Technology En-hanced Stakeholder Collaboration for Supporting Risk‐Sensitive Sustainable Urban Development.”.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Risk‐sensitive urban development is an innovative planning approach that can transform the way cities are built in order to face the uncertainties that arise from climate‐induced disaster risks. However, the potential to initiate such a transformative approach has not materialized be-cause of the many underlying issues that need to be understood properly. Therefore, this study conducted a systematic review to gather empirical evidence on the issues and challenges in implementing risk‐sensitive urban development. The study identified forty‐six issues and challenges under seven key themes that need addressing in order to facilitate the desirable transition: trade‐offs, governance, fragmentation and silos, capacity, design and development, data, and funding. The issues and challenges that exist under trade‐offs for negotiating solutions for risk‐sensitive urban development and the governance of multiple stakeholders were identified as the top two areas that need attention in facilitating the desirable transition. This study also revealed that important infor-mation, such as scientific information, hazard and risk information, temporal and spatial infor-mation, and critical local details are not being produced and shared between stakeholders in deci-sion‐making. A profound participatory process that involves all the stakeholders in the decision-making process was identified as the pathway to ensure equitable outcomes in risk‐sensitive urban development.
AB - Risk‐sensitive urban development is an innovative planning approach that can transform the way cities are built in order to face the uncertainties that arise from climate‐induced disaster risks. However, the potential to initiate such a transformative approach has not materialized be-cause of the many underlying issues that need to be understood properly. Therefore, this study conducted a systematic review to gather empirical evidence on the issues and challenges in implementing risk‐sensitive urban development. The study identified forty‐six issues and challenges under seven key themes that need addressing in order to facilitate the desirable transition: trade‐offs, governance, fragmentation and silos, capacity, design and development, data, and funding. The issues and challenges that exist under trade‐offs for negotiating solutions for risk‐sensitive urban development and the governance of multiple stakeholders were identified as the top two areas that need attention in facilitating the desirable transition. This study also revealed that important infor-mation, such as scientific information, hazard and risk information, temporal and spatial infor-mation, and critical local details are not being produced and shared between stakeholders in deci-sion‐making. A profound participatory process that involves all the stakeholders in the decision-making process was identified as the pathway to ensure equitable outcomes in risk‐sensitive urban development.
KW - Climate change adaptation
KW - Collaborative planning approaches
KW - Decision‐making processes
KW - Disaster risk reduction
KW - Risk‐sensitive urban development
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U2 - 10.3390/su131910631
DO - 10.3390/su131910631
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85115826873
VL - 13
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
SN - 2071-1050
IS - 19
M1 - 10631
ER -