Individual Resilience to Urban Flooding and the Implications for Urban Management

This book argues that the substantial life and property loss caused by urban flooding might not be a pure result of a vulnerable physical environment-social factors, especially the individual attributes and capacities, could have pivotal roles to play in the resilience discourse as well. In light of this, this research investigates the relationship between individual resilience to urban flooding and urban management, endeavoring to identify place-responsive measures for building resilience for residents vulnerable to urban flooding.

Addresses the gap in global science and provides insights regarding the situation in China Highlights the importance of place-responsive strategies for local social groups to nurture resilience Focuses on human resilience-oriented behavior which can be identified to evaluate individual resilience performance

Auteur

Jing Song is a graduated Ph.D. student at the Department of Urban Planning and Design of The University of Hong Kong. Solid background is in urban sustainability, urban resilience, landscape theory, urban pollution, disaster and environment management, integrated development model of railway and property (R plus P), and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) development model.

Contenu

Introduction.- Conceptual background: resilience and urban.- Empirical background: the causes, threats of, and responses to urban flooding in China and the world.- Research methodology.- Individual resilience to urban flooding of Gongming.- Factors influencing individual resilience to urban flooding: people-disaster-place-society.- Nurturing individual resilience through urban management.- Conclusion.