TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of hydro-meteorological hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessment frameworks and indicators in the context of nature-based solutions
AU - Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad
AU - Renaud, Fabrice G.
AU - Anderson, Carl C.
AU - Wild, Annie
AU - Domeneghetti, Alessio
AU - Polderman, Annemarie
AU - Votsis, Athanasios
AU - Pulvirenti, Beatrice
AU - Basu, Bidroha
AU - Thomson, Craig
AU - Panga, Depy
AU - Pouta, Eija
AU - Toth, Elena
AU - Pilla, Francesco
AU - Sahani, Jeetendra
AU - Ommer, Joy
AU - El Zohbi, Juliane
AU - Munro, Karen
AU - Stefanopoulou, Maria
AU - Loupis, Michael
AU - Pangas, Nikos
AU - Kumar, Prashant
AU - Debele, Sisay
AU - Preuschmann, Swantje
AU - Zixuan, Wang
N1 - Acceptance from webpage
OA article
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being implemented as suitable approaches for reducing vulnerability and risk of social-ecological systems (SES) to hydro-meteorological hazards. Understanding vulnerability and risk of SES is crucial in order to design and implement NBS projects appropriately. A systematic literature review was carried out to examine the suitability of, or gaps in, existing frameworks for vulnerability and risk assessment of SES to hydro-meteorological hazards. The review confirms that very few frameworks have been developed in the context of NBS. Most of the frameworks have emphasised social systems over ecological systems. Furthermore, they have not explicitly considered the temporal dimension of risk reduction measures. The study proposes an indicator-based vulnerability and risk assessment framework in the context of NBS (VR-NBS) that addresses both the above limitations and considers established NBS principles. The framework aims to allow for a better consideration of the multiple benefits afforded by NBS and which impact all the dimensions of risk. A list of 135 indicators is identified through literature review and surveys in NBS project sites. This list is composed of indicators representing the social sub-system (61% of total indicators) and the ecological sub-system (39% of total indicators). The list will act as a reference indicator library in the context of NBS projects and will be regularly updated as lessons are learnt. While the proposed VR-NBS framework is developed considering hydro-meteorological hazards and NBS, it can be adapted for other natural hazards and different types of risk reduction measures.
AB - Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being implemented as suitable approaches for reducing vulnerability and risk of social-ecological systems (SES) to hydro-meteorological hazards. Understanding vulnerability and risk of SES is crucial in order to design and implement NBS projects appropriately. A systematic literature review was carried out to examine the suitability of, or gaps in, existing frameworks for vulnerability and risk assessment of SES to hydro-meteorological hazards. The review confirms that very few frameworks have been developed in the context of NBS. Most of the frameworks have emphasised social systems over ecological systems. Furthermore, they have not explicitly considered the temporal dimension of risk reduction measures. The study proposes an indicator-based vulnerability and risk assessment framework in the context of NBS (VR-NBS) that addresses both the above limitations and considers established NBS principles. The framework aims to allow for a better consideration of the multiple benefits afforded by NBS and which impact all the dimensions of risk. A list of 135 indicators is identified through literature review and surveys in NBS project sites. This list is composed of indicators representing the social sub-system (61% of total indicators) and the ecological sub-system (39% of total indicators). The list will act as a reference indicator library in the context of NBS projects and will be regularly updated as lessons are learnt. While the proposed VR-NBS framework is developed considering hydro-meteorological hazards and NBS, it can be adapted for other natural hazards and different types of risk reduction measures.
KW - risk assessment
KW - multiple hazards
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - open air laboratories
KW - ecosystem-based approaches
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101728
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101728
M3 - Article
SN - 2212-4209
VL - 50
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
M1 - 101728
ER -