Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing
Urban resilience is a major indicator of a city’s sustainability. Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, thereby increasing uncertainty and disaster risk. A city’s capacity to cope with climatic risks can be improved by developing resilience. In China, heavy...
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| author | Qiaoyun SONG Yan ZHENG Chenzhen LIN |
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| description | Urban resilience is a major indicator of a city’s sustainability. Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, thereby increasing uncertainty and disaster risk. A city’s capacity to cope with climatic risks can be improved by developing resilience. In China, heavy rainfall is the most frequent and costly extreme weather event. We conducted a comparative case study on Beijing’s extraordinary 7.21 rainstorm disaster in 2012 and the 7.20 rainstorm in 2016. Taken generic resilience and specific resilience as the analytical framework, we found that generic resilience is mainly determined by the socio-economic development level and geography of each district; while the combination of engineering and non-engineering adaptive measures after 2012 disaster has improved the specific resilience to rainstorm disaster, which contributed a good performance in the 2016 rainstorm. As a megacity in China, Beijing is a representative case that provides guidance for other cities to improve their urban resilience to rainstorm disasters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-909b6f0d0ba5419b8ee9e24a7e0447512024-10-03T05:08:34ZengWorld Scientific PublishingChinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies2345-74812345-752X2021-06-01090210.1142/S234574812150010XImproving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of BeijingQiaoyun SONG0Yan ZHENG1Chenzhen LIN2Beijing Meteorological Service, 44 Zizhuyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100089, ChinaResearch Institute for Eco-Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 27 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100710, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Liangxiang Campus, 11 Changyu Street, Fangshan District, Beijing 102488, ChinaUrban resilience is a major indicator of a city’s sustainability. Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, thereby increasing uncertainty and disaster risk. A city’s capacity to cope with climatic risks can be improved by developing resilience. In China, heavy rainfall is the most frequent and costly extreme weather event. We conducted a comparative case study on Beijing’s extraordinary 7.21 rainstorm disaster in 2012 and the 7.20 rainstorm in 2016. Taken generic resilience and specific resilience as the analytical framework, we found that generic resilience is mainly determined by the socio-economic development level and geography of each district; while the combination of engineering and non-engineering adaptive measures after 2012 disaster has improved the specific resilience to rainstorm disaster, which contributed a good performance in the 2016 rainstorm. As a megacity in China, Beijing is a representative case that provides guidance for other cities to improve their urban resilience to rainstorm disasters.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S234574812150010XRainstorm disasterurban resilienceadaptive measuresclimate change. |
| spellingShingle | Qiaoyun SONG Yan ZHENG Chenzhen LIN Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies Rainstorm disaster urban resilience adaptive measures climate change. |
| title | Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing |
| title_full | Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing |
| title_fullStr | Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing |
| title_short | Improving Urban Resilience to Rainstorm Disasters: A Comparative Case Study of Beijing |
| title_sort | improving urban resilience to rainstorm disasters a comparative case study of beijing |
| topic | Rainstorm disaster urban resilience adaptive measures climate change. |
| url | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S234574812150010X |
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