A Preliminary Conceptual Framework for Integrating Inclusive Development into Urban Flood Resilience| Chapter 5| Current Research on Geography, Earth Science and Environment Vol. 5

 

Cities located in low-elevation and other flood-prone zones continue to grapple with recurrent pluvial flooding and the looming risk of more extreme flood events driven by climate change. These hazards disproportionately affect socially vulnerable populations, and their impacts are often intensified by urban governance models that prioritise exclusive approaches. While flood resilience emerged as a well-intentioned, ecologically friendly solution, it usually inherits these exclusionary practices. This chapter explores the intersection of inclusive development and urban flood resilience to understand how principles of inclusive development can be systematically integrated into flood resilience thinking and practice. Drawing on an extensive review of both bodies of literature, the discussion reveals that, although inclusive development has gained traction across development research, and urban flood resilience has become a prominent theme in climate adaptation studies, the deliberate synthesis of these concepts has remained underdeveloped. We argue that while there are no metrics for measuring inclusive development as articulated by scholars, its guiding principles offer practical entry points for application and assessment. Building on these insights and on established approaches for evaluating flood resilience, the chapter proposes a preliminary conceptual framework for integrating inclusive development into urban flood resilience. This framework is intended to stimulate further scholarly refinement and to support practitioners working in flood-prone urban settings to transition from exclusionary planning toward more integrated, socially responsive, and socio-ecological approaches that promote and strengthen inclusive flood resilience.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Dwayne Renville
University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Georgetown, Guyana.

 

Netra Chhetri
Arizona State University, 1151 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ, United States.

 

Chingwen Cheng

Pennsylvania State University, 201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802, United States.

 

Linda Francois
University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Georgetown, Guyana.

 

Ruijie Zeng
Arizona State University, 1151 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ, United States.

 

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