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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Investigating the Impact of Urbanization on Surface and Sub-Surface Water Flows and Statistical Change Detection in Water Cycle Over Two Decades | Chapter 13 | Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 5

 The episode attempts to correlate and identify the monthly changes in the urban water era that have occurred throughout the urbanization of Bhopal City, India, all the while the previous twenty age and beyond. Several city cities are applique water related problems in India and abroad. Urbanization is defined as the material modification of landscapes that alters the unrefined regime of the environment encircling it, resulting in further changes in the domain's macro and micro atmosphere. Water scarcity and city flash floods are perennial issues in metropolitan scenes. Studies have determined that land use, land cover, water distillation, and urban development are the leading to factors of the hydrological phase's impacted components, that include combination, runoff, and evaporation. The flow of urban development so destabilizes water availability, water revitalize, and the water cycle.  The findings are established GIS plan of the research region from 1991 to 2009, which secondhand a rational approach of drainage and recharge estimates, as well as a mathematical analysis of accompanying built-up areas. Changes in the organic route of drainages have also been found using Soldier imagery during the last twenty age, which sexually transmitted disease in observing the adaptation of instinctive systems to city courses. The observations also disclose an intriguing connection that can be exploited for future research and tenable development.

Author(s) Details:

Sheetal Sharma,
School of Architecture VIT, Bhopal University, India.

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Net Zero through the Maelstrom: Professional Practice During a Time of Turbulent Change | Chapter 9 | Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 1

 The net nothing transition is a speedily emerging process of mechanics change that now faces friendly, economic and governmental transformations to authorize this rapid transition. The Edgar Allan Poe novella, Descent into the Maelstrom, is used to show that jumping off killing-as-usual transport onto barrels is the only habit to survive. Suggested barrels for net nothing professional practice are new net zero flags reflected in new processes and rules for business bookkeeping, energy, city and transport planning, in addition to new approaches for the just transition and Indigenous/local engagement. Australian models are provided to show the origin of such a agitation process to illustrate the importance of this schedule and emerging new professional practice.

Author(s) Details:

Peter W. G. Newman,
Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, School of Design and the Built Environment, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia.

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Study on Car Parking Issue of Egyptian Cities | Chapter 1 | Research Aspects in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 Car parking is immediately a major issue in two together developed and developing countries' urbane areas. Many municipalities are currently agony from a lack of parking spaces, which is being induced by an increase in car partnership. The root cause of urban car parking issues is an shortcoming between parking chance and demand. Part of the reason for this mismatch is on account of insufficient land use future planning and an miscalculation of future car parking needs. The current study focuses on the city's parking question, particularly in Egyptian metropolises. In this respect, the study begins by listing few present major motor parking problems in Cairo as an instance of Egyptian cities, professed their different causes and current tested – but ineffective – resolutions. The study focuses on some methods for concluding car parking issues in Egyptian capitals along three big axes: planning, management, and new motor parking technologies. Parking resolutions in cities changes depending on the nature of each of allure districts and allure facilities. The study concluded accompanying some approvals to help ease Egyptian cities' motor parking problems, based on a study of few current planning and administration trends and creative technical solutions. Suggests a means for achieving best community aims like enhancing urban maneuverability and trying to form cities more livable and adept.

Author(s) Details:

Abdelwahab Mohamed Amer,
Civil Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Ayman Elalfy,
Civil Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Nermin Mokhtar Farrag,
Civil Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

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Ecological Analysis and Design for Ecosystem Services Development in Sub-urban Planning| Chapter 1 | Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 8

 Focusing on city planning tools and methods that may combine environmental services in city development should be affiliated with the next frontiers of tenable cities. Designing natural-located solutions for providing crucial biophysical forms and ecological functions for human comfort and mitigating soil loss maybe a crucial milestone. In this paper, we determine a methodology for spatially analysing the belongings of various urban preparation-generated land-use scenarios on the supplying of ecosystem aids. The methodology analyses the alternative of ecosystem services, taking everything in mind as starting point the environment services provided for one current status of land use of the study region and their potential changes considering the urban conduct planned. One scenario of study includes the unification of Natural-based Solutions in urban preparation. The case study is represented by a fairy-urban district characterized by an agroecosystem planned for city development in the municipality of Gallipoli, Southern Italy. The reasoning highlights a depressed ecosystem services supplying of the agroecosystem for effecting of Xylella fastidiosa bacteria that ruined important brownish trees. So, the integration of Natural-located Solutions and reductions of construction buildings in the substitute-urban plan take care of improve the quantity of environment services in the area. Additionally, allowing for possibility the beginning points, the environmental design of ecosystem services can improve the typology of ecosystem duties supply in the region. As a result, the skill to include ecosystem aids analysis into urban preparation may be a advantageous tool for ecological city design to aid in decision-making.

Author(s) Details:

Teodoro Semeraro,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.

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Noise Mapping as a Tool to Assess the Noise Generated in the Past, in the Present and in the Future of a Large Latin American City | Chapter 8 | New Horizons in Education and Social Studies Vol. 10

 Via in situ measurements and sound mapping, this project aimed to investigate the environmental sound effect of road traffic noise on several roads in the northwest part of Curitiba. The following steps were taken to accomplish this: 1) defining the locations to be assessed, 2) gathering field data, 3) tabulating the data, 4) acoustic mapping, 5) evaluating past, current, and future scenarios, and 6) definitive assessment The aim of this research is to evaluate ambient noise on major thoroughfares that transport vehicles from one end of the city to the other. With a huge flow of vehicles and people, the roads pass through five large commercial and residential districts. 22 samples were taken in various locations to characterise the noise pollution in the evaluated stretches. Sound measurements were taken in accordance with the NBR 10151/2000 standard's guidelines. The acoustic maps were created using the Predictor 8.11 sound analysis programme. A reference scenario was evaluated to reflect the current "acoustic panorama." To assess noise in the chosen areas, three hypothetical and distinct scenarios were developed. In scenario 1, it was hypothesised that the number of vehicles will be decreased by half relative to the current situation. In scenario 2, it was hypothesised that the number of vehicles will be decreased by 75% relative to the current situation. Scenario 3 simulates noise in vulnerable areas over a 20-year period, assuming a 100% rise in the number of vehicles. The findings suggest that the acoustic characteristics of these stretches indicate the presence of ambient noise pollution. The situation with a 50% decrease in the number of vehicles shows that the steps taken were insufficient to reduce sound levels significantly. The scenario with a 75% reduction in vehicle flow demonstrates that the implemented measure will be significant in reducing sound levels within the legal limits. Furthermore, in the hypothetical case, it is possible to demonstrate that the flow will be highly saturated in 20 years, resulting in a substantial rise in sound levels and, as a result, an increase in ambient noise emissions. As a result, it is clear that taking only one control action is insufficient to solve the issue. To effectively combat noise, a medium and long-term strategy with many measures that work together is needed.

Author (s) Details

Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin
Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

Patrícia Dias Soares Gottwald
Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

Andrei Rei Rodrigues Silveira
Laboratory of Environmental and Industrial Acoustics and Acoustic Comfort, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

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