The combination of climate change and social and ecological factors will increase risks societies face from hydrometeorological hazards (HMH). Reducing these risks is typically achieved through the deployment of engineered (or grey) infrastructure but increasingly, nature-based so-lutions (NBS) are being considered. Most risk assessment frameworks do not allow capturing well the role NBS can play in addressing all components of risk, i.e., the hazard characteristics and the exposure and vulnerability of social-ecological systems. Recently, the Vulnerability and Risk as-sessment framework developed to allow the assessment of risks in the context of NBS implemen-tation (VR-NBS framework) was proposed. Here, we carry out the first implementation of this framework using five case study areas in Europe which are exposed to various HMH. Our results show that we can demonstrate the effect NBS have in terms of risk reduction and that this can be achieved by using a flexible library of indicators that allows to capture the specificities of each case study hazard, social and ecological circumstances. The approach appears to be more effec-tive for larger case study areas, but further testing is required in a broader variety of contexts.

Shah M.A.R., Xu J., Carisi F., De Paola F., Di Sabatino S., Domeneghetti A., et al. (2023). Quantifying the effects of nature-based solutions in reducing risks from hydrometeorological hazards: Examples from Europe. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, 93, 1-24 [10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103771].

Quantifying the effects of nature-based solutions in reducing risks from hydrometeorological hazards: Examples from Europe

Di Sabatino S.;Domeneghetti A.;Petruccelli N.;Pugliese F.;Pulvirenti B.;Ruggieri P.;Toth E.;
2023

Abstract

The combination of climate change and social and ecological factors will increase risks societies face from hydrometeorological hazards (HMH). Reducing these risks is typically achieved through the deployment of engineered (or grey) infrastructure but increasingly, nature-based so-lutions (NBS) are being considered. Most risk assessment frameworks do not allow capturing well the role NBS can play in addressing all components of risk, i.e., the hazard characteristics and the exposure and vulnerability of social-ecological systems. Recently, the Vulnerability and Risk as-sessment framework developed to allow the assessment of risks in the context of NBS implemen-tation (VR-NBS framework) was proposed. Here, we carry out the first implementation of this framework using five case study areas in Europe which are exposed to various HMH. Our results show that we can demonstrate the effect NBS have in terms of risk reduction and that this can be achieved by using a flexible library of indicators that allows to capture the specificities of each case study hazard, social and ecological circumstances. The approach appears to be more effec-tive for larger case study areas, but further testing is required in a broader variety of contexts.
2023
Shah M.A.R., Xu J., Carisi F., De Paola F., Di Sabatino S., Domeneghetti A., et al. (2023). Quantifying the effects of nature-based solutions in reducing risks from hydrometeorological hazards: Examples from Europe. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, 93, 1-24 [10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103771].
Shah M.A.R.; Xu J.; Carisi F.; De Paola F.; Di Sabatino S.; Domeneghetti A.; Gerundo C.; Gonzalez-Ollauri A.; Nadim F.; Petruccelli N.; Polderman A.; ...espandi
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