Transformation towards Risk-Sensitive Urban Development: A Systematic Review of the Issues and Challenges

Ahmad Farhan Roslan, Terrence Fernando, Sara Biscaya and Noralfishah Sulaiman
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Ahmad Farhan Roslan: THINKLab, University of Salford, 7th Floor, Maxwell Building, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Terrence Fernando: THINKLab, University of Salford, 7th Floor, Maxwell Building, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Sara Biscaya: THINKLab, University of Salford, 7th Floor, Maxwell Building, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Noralfishah Sulaiman: KANZU Research, Resilient Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Parit Raja 86400, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-24

Abstract: Risk-sensitive urban development is an innovative planning approach that can transform the way cities are built in order to face the uncertainties that arise from climate-induced disaster risks. However, the potential to initiate such a transformative approach has not materialized because of the many underlying issues that need to be understood properly. Therefore, this study conducted a systematic review to gather empirical evidence on the issues and challenges in implementing risk-sensitive urban development. The study identified forty-six issues and challenges under seven key themes that need addressing in order to facilitate the desirable transition: trade-offs, governance, fragmentation and silos, capacity, design and development, data, and funding. The issues and challenges that exist under trade-offs for negotiating solutions for risk-sensitive urban development and the governance of multiple stakeholders were identified as the top two areas that need attention in facilitating the desirable transition. This study also revealed that important information, such as scientific information, hazard and risk information, temporal and spatial information, and critical local details are not being produced and shared between stakeholders in decision-making. A profound participatory process that involves all the stakeholders in the decision-making process was identified as the pathway to ensure equitable outcomes in risk-sensitive urban development.

Keywords: risk-sensitive urban development; disaster risk reduction; climate change adaptation; decision-making processes; collaborative planning approaches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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