Coping Capacity, Adaptive Capacity, and Transformative Capacity Preliminary Characterization in a “Multi-Hazard” Resilience Perspective: The Soccavo District Case Study (City of Naples, Italy)

Agnese Turchi (), Rosaria Lumino, Dora Gambardella and Mattia Federico Leone
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Agnese Turchi: PLINIVS-LUPT Study Centre, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy
Rosaria Lumino: Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Vico Monte della Pietà, 80138 Naples, Italy
Dora Gambardella: Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Vico Monte della Pietà, 80138 Naples, Italy
Mattia Federico Leone: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Naples, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-24

Abstract: An innovative methodology for characterizing Coping Capacity (CC), Adaptive Capacity (AC), and Transformative Capacity (TC) resilience determinants in a multi-hazard territorial context is applied to the Soccavo district (Naples, Italy), located in the Campi Flegrei caldera and exposed to volcanic eruptions, ground deformations (bradyseism), earthquakes, geomorphological processes (landslides, rock falls, erosion), and climate change-related hazards (heat waves, pluvial floods). The method allowed for the identification of the CC, AC, and TC parameters that can be easily converted into qualitative–quantitative variables. Among all parameters, the method focused on multi-stakeholder and civil society engagement, which is representative of TC and variable relating to the risk perception and awareness, the urban space perception, or the people’s ability to activate bottom-up urban transformation processes within resilient development pathways. Therefore, qualitative tools such as collaborative mapping and co-design processes, pertaining to the urban planning and design fields, and quantitative tools such as surveys, from the social science field, were harmonized and combined to collect and analyze data on these site-specific topics. Considering people’s priorities and needs, the study was useful to define shared sustainable and resilient solutions in order to holistically integrate Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation urban planning and design approaches and simultaneously deliver social, environmental, and economic co-benefits.

Keywords: resilience; coping capacity; adaptive capacity; transformative capacity; DRR/CCA approaches; urban planning; co-design; community mapping; risk perception and awareness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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