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Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience

Ward, Sarah; Staddon, Chad; De Vito, Laura; Zuniga-Teran, Adriana; Gerlak, Andrea; Schoeman, Yolandi; Hart, Aimee; Booth, Giles

Authors

Sarah Ward

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Chad Staddon Chad.Staddon@uwe.ac.uk
Professor/Associate Head of Department: Research and Scholarship

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Dr Laura De Vito Laura.Devito@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Air Quality Management

Adriana Zuniga-Teran

Andrea Gerlak

Yolandi Schoeman

Aimee Hart

Giles Booth



Abstract

Urban resilience emerges not only from ‘what’ is done in relation to critical infrastructure systems, but in the ‘how’ of their conception, co-creation and integration into complex socio-ecological-technical systems. For green infrastructure, where ownership and agency may be distributed amongst organisations and diverse communities, inclusiveness and appropriateness require embedding in engineering assessments of green infrastructure and resilience. Through consideration of past, present and future engineering and resilience assessments – from monetising, through greening, to humanising – this paper examines the ways in which GI may be or has already contributed to enhancing urban resilience and types of assessment and indicators that have been or could be used. We suggest that enhancing visibility of the ‘whos’ (individuals, communities) is crucial to fully diversifying assessments. We also suggest some ideas for additional indicators and assert that co-production of future indicators needs to be undertaken with appropriate professionals (e.g. social impact assessment professionals).

Citation

Ward, S., Staddon, C., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2019). Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience. Urban Water Journal, 16(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674

Journal Article Type Review
Acceptance Date Jun 15, 2019
Online Publication Date Jun 30, 2019
Publication Date Jul 1, 2019
Deposit Date Jul 5, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Urban Water Journal
Print ISSN 1573-062X
Electronic ISSN 1744-9006
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 1
Pages 56-67
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674
Keywords water, green infrastructure, social impact, assessment, engineering, resilience, inclusiveness, appropriateness
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1492216
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674

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© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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