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This chapter begins by focusing on the title of this volume and the implications of the words ‘resilience’ and ‘sustainable’ and the complexities of addressing these issues from economic, environmental and social perspectives in the context of climate change. A risk assessment-based approach is proposed, with the first step being to fully understand the current situation and the second to identify future risk and finally an options appraisal reviewing different ways the risk could be reduced and determining which would be the most appropriate for the specific situation. The way in which this approach can be implemented is described with the advantages and disadvantages of different interventions considered. The need for regions, cities and neighbourhoods to take a strategic approach to improve urban resilience to minimise climate-associated risk is discussed, drawing on experience in Europe and beyond.
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Bartlett, D. (2022). A Risk Assessment Approach to Urban Resilience. In: Dhyani, S., Basu, M., Santhanam, H., Dasgupta, R. (eds) Blue-Green Infrastructure Across Asian Countries. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7128-9_3
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