Resilience and Urban Risk Management

Resilience and Urban Risk Management presents the latest progress made in designing resilient towns, and identifies leads to be explored for attaining the objective of systematically integrating risks into urban environments The aim of the book is to provide guidance in designing and planning future cities, and to create a new form of risk management that does not ignore what already exists, but integrates it in the same way as if it were new. Resilience and Urban Risk Management is of interest to academics, architects, town planners and engineers concerned with the relationship between urban projects and the various aspects of the urban resilience concept via concrete applications and methodological or historical reflections. Damien SERRE, HDR, Professor Assistant at the Paris-Est University, EIVP, in charge of the “urban resilience” research section. The final objective of his research is to formalize knowledge useful for decision-making and helping in designing towns that are resilient when facing risks. His research is trans-disciplinary and in service of the city. Bruno BARROCA, Architect and Professor Assistant in Urban Engineering at the Paris-Est University, a member of the urban engineering team of the LEESU laboratory (Water, Environment and Urban Systems Laboratory). His research establishes links between geography, town planning and regional development. Applications cover assessment of urban vulnerability and integration of resilience objectives in urban projects located on territories subject to natural and technological risks. Richard LAGANIER, Professor in Geography at the Université Paris 7 Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, the PRODIG laboratory (Centre of Research for Organization and Distribution of Geographical Information). His research activities cover the study of relationships between risks linked with water and territories and analysis of the conditions needed for developing resilience. He is the author/co-author of a large number of works on hydrological extremes and their management.

Table of Contents:
Preface About the editors Sponsors Resiliencery Vulnerability notion—looking in another direction in order to study risks and disasters D. Provitolo Using the geo-archaeological approach to explain past urban hazards E. Fouache Evolution of natural hazard assessment and response methods R. Ashley, J. Blanksby, A. Saul & B. Gersonius The rise of resilience in large metropolitan areas: Progress and hold backs in the Parisian experience M. Reghezza-Zitt & R. Laganier Flood-proof ecocities: Technology, design and governance R.E. De Graaf The resilience engineering offer for municipalities J.P. Arnaud, M. Toubin, C. Côme & D. Serre Strategies of urban flood integration—Zollhafen Mainz C. Redeker The Dutch room for the River programme and its European dimension J. Tielen & J.M.T. Stam Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change C. Zevenbergen & A. Pathirana Urban resilience in post-Katrina/Rita New Orleans J.R. Amdal Assessing the resilience of urban technical networks: From theory to application to waste management H. Beraud, B. Barroca & G. Hubert Urban technical networks resilience assessment S. Lhomme, D. Serre, Y. Diab & R. Laganier Organizational resilience: A multidisciplinary sociotechnical challenge B. Robert & Y. Hémond Resilience-based design for urban cities G.P. Cimellaro & V. Arcidiacono An auto-diagnosis tool to improve urban resilience: The RATP case study M. Toubin, D. Serre, Y. Diab & R. Laganier Flood resilience assessment of New Orleans neighborhood over time M. Balsells, V. Becue, B. Barroca, Y. Diab & D. Serre Resilience: A pragmatic approach to the concept through the creation of the Ile-de-France (IdF) regional master plan M. Ferri Trying to avoid discrepancies between flood victims mobilisations and urban runoffs management policies in order to improve resilience: The case of the Bièvre river catchment E. Rioust, J.F. Deroubaix & G. Hubert Author index

About the Author :
Damien SERRE, HDR, Professor Assistant at the Paris-Est University, EIVP, in charge of the “urban resilience” research section. The final objective of his research is to formalize knowledge useful for decision-making and helping in designing towns that are resilient when facing risks. His research is trans-disciplinary and in service of the city. Bruno BARROCA, Architect and Professor Assistant in Urban Engineering at the Paris-Est University, a member of the urban engineering team of the LEESU laboratory (Water, Environment and Urban Systems Laboratory). His research establishes links between geography, town planning and regional development. Applications cover assessment of urban vulnerability and integration of resilience objectives in urban projects located on territories subject to natural and technological risks. Richard LAGANIER, Professor in Geography at the Université Paris 7 Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, the PRODIG laboratory (Centre of Research for Organization and Distribution of Geographical Information). His research activities cover the study of relationships between risks linked with water and territories and analysis of the conditions needed for developing resilience. He is the author/co-author of a large number of works on hydrological extremes and their management.