Urban resilience governance mechanism: Insights from COVID‐19 prevention and control in 30 Chinese cities

Risk Analysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 24, 2024

Abstract Due to the pervasive uncertainty in human society, super large and megacities are increasingly prone becoming high‐risk areas. However, construction of urban resilience this new era lacks sufficient research on core conditions complex interactive mechanisms governing it. Hence, study proposes a specialized event‐oriented framework for China based pressure‐state‐response (PSR) theory. We examined COVID‐19 cases 30 cities across analyzed distribution prevention control achievements between high‐level non‐high‐level conditions. Our findings reveal following key points: (1) High‐level rely three condition configurations: non‐pressure‐responsive type, pressure‐state pressure‐responsive type. (2) High economic may indicate robust state systems amid demographic pressures. In experiencing fewer event pressure factors, application digital technology plays crucial role daily management. (3) The implementation flexible policies proves beneficial mitigating impact objective conditions, such as environmental resilience.

Language: Английский

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Operationalizing Resource Nexus: a systematic review from water perspective

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(1)

Published: Oct. 31, 2024

Going beyond traditional silos, the Resource Nexus approach has potential to achieve sustainable resource management by maximizing synergy and minimizing trade-offs in planning management. This review addresses four main research questions: (i) How concept advanced recent years? (ii) What are advancements assessment methods tools? (iii) practices opportunities ? (iv) pathways for harnessing those opportunities? Our findings, based on a systematic of 203 articles, reveal that is evolving with new components such as land, pollution (i.e. negative resource), climate change, addition like water, energy, food. The field been enriched over years advancement knowledge development tools Nexus. However, application real-world scenarios still limited these models lack ability fully capture complex interconnected nature Nexus, which necessitates further efforts realize its full potential. Addressing challenges, we propose conceptual framework operationalization identifies three key areas: developing comprehensive yet flexible assessment, bridging data gap, creating nexus-informed society within supportive policy regulatory environment monitoring, evaluation, accountability learning mechanisms place.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating the metabolic structure and interrelationships of the Lijiang River Basin based on ecological network analysis

Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 51, P. 101631 - 101631

Published: Dec. 27, 2023

The Lijiang River Basin in southwest China. This research focuses on the structure, function, and evolution of water metabolic system. It quantifies multiple processes involve cycle, considering natural social influences. Furthermore, an integrated metabolism network system is established, ecological analysis introduced to quantitatively simulate circulation analyze interaction between components during 2010 2020. results contribute a deeper understanding nature, state, stability metabolism. basin balanced, with moderate robustness high efficiency. structure unchanged, little fluctuation flow transmission, revealing development Basin. surface compartment (more than 80% total) contributes most significantly processes, abundant inflow. Water consumption mainly driven by agricultural irrigation compartment. relationships among pairwise compartments are mutualistic synergistic, indicating healthy process. Exploitation being exploited dominant types. These insights reveal how quantified, can be further optimized improving

Language: Английский

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Quantifying the Overall Phosphorus Emissions and Driving Forces Based on Life Cycle Assessment and Decomposition Analysis

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The increase in anthropogenic phosphorus emissions harms the environment and poses a threat to sustainable development of society economy. However, most studies on pollution have focused end-of-pipe control methods such as wastewater treatment processes, resource recovery, water bodies. There is lack quantitative research at production stage, well in-depth analysis socio-economic driving forces behind emissions. Based life cycle model index decomposition method, this study established framework for emissions, which includes four components. We used construct emission inventory 17 different products 9 cities Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration China from 2012 2021, analyzed main drivers intensity, population, affluence. results showed that Zhaoqing had highest overall reaching 165.19 Gg P, accounting 28.55% total over past decade. an trend first increasing then decreasing, 54.99 P year-1 62.36 2017, decreasing 55.48 2021. Fertilizer were source followed by industrial crop products. indicated intensity was primary driver decrease effects caused affluence population growth gradually offset reduction achieved intensity. Over time, marginal benefits would diminish, while strengthen, potentially leading further Therefore, we emphasize need continue reducing future innovate technologies reduce dependence fertilizer economic development, thus decoupling

Language: Английский

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