Measuring the resilience of criminogenic ecosystems to global disruption: A case-study of COVID-19 in China

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 15(10), P. e0240077 - e0240077

Published: Oct. 14, 2020

This paper uses resilience as a lens through which to analyse disasters and other major threats patterns of criminal behaviour. A set indicators mathematical models are introduced that aim quantitatively describe changes in crime levels comparison what could otherwise be expected, might expected by way adaptation subsequent resumption those patterns. The validity the proposed assessment tool is demonstrated using commercial theft data from COVID-19 pandemic period. 64 per cent reduction was found studied city (China) during an 83-day period, before daily bounced back higher than values. recommended benchmarking instruments for evaluating comparing global impact policies on public safety.

Language: Английский

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Assessing Resilience of Urban Critical Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of Ahvaz, Iran

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 12(9), P. 3691 - 3691

Published: May 2, 2020

Cities around the world increasingly recognize need to build on their resilience deal with converging forces of urbanization and climate change. Given significance critical infrastructure for maintaining quality life in cities, improving is high importance planners policy makers. The main purpose this study spatially analyze water, electricity, gas networks Ahvaz, a major Iranian city that has been hit by various disastrous events over past few years. Towards goal, we first conducted two-round Delphi survey identify criteria can be used determining across different parts city. selected were spatial analysis are related physical texture, design pattern, scale service provision networks. Results showed that, overall, Ahvaz do not perform well against measurement criteria. This specially case Regions 1, 2, 4, 6, which characterized issues such as old centralized levels population density. highlights make improvements terms robustness, redundancy, flexibility

Language: Английский

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A smart predictive framework for system-level stormwater management optimization

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 278, P. 111505 - 111505

Published: Oct. 27, 2020

Language: Английский

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Resilience Meets the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Mapping the Research Landscape

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: March 18, 2021

Resilience thinking is increasingly promoted to address some of the grand challenges 21 st century: providing water, energy, and food all, while staying within limits Earth system that undergoing (climate) change. Concurrently, a partially overlapping body literature on water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has emerged through realization systems are intricately linked—and should therefore be understood managed in conjunction. This paper reviews recent scientific publications at intersection both concepts order i) examine status quo resilience as it applied WEF studies; ii) map research landscape along major foci conceptualizations; iii) propose agenda topics distilled from gaps current landscape. We identify key conceptualizations framings used across studies, we observe pronounced differences regarding nexus’ nature, scope, emphasis level integration, resilience’s type, methodological thematic foci. Promising avenues include improving understanding scales, sectors, domains, disciplines; developing tools indicators measure assess systems; bridging implementation gap brought about by (governing) complexity; iv) integrating or reconciling thinking; v) considering other development principles frameworks toward solving beside beyond resilience, including control, efficiency, sustainability, equity.

Language: Английский

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Water neutrality framework for systemic design of new urban developments

Water Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 118583 - 118583

Published: May 12, 2022

The climate emergency and population growth threaten urban water security in cities worldwide. Growth, urbanisation, changes to way of life have increased housing demand, requiring such as London increase their stock by more than 15% over the next 10 years. These new developments will flood risk, river pollution levels; therefore, an integrated systems-based approach development management is needed. Water Neutrality (WN) has emerged a concept frame concerns about escalating stresses cities. We WN planning process for that aims minimise impacts on offset any remaining retrofitting existing stock. In this work, we present novel systemic design framework future called CityPlan-Water, which guides how might be achieved tackle current pressures at city scale. CityPlan-Water integrates spatial data with model, enabling systems level systematic assessment scenarios. define Index captures successful given scenario achieving multiple interventions could combined scale improve WN. Results from suggest it necessary retrofit almost same number homes options completely impact imposed proposed developments. Combining efficient appliances, reuse systems, social awareness campaigns can demand 70%, while neutralise potential risk scale, rainwater harvesting Blue Green Infrastructure need added both 432,000 households. see tool support transition towards using data-driven analysis effectively neutral drive sustainable development.

Language: Английский

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