Exploring neighborhood-level resilience to flooding: Why the context and scale matter

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dc.contributor.authorBukvic, Anamariaen
dc.contributor.authorBorate, Aishwaryaen
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Shereenen
dc.contributor.authorWeaver, Rossen
dc.contributor.authorImburgia, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorStiles, William A.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Public and International Affairsen
dc.coverage.cityHamptonen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-27T14:36:52Zen
dc.date.available2021-04-27T14:36:52Zen
dc.date.issued2021-03-10en
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the role of contextual neighborhood-level considerations in community resilience planning in coastal urban locations. A comparative case study analysis was conducted in three different locations in the City of Hampton, Virginia, that all share a common challenge of coastal flooding but have distinctly different neighborhood-level circumstances that shape their flood impacts and resilience building options. The research approach utilizes a co-production of knowledge and descriptive statistics to identify the overall flood risk and socioeconomic attributes of each locality that may influence broader citywide resilience investments within the realm of three overarching options: protection, accommodation, and relocation. It then applies a geospatial network analysis to determine which study neighborhoods will have significantly reduced access to critical facilities such as emergency services, medical facilities, and schools due to accelerated sea level rise as one of the key coastal hazards in this low-lying region. The results show that each case study location has its own unique contextual circumstances that define its preferences for different resilience strategies regardless of the actual flood risk. The results also highlight the importance of holistic assessment of granular conditions that play a critical role in prioritization of resource allocation and interventions in coastal municipalities.en
dc.description.notesAuthors would like to thank all Virginia Tech graduate students and local partners who participated in 2017 Tidewater Collaboratory project titled Neighborhood Level Resilience in the City of Hampton, Virginia, conducted in collaboration with the City of Hampton officials, Wetlands Watch, Virginia Sea Grant, and the U.S. Green Building Council Hampton Roads Chapter and with funding from Adiuvans foundation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAdiuvans foundationen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12698en
dc.identifier.issn1753-318Xen
dc.identifier.othere12698en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/103148en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectadaptationen
dc.subjectcoastalen
dc.subjectfloodingen
dc.subjectresilienceen
dc.subjectsea level riseen
dc.subjectvulnerabilityen
dc.titleExploring neighborhood-level resilience to flooding: Why the context and scale matteren
dc.title.serialJournal of Flood Risk Managementen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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