Abstract:
"Urban areas are dynamic, facing evolving hazards, having interacting strategic services
and assets. Their management involves multiple stakeholders bringing additional complexity.
Potential impacts of climate dynamics may aggravate current conditions and the appearance of new
hazards. These challenges require an integrated and forward-looking approach to resilient and
sustainable urban development, being essential to identify the real needs for its achievement.
Several frameworks for assessing resilience have been developed in different fields. However,
considering the focus on climate change and urban services, specific needs were identified,
particularly in assessing strategic urban sectors and their interactions with others and with the
wider urban system. A resilience assessment framework was developed directing and facilitating
an objective-driven resilience diagnosis of urban cities and services. This supports the decision on
selection of resilience measures and the development of strategies to enhance resilience, outlining a
path to co-build resilience action plans, and to track resilience progress in the city or service over
time. This paper presents the framework and the main results of its application to three cities having
diverse contexts. It was demonstrated that the framework highlights where cities and urban services
stand, regarding resilience to climate change, and identifies the most critical aspects to improve,
including expected future impacts."