Interactions between urban water services and natural areas for asset management and resilience assessment.

Abstract

Urban areas are characterized by strategic services and assets that are interconnected and interdependent. The increasing interrelationship between ecosystems, human settlements, and urban services emphasizes the critical need to deepen asset management (AM) practices and strengthen resilience across all systems (UNDRR, 2023). Resilience is significantly related to AM practices. On one hand, best practices in AM promote reliable services and assets, contributing to their resilience. On the other hand, enhancing resilience in one area sometimes leads to unforeseen or unintended impacts on others or on AM objectives. In its Vision 2030 study, the World Health Organization (WHO, 2009) stressed the importance of conducting systematic resilience assessments for all utilities of urban services, in response to the challenges posed by climate change (CC).