Understanding Urban Flood Resilience in the Anthropocene: A Social-Ecological-Technological Systems (SETS) Learning Framework
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This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (SES 1444755, CIS-1913665), Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute through the Advanced Water Management Research Program, funded by the Korea Ministry of Environment (Grant 83079), a grant from the Abe Fellowship Program administered by the Social Science Research Council in cooperation with and with funds provided by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and the Center for the Environment at Purdue University through its C4E seed grant program.
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Annals of the American Association of Geographers
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
1-29-2021
Abstract
Urban flooding is a major concern in many cities around the world. Together with continuous urbanization, extreme weather events are likely to increase the magnitude and frequency of flood hazards and exposure in populated regions. This article examines the changing pathways of flood risk management (FRM) in Portland, Oregon; Seoul, South Korea; and Tokyo, Japan, which have different histories of land development and flood severity. We used city governance documents to identify how FRM strategies have changed in the study cities. Using a combined framework of social learning with an integrated social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) lens, we show what components of SETS have been emphasized and how FRM strategies have diversified over time. In response to historical flood events, these cities built hard infrastructure such as levees to reduce flood risks. The recent paradigm shift in urban FRM, such as the adoption of socioecological elements in SETS, including floodplain restoration, green infrastructure, and public education, is a response to making cities more resilient or transformative to the anticipated future extreme floods. The pathways that cities have taken and the main emphasis across SETS elements differ by city, however, suggesting that opportunities exist for learning from each city’s experience collectively to tackle global flooding issues.
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DOI
10.1080/24694452.2020.1850230
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34908
Citation Details
Chang, H., Yu, D. J., Markolf, S. A., Hong, C. Y., Eom, S., Song, W., & Bae, D. (2020). Understanding Urban Flood Resilience in the Anthropocene: A Social–Ecological–Technological Systems (SETS) Learning Framework. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-21.