A decision-support methodology for assessing the sustainability of natural risk management strategies in urban areas

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3207-3230

  Edjossan Sossou, A M ^a,b   Deck, O ^a   Al Heib, M ^b   Verdel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE; LORRAINE; MEURTHE ET MOSELLE;

EID: 84916601691     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-3207-2014     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Achet S. H. and Fleming B.: A watershed management framework for mountain areas: Lessons from 25 years watershed conservation in Nepal J. Environ. Plann. Manage., 49, 675-694, 2006.
2. Acosta-Alba I. and van der Werf H. M. G.: The use of reference values in indicator-based methods for the environmental assessment of agricultural systems Sustainability, 3, 424-442, 2011.
3. Agrawala S. (Ed.): Climate change in the European Alps: Adapting winter tourism and natural hazards management Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Publishing Paris France, 127 pp., 2007.
4. Braganç a L. Mateus R., and Koukkari H.: Perspectives of building sustainability assessment, in: Portugal SB07-Sustainable construction, materials and practices, edited by: Bragança L. Pinheiro M. Jalali S. Mateus R. Amoê da R., and Guedes M. C. Challenge of the industry for the new millennium IOS Press Amsterdam, 356-365, 2007.
5. Braganç a L. Mateus R., and Koukkari H.: Building sustainability assessment Sustainability, 2, 2010-2023, 2010
6. Carreno M. L. Cardona O. D., and Barbat A. H.: A disaster risk management performance index Nat. Hazards, 41, 1-20, 2007.
7. Degg M.: Natural hazards in the urban environment: the need for a more sustainable approach to mitigation, in: Geohazards in Engineering Geology, edited by: Maund J. G. and Eddleston M. Engineering Geology Special Publications, 15 Geological Society London, 329-337, 1998.
8. Di Mauro C. Bouchon S. Carpignano A. Golia E., and Peressin S.: Definition of multi-risk maps at regional level as management tool: Experience gained by civil protection authorities of Piemonte region Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Risk Assessment and Management in the Civil and Industrial Settlements, 17-19 October 2006 Pisa Italy, 12 pp., available at: http://conference.ing.unipi.it/vgr2006/archivio/Archivio/2006/Articoli/700196.pdf, 2006.
9. Dias L. C. and Domingues A. R.: On multi-criteria sustainability assessment: Spider-gram surface and dependence biases Appl. Energy, 113, 159-163, 2014.
10. Dolan J. G.: Multi-criteri a clinical decision support: A primer on the use of multiple criteria decision making methods to promote evidence-based, patient-centered healthcare Patient, 3, 229-248, 2010.
11. Donnelly A. Jennings E. Moon ey P. Finnan J. Lynn D. Jones M. O'Mahony T. Thérivel R., and Byrne G.: Workshop approach to developing objectives, targets and indicators for use in SEA J. Environ. Assess. Pol. Manage., 8, 135-156, 2006.
12. Donnelly A. Jones M. O'Mahony T., and Byrne G.: Selecting environmental indicator for use in strategic environmental assessment Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 27, 161-175, 2007.
13. Faber M. H.: Critical issues in the management of catastrophic and global risks Proceedings of the International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management, 23-26 September 2010 Shanghai China, 13 pp., 2010.
14. Farley J. Erickson J. D., and Daly H. E.: Ecological economics: A workbook for problem-based learning Washington, 215 pp., 2005.
15. Fekete A. Damm M., and Birkmann J.: Scales as a challenge for vulnerability assessment Nat. Hazards, 55, 729-747, 2010.
16. Franco L. A. and Montibeller G.: Problem structuring for multicriteria decision analysis interventions Working paper OR 09-115, 25 pp., available at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/management/documents/WP-09-115.pdf, 2009.
17. Freedman P. L. Nemura A. D., and Dilks D. W.: Viewing total maximum daily loads as a process, not a singular value: Adaptive watershed management J. Environ. Eng., 130, 695-702, 2004.
18. Gafsi M. and Favreau J. L.: Indicator-based method for assessing organic farming sustainability, in: Methods and pro cedures for building sustainable farming systems, edited by: Marta-Costa A. A. and Soares da Silva E. L. D. G. Application in the European context Springer, 175-187, 2013.
19. Gallowkay G.: Integrated flood manag ement case study-USA : Flood management-Mississippi river The Associated Programme on Flood Management Geneva Switzerland, 12 pp., available at: http://www.apfm.info/publications/casestudies/cs-usa-mississippi-full.pdf, 2004.
20. Genserik R.: Integrating risk and sustainability: A holistic and integrated framework for optimizing the risk decision and expertise rad (ORDER) Disaster Advances, 5, 25-32, 2012.
21. Gibson R. B.: Sustainability assessment: Basic components of a practical approach Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 24, 170-182, 2006.
22. Gibson R. B. Hassan S. Holtz S. Tansey J., and Whitelaw G.: Sustainability assessment: Criteria and processes Earthscan Publishers London, 254 pp., 2005.
23. Glasson-Cicognani M. and Berchtold A.: Imputation des donné es manquantes: Comparaison de différentes approches, 42 Journé es de Statistique, 24-28 May Marseille France, 6 pp., available at: http://hal.inria.fr/docs/00/49/46/98/PDF/p37.pdf, 2010.
24. Glavovic B. C.: Realising the promise of natural hazards planning: An Australasian perspective The Aust. J. Disaster Trauma Stud., 1, available at: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2010-1/glavovic2.htm, 2010.
25. Global Reporting Initiative: Sustainability Reporting Guideline s (G4) Global Reporting Initiative, available at: https://www.globalreporting.org/resourcelibrary/GRIG4-Part1-Reporting-Principles-and-Standard-Disclosures. pdf Amsterdam, 92 pp., 2013.
26. Gomiero T. and Giampietro M.: Graphic tools for data representation in integrated analysis of farming systems Int. J. Global Environ. Issues, 5, 264-301, 2005.
27. Gonzá lez A. Donnelly A. Jones M. Chrysoulakis N., and Lopes M.: A decision-support system for sustainable urban metabolism in Europe Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 38, 109-119, 2013.
28. Graymore M. L. M. Sipe N. G., and Rickson R. E.: Sustaining human carrying capacity: A tool for regional sustainability assessment Ecol. Econom., 69, 459-468, 2010.
29. Hansson M. Danielson M., and Ekenberg L.: A framework for evaluation of flood management strategies J. Environ. Manage., 86, 465-480, 2008.
30. Helming K. Diehl K. Kuhlman T. Jansson T. Verburg P. H. Bakker M. Pere z-Soba M. Jones L. Johannes Verkerk P. Tabbush P. Breton Morris J. Drillet Z. Farrington J. LeMouël P. Zagame P. Stuczynski T. Siebelec G., and Wiggering H.: Ex ante impact assessment of pol icies affecting land use-Part B: Application of the analytical framework Ecol. Soc., 16, 23 pp., available at: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art29/, 2011.
31. Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), available at: http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp? ref-id=T11F014, last access: 9 April 2013.
32. Juwana I. Muttil N., and Perera B. J. C.: Indicator-based water sustainability assessment-A review Sci. Total Environ., 438, 357-371, 2012.
33. Kang M. G. Jeong H. S. Lee J. H., and Kang B. S.: Assessing national flood management using a sustainable flood management framework Water Pol., 15, 418-434, 2013.
34. Kenyon,W.: Evaluating flood risk management options in Scotland: A participant-led multi-criteria approach Ecol. Econom., 64, 70-81, 2007.
35. Kienberger S. Blaschke T. Zaidi R. Z.: A framework for spatio-temporal scales and concepts from different disciplines: the" vulnerability cube" Nat. Hazards 68 1343-1369 2013.
36. Klijn F., de Bruijn K . McGahey C. Mens M., and Wolfert H.: Towards sustainable flood risk management: On methods for design and assessment of strategic alternatives exemplified on the Schelde Estuary. FLOODsite project report Executive summary, 30 p p., available at: http://www.floodsite.net/html/partner-area/project-docs/T14-08-02-sustainable-flood-risk-management-Schelde-ExecSum-V1-2-P01.pdf, 2009.
37. Knott G. and Fox A.: A model of sustainable risk managem ent The magazine of the emergency planning society, 62, 38-42, 2010.
38. Ko T. G.: Development of a tourism sustainability assessment procedure: A conceptual approach Tourism Manage., 26, 431-445, 2005.
39. Kundzewicz Z.W.: Non-structural flood protection and sustainability Water Int., 27, 3-13, 2002.
40. Lekuthai A. and Vongvisessomjai S.: Intangible flood damage quantification Wa ter Resour. Manage., 15, 343-362, 2001.
41. McBean G. and Henstra D.: Climate change, natural hazards and cities, 16 pp., available at: http://www.iclr.org/images/Climate-Change,-Natural-Hazards-and-Cities.pdf, 2003.
42. McGahey C. Sayers P. Mens M. Luther J., and Schanze J.: An approach to planning for sustainable flood risk man agement in the long-term (supported by prototype tools). FLOODsite project report Executive summary, 16 pp., available at: http://www.floodsite.net/html/partner-area/project-docs/T18-07-03-Task-18-Executive-Summary-V2-0-P01.pdf, 2 009.
43. Mdaghri Z. A.: Inté gration de la pensée cycle de vie aux études d'impacts: Cas du site minier Raglan PhD Thesis Université de Montréal Canada, 243 pp., 2008.
44. Mileti D.: Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States,Washington D.C.: The Joseph Henry Press, 376 pp., 1999.
45. Ministè re de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement (MEDDTL). Service de l'économie, de l'évaluation et de l'int égration du développement durable: Fiche exemple 12: Hiérarchisation et territorialisation des enjeux, 5 pp., available at: http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/p df/F12-MEDDTL-Fiches-Guide-Ev-Env-Doc-Urba-BD-nov2011.pdf, 2011.
46. Mitchell J. K.: Hazards in changing cities Appl. Geogr., 18, 1-6, 1998.
47. Myllyviita T. Leskinen P., and Seppälä J.: Impact of normalisation, elicitation technique and background information on panel weighting results in life cycle assessment The Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 19, 379-386, 2014
48. Ni J. Sun L. Li T. Hua ng Z., and Borthwick A. G. L.: Assessment of flooding impacts in terms of sustainability in mainland China J. Environ. Manage., 91, 1930-1942, 2010.
49. OECD/JRC: Handbook on constructing composite indicators. Methodology and use r guide OECD Publishing Paris France, 158 pp., available at: http://www.oecd.org/std/42495745.pdf, 2008.
50. Olbrich R. Quaas M. F., and Baumgä rtner S.: Sustainable use of ecosystem services under multiple ri sks-A survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia Working Paper Series in Economics No. 137 Leuphana University of Lüneburg Germany, 24 pp., 2009.
51. Peltonen L.: Recommendations for a risk mitigation oriented European spatial Policy, in: Natural and technological hazards and risks affecting the spatial development of European regions, edited by: Schmidt-Thomé P. Geological survey of Finland Special paper 42, 153-167, 2006.
52. Poulard C. Lafont M. Lenar-Matyas A., and ?apuszek M.: Flood mitigation designs with respect to river ecosystem functions-A problem oriented conceptual framework Ecol. Eng., 36, 69-77, 2010.
53. Poveda C. A. and Lipsett M. G.: A review of sustainability assessment and sustainability/environmental rating systems and credit weighting tools J. Sustain. Develop., 4, 36-55, 2011.
54. Putri P. W. and Rahmanti A. S.: Jakarta Waterscape: From structuring water to 21st century hybrid nature? Nakhara: J. Environ. Design Plann., available at: http://www.arch.chula.ac.th/nakhara/files/article/i2lymtL2t4Wed85655.pdf, 59-74, 2010.
55. Roy B.: Paradigms and challenges, in: Multi Criteria Decision? Analysis: State of the Art Surveys, edited by: Figueira J. Greco S., and Ehrgott M. Springer, 3-24, 2005.
56. Saunders W.: How long is your piece of string-Are current planning timeframes for natural hazards long enough? Paper presented at the Planning pathway to the future, 20-23 April Christchurch New Zealand, 6 pp., availa ble at: http://www.planning.org.nz/Folder?Action=View%20File&Folder-id=185&File=Saunders.pdf, 2010a.
57. Saunders W Sustainable urban design for natural hazard risk reduction Proceedings of New Zealand Sustainable Building Conference: SB10-Innovation and transformation 26-28 May 2010 Te Papa Wellington New Zealand, a vailable at 11 http://www.branz.co.nz/cms-show-download.php?id=499b83c7139b64f02c5f62d3ee76cbac5fef0d5f, 2010b.
58. Scottish Executive: Sustainable flood management sub-group report Report for 23 September 2004 NTAG Meeting, 21 pp., available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1223/0007095.pdf, 2004
59. Scottish Executive: Sustainable flood management pilot study (Final report) MWH and Jacobs Babtie Edinburgh UK, 57 pp., av ailable at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1223/0020971.pdf, 2005
60. Singh R. K. Murty H. R. Gupta S. K., and Dikshit A. K.: An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies Ecol. Indicators, 15, 281-299, 2012.
61. Tompkins E. L. and Adger W. N.: Does adaptive management of natural resources enhance resilience to climate change? Ecol. Soc., 9, 10, available at: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art10/, 2004.
62. Tugnoli A. Landucci G., and Cozzani V.: Sustainability assessment of hydrogen production by steam reforming Int. J. Hydro. Energ., 33, 4345-4357, 2008.
63. Turner II B. L. Kasperson R. E. Matson P. A. McCarthy J. J. Corell R. W. Christensen L. Eckley N. Kasperson J. X. Luers A. Martello M. L. Polsky C. Pulsipher A ., and Schiller A.: A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 8074-8079, 2003.
64. Turner R. K. Adger W. N. Crooks S. Lorenzoni I., and Ledoux L.: Sustainable coastal resources management: Principles and practice Nat. Resour. Forum, 23, 275-286, 1999.
65. UNISDR: Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, available at: http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform /terminology, 2009.
66. Van Cauwenbergh N. Biala K. Bielders C. Brouckaert V. Franchois L. Garcia Cidad V. Hermy M. Mathijs E. Muys B. Reijnders J. Sauvenier X. Valckx J. Vanclooster M. Van der Veken B. Wauters E., and Peeters A.: SAFE-A hierarchical framework for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems Agr. Ecosyst. Environ., 120, 229-242, 2007.
67. Vanneuville W. Kellens W. De Maeyer P. Reniers G., and Witlox F.: Is " flood risk management" identical to "flood disaster management"?, available at: http://www.earthzine.org/2011/03/21/is-flood-risk-management-identical-to-flood-disaster-management/, 2011.
68. Weiland U. Kindler A. Banzhaf E. Ebert A., and Reyes-Paecke S.: Indicators for sustainable land use management in Santiago de Chile Ecol. Indicators, 11, 1074-1083, 2011.
69. Werritty A.: Sustainable flood management: Oxymoron or new paradigm? Area, 38, 16-23, 2006.
70. Wiek A. and Binder C.: Solution spaces for decision-making-A sustainability assessment tool for city-regions Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 25, 589-608, 2005.
71. Wurbs R. A.: Optimal sizing of flood damage reduction measures based on economic efficiency Int. J.Water Resour. Develop., 12, 5-16, 1996.
72. Zahm F. Viaux P. Girardin P. Vilain L., and Mouchet C.: Farm sustainability assessment using the IDEA Method: From the concept of farm sustainability to the case studies on French farms, in: From common principles to common practices. Proceedings and Outputs of the 1st Symposium of the International Forum on Assessing Sustainability in Agriculture (INFASA), edited by: Hä ni F. J. Pintér L., and Herren H. R. International Institute of Sustainable Development and Swiss College of Agriculture Bern, 77-110, 2006.
73. Zhou P. Ang B.W., and Poh K. L.: Comparing aggregating methods for constructing the composite environmental index: An objective measure Ecol. Econom., 59, 305-311, 2006.
74. Zhou P. Ang B.W., and P oh K. L.: A mathematical programming approach to constructing composite indicators Ecol. Econom., 62, 291-297, 2007.
75. Zhu Z. Bai H. Xu H., and Zhu T.: An inquiry into the potential of scenario analysis for dealing with uncertainty in strategic environmental assessment in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 31, 538-548, 2011.
76. Zihri G.: Risques lié s aux ouvrages souterrains: Constitution d'une échelle de dommages PhD Thesis Ecole des Mines de Nancy France, 226 pp., 2004.