Urban climate change adaptation: an assessment of Malmö municipality's Cloudburst Management Plan
(2020) VBRM15 20201Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- Climate change is affecting societies all over the world. Cities are especially vulnerable to climate change due to their particular features such as high proportion of hard surfaces, high interconnectedness between systems and lack of protection from natural ecosystems. The urban planning processes suit well for implementing climate change adaptation (CCA) measures to protect the cities from the effects of climate change, nonetheless, CCA in urban planning is a novel topic. In this thesis, criteria for successful implementation of CCA strategies in urban planning are identified through a scoping study. The criteria are used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Cloudburst Management Plan of Malmö, Sweden – a role model city for... (More)
- Climate change is affecting societies all over the world. Cities are especially vulnerable to climate change due to their particular features such as high proportion of hard surfaces, high interconnectedness between systems and lack of protection from natural ecosystems. The urban planning processes suit well for implementing climate change adaptation (CCA) measures to protect the cities from the effects of climate change, nonetheless, CCA in urban planning is a novel topic. In this thesis, criteria for successful implementation of CCA strategies in urban planning are identified through a scoping study. The criteria are used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Cloudburst Management Plan of Malmö, Sweden – a role model city for urban resilience – through document analysis and interviews. The success of Malmö municipality’s cloudburst management can be derived from their strong internal organization through cross-departmental coordination and high competence staff, and their focus on mainstreaming of “cloudburst consideration” into standard operating procedures and their collaborative learning culture. The main weaknesses are the limited resources allocated and the lack of clearness regarding what can be considered “acceptable risk”, which influence the possibility to set appropriate goals and monitor and evaluate the management strategy. The current legislation does not assign responsibility for CCA to any actor, which influences the city’s incentives to do more than what is obliged by law. A clearer strategy for stakeholder inclusion in urban planning could strengthen the adaptive capacity, however how this can be done is a suggestion for future research. (Less)
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- author
- Dufbäck Fornander, Sanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- VBRM15 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Climate change adaptation, climate resilience, urban planning, disaster risk management, assessment framework, strategy assessment
- language
- English
- id
- 9020940
- date added to LUP
- 2020-06-24 14:12:57
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Climate change is affecting societies all over the world. Cities are especially vulnerable to climate change due to their particular features such as high proportion of hard surfaces, high interconnectedness between systems and lack of protection from natural ecosystems. The urban planning processes suit well for implementing climate change adaptation (CCA) measures to protect the cities from the effects of climate change, nonetheless, CCA in urban planning is a novel topic. In this thesis, criteria for successful implementation of CCA strategies in urban planning are identified through a scoping study. The criteria are used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Cloudburst Management Plan of Malmö, Sweden – a role model city for urban resilience – through document analysis and interviews. The success of Malmö municipality’s cloudburst management can be derived from their strong internal organization through cross-departmental coordination and high competence staff, and their focus on mainstreaming of “cloudburst consideration” into standard operating procedures and their collaborative learning culture. The main weaknesses are the limited resources allocated and the lack of clearness regarding what can be considered “acceptable risk”, which influence the possibility to set appropriate goals and monitor and evaluate the management strategy. The current legislation does not assign responsibility for CCA to any actor, which influences the city’s incentives to do more than what is obliged by law. A clearer strategy for stakeholder inclusion in urban planning could strengthen the adaptive capacity, however how this can be done is a suggestion for future research.}},
author = {{Dufbäck Fornander, Sanna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Urban climate change adaptation: an assessment of Malmö municipality's Cloudburst Management Plan}},
year = {{2020}},
}