The impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate hazards: a Singapore case study

Abstract Changing frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events directly affect settlement vulnerability; when combined with rapid urbanization, these factors also influence urban resilience to climate-related hazards. This article documents how urban resilience can generally be maximized, before examining how it is impacted by extreme hydro-climatic events (i.e. droughts and floods), with a specific case examination for Singapore. In particular, analysis of Singapore’s climate from 1950 to 2015 indicates (1) a warmer environment, and (2) recent periods of more intense surface dryness. Lastly, this article suggests how specific climate information regarding extreme event attribution can aid municipal stakeholders involved in urban resilience policy.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods

• Publication date

  2018-07-04

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/07900627.2017.1335186
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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