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Urban flood resilience evaluation in China: a systematic review of frameworks, methods, and limitations


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Long, Liu and Junjia, Yin and Jiao, Wang and Alias, Aidi Hizami and Haron, Nuzul Azam and Abu Bakar, Nabilah (2025) Urban flood resilience evaluation in China: a systematic review of frameworks, methods, and limitations. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 16 (1). art. no. 2445631. pp. 1-30. ISSN 1947-5705; eISSN: 1947-5713

Abstract

With the acceleration of climate change and urbanization, the impacts of floods on Chinese cities have become increasingly severe, and improving urban flood resilience has become an urgent issue. Although scholars in China have proposed many methods to evaluate urban flood resilience in the last decade, research in this field has not been critically reviewed thoroughly and in detail. Therefore, this study selects high-quality original research papers from the previous decade and focuses on analyzing the location, framework, data, analytical methods, and limitations of current assessment methods. The study’s main objective is to inform the identification of a flood resilience assessment system applicable to the Chinese urban context while revealing the existing methodology’s shortcomings in data accuracy and quality, consideration of regional variability, and indicator validity. Finally, the study finds significant challenges in eight field areas: talent pool, public participation, and investment and financing mechanisms. It provides eight targeted strategies, such as building a multi-sectoral synergistic governance mechanism.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Environmental Science (all)
Subject: Earth and Planetary Sciences (all)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2024.2445631
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Keywords: China; Future directions; Resilience evaluation; Systematic review; Urban flooding
Depositing User: Ms. Nur Faseha Mohd Kadim
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2026 01:43
Last Modified: 25 Feb 2026 01:43
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/123067
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