Resilient Urbanism from the Perspective of Climate Change in Spain—The Case of Floods

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Underlining more knowledge about the potential effects that climate change can have on cities, the work addresses resilient urbanism as the main tool for strengthening the urban environment, more specifically, against the consequences of flooding, as this is one of the risks that causes most losses in Europe. Furthermore, this document provides studies that allow us to analyze the most recommendable strategies to successfully address the issue despite the obvious challenge involved and to assess the importance of nature-based solutions, questioning the use of only structural systems. According to the research carried out, the main types, causes, legislation and elements that drive and/or diminish flooding in cities have been exposed, with reference parameters and three case studies (Alicante, Vitoria and Zaragoza) for the evaluation of which indicators are crucial to choose the best solutions in different situations for the implementation of control measures, adaptation and mitigation of flood disasters.

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    For more information: http://repo.floodalliance.net/jspui/bitstream/44111/2237/1/05%20IFRC%20-%20Spanish%20-%20FINAL-with%20links-reduced.pdf.

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    Ley del Seguro Agrario Combinado (1978), Ley de Costas (1988), Gestión Medioambiental (Reglamento UE 1836/93), Normativa sismo resistente (1994), Directrices Básicas de Protección Civil (1994 and 1995), Ley de Aguas (2001), Plan Hidrológico Nacional (2001), Legislación de impacto ambiental (2001), Ley del Suelo (2007); etc.

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    In particular, on the urban developments planned in the cities, in anticipation of the regulation of Law 8/2007 of 28 May, on land, and Royal Legislative Decree 2/2008 of 20 June, approving the revised text of the Land Act, and its successor the Royal Legislative Decree 7/2015 of 30 October, approving the revised text of the Land and Urban Rehabilitation Law.

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Machado, I.B.R., Maroto, M.F., Graña, A.M. (2022). Resilient Urbanism from the Perspective of Climate Change in Spain—The Case of Floods. In: Kolathayar, S., Pal, I., Chian, S.C., Mondal, A. (eds) Civil Engineering for Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5312-4_31

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