Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities

As a result of climate change, cities today are increasingly exposed to various climate-related risks. This has resulted in a significant change in the way we deal with cities. In recent years, efforts toward achieving resilient cities have been strengthened with various initiatives and actions. Int...

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Main Authors: Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah, Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam, Razak, Khamarrul Azahari, Asmawi, M. Zainora
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: IOP Publishing 2020
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author Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
Razak, Khamarrul Azahari
Asmawi, M. Zainora
author_facet Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
Razak, Khamarrul Azahari
Asmawi, M. Zainora
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description As a result of climate change, cities today are increasingly exposed to various climate-related risks. This has resulted in a significant change in the way we deal with cities. In recent years, efforts toward achieving resilient cities have been strengthened with various initiatives and actions. Internationally, among the key initiatives are the launching of Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement to achieve climate and disaster resilient within cities. Development plans are known to be essential documents to present strategies to guide future development, thus have the potential to ensure the improvement of the city's resilience. Hence, this paper aimed at assessing the current state of the adoption of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies in the various level of development planning. Based on the content analysis method, the paper discusses the different types of adaptation and mitigation interventions at national, state and local level plans aimed at reducing the impact of climate change and disaster risk in cities. Malaysian's federal policy documents (Eleventh Malaysia Plan, National Physical Plan III and National Urbanisation Policy II), state structure plans (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 and Pahang State Structure Plan 2035) and local development plans (Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2030 and Cameron Highlands Draft Local Plan 2030) were referred to for this purpose. Overall, findings of the study indicated that at the national level, aspects of CCA and DRR are limited to the environment and infrastructure sector. However, locally, much higher integration of CCA and DRR strategies are evident in the Cameron Highlands Draft Local Plan 2030. Thus, it is realised that Malaysia is progressing positively towards mainstreaming CCA and DRR strategy in the different level of development plans crossing all sectors with various types of interventions. However, more effort is needed to focus on the collaborative action in the implementation of the strategies and actions stipulated in the development plans.
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spelling iium-823382020-09-01T01:46:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82338/ Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam Razak, Khamarrul Azahari Asmawi, M. Zainora H Social Sciences (General) As a result of climate change, cities today are increasingly exposed to various climate-related risks. This has resulted in a significant change in the way we deal with cities. In recent years, efforts toward achieving resilient cities have been strengthened with various initiatives and actions. Internationally, among the key initiatives are the launching of Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement to achieve climate and disaster resilient within cities. Development plans are known to be essential documents to present strategies to guide future development, thus have the potential to ensure the improvement of the city's resilience. Hence, this paper aimed at assessing the current state of the adoption of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies in the various level of development planning. Based on the content analysis method, the paper discusses the different types of adaptation and mitigation interventions at national, state and local level plans aimed at reducing the impact of climate change and disaster risk in cities. Malaysian's federal policy documents (Eleventh Malaysia Plan, National Physical Plan III and National Urbanisation Policy II), state structure plans (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 and Pahang State Structure Plan 2035) and local development plans (Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2030 and Cameron Highlands Draft Local Plan 2030) were referred to for this purpose. Overall, findings of the study indicated that at the national level, aspects of CCA and DRR are limited to the environment and infrastructure sector. However, locally, much higher integration of CCA and DRR strategies are evident in the Cameron Highlands Draft Local Plan 2030. Thus, it is realised that Malaysia is progressing positively towards mainstreaming CCA and DRR strategy in the different level of development plans crossing all sectors with various types of interventions. However, more effort is needed to focus on the collaborative action in the implementation of the strategies and actions stipulated in the development plans. IOP Publishing 2020-01-03 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82338/7/82338%20Climate%20Change%20Adaptation%20and%20Disaster%20Risk%20Reduction.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82338/8/82338%20Climate%20Change%20Adaptation%20and%20Disaster%20Risk%20Reduction%20SCOPUS.pdf Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah and Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam and Razak, Khamarrul Azahari and Asmawi, M. Zainora (2020) Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities. In: The 1st International Conference on Urban Design and Planning 10 September 2019, Semarang, Indonesia, 10th September 2020, Semarang, Indonesia. 10.1088/1755-1315/409/1/012024
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
Razak, Khamarrul Azahari
Asmawi, M. Zainora
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title_full Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title_fullStr Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title_full_unstemmed Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title_short Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
title_sort climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in urban development plans for resilient cities
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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