Stormwater Green Infrastructure Resilience Assessment: A Social-Ecological Framework for Urban Stormwater Management

Urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Stormwater Green infrastructure (SWGI) is seen as an approach increase resilience urban areas, because they can buffer precipitation changes brought on by However, SWGI features themselves need be resilient change able contribute cities. Thus, we aimed develop a assessment framework that could used identify challenges and inform decisionmakers’ efforts enhance resilience. We developed based upon matrix recognize effective categories for reviewing literature critical functionality barriers implementation operation. These included policy, design, maintenance, economic factors social influence functionality. then identified specific aspects under each category assessing resilience, recognizing has functionalities controlling its viability. Unlike other frameworks focused ecosystem services final outcome, worked from socio-ecological perspective in order include socio-economic policy design planning affect service provision. Developing management it reveal facing have traditionally been overlooked, such maintenance factors. This also lead efficient identifying interrelations hierarchical relationships Application this will rely expert input connect broad dimensions with indicators local priorities planning.