Abstract:
Risk-sensitive urban development is an innovative planning approach that can transform
the way cities are built in order to face the uncertainties that arise from climate-induced
disaster risks. There are many actions taken by individuals, households, communities,
urban development companies and relevant regulatory bodies to manage the risk
through the risk sensitive urban development methods. However, there is a disconnection
between the existing urban development projects and urban risk management process.
Therefore, urban developers and disaster risk managers should understand each other
and collaborate in order to provide a solution for this disconnection. In this regard,
identifying the state of the art of a risk sensitive urban development is beneficial for both
urban development and disaster management authorities to achieve their objectives.
This study therefore explores the state of art revealing indices, models, concepts, tools
and approaches which guide both urban developers and disaster managers to achieve
risk sensitive urban development. A systematic literature review using PRISMA method
covering the publications from 2017 to 2022 was carried out to identify the state of the
art in risk sensitive urban development. Having followed a systematic filtering process,
a total of 45 out of 281 research contributions have been considered for an in-depth
analysis. The study found storm surge disaster loss (SSDL), GRaBS assessment tool and
early warning systems as the key approaches of risk sensitive urban development which
can lead both urban developers and disaster managers to synchronise their ideas to
achieve risk sensitive urban development
