The Urban Geo-climate Footprint approach

Enhancing urban resilience through improved geological conceptualisation

Bibliographic Data

ID11453074
AuthorsAzzurra Lentini (0000-0002-3444-5003, Universidad de Granada), Jorge Pedro Galve (0000-0001-5780-821X, Universidad de Granada), Beatriz Benjumea (0000-0002-0673-3411, United States Geological Survey), Stephanie Bricker (0000-0001-8757-3618, United States Geological Survey), Xavier Devleeschouwer (0000-0002-8841-1159, United States Geological Survey), Paolo Maria Guarino (0000-0003-1275-5550, United States Geological Survey), Timothy Kearsey (0000-0002-3869-7451, United States Geological Survey), Gabriele Leoni (0000-0002-9538-3272, United States Geological Survey), Luca Maria Puzzilli (0000-0003-2357-7016, United States Geological Survey), Saverio Romeo (0000-0003-2624-4487, United States Geological Survey), Guri Venvik (0000-0001-6841-7564, United States Geological Survey), Francesco La Vigna (0000-0003-2727-2017, United States Geological Survey, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume155
Pages105287
Publication date2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0264-2751 • E-ISSN: 1873-6084
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.cities.2024.105287
OpenAlexW4402378859
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Urban resilience is critical to allow cities to withstand the challenges of the 21st Century. One factor that is often overlooked in such assessments is the role of the subsurface. A novel methodology called the Urban Geo-climate Footprint (UGF) has been developed to classify cities quickly and comprehensively from geological and climatic perspectives. The method operates on the fundamental assumption that cities with similar geological-geographical settings will face similar challenges, due to both common geological issues and associated climate impacts. The UGF approach has been applied to 41 European cities in collaboration with 17 Geological Surveys of Europe, the results of the UGF analysis are presented along with a regional classification of the geological resilience indicators. The UGF tool provides a semi-quantitative representation of the pressures driven by geological and climatic complexity for the cities presented, providing for a first time such classification of the urban environment. The advantage of this methodology lies in increasing awareness among non-experts and decision-makers of the interplay between geological settings, climate change pressures, and anthropogenic activities. Furthermore, it facilitates the exchange best practices among city planners to increase resilience, supporting knowledge based decision making to promote actions and policies, that enhance geoscience-informed climate justice. Graphical abstract of the UGF approach and results. • New method for classifying cities by a geological and climate point of view. • Clustering cities by geo-climate features allows better exchange of best practices to support policy makers. • A tool capable to increase awareness of non-experts on urban geology

Archaeology · Civil engineering · Climate change · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Footprint · Geography · Resilience (materials science · Urban landscape · Urban planning · Urban resilience · earthquake and tectonic studies · Engineering · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Science · Underground infrastructure and sustainability · Geology · Oceanography

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