Assessment of Urban Resilience against Climate Change in Alexandria City, Egypt using a modified framework of Baseline Resilience Indicators for

Abstract

In recent years, Climate change has added significant challenges and pressures to cities, especially coastal cities, and with the persistence or increase of these challenges, there is an urgent need for strong urban resilience frameworks to help cities enhance their resistance. In this context, this paper aims to assess the level of urban resilience of the city of Alexandria, Egypt, to help its policy makers adopt appropriate strategies and actions to enhance its resistance against the challenges resulting from the major climate changes that will occur in the near future. The process of assessing the level of urban resilience of Alexandria city was based on measuring many indicators within five main dimensions of resilience: socio-economic, community capital, environment, infrastructure and Housing in each neighborhood of the city using a modified framework of Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC). The index incorporated a set of relevant indicators for each dimension, and resilience scores were calculated for both individual neighborhoods and the city as a whole. The paper concluded that there are significant disparities in the level of urban resilience between the different neighborhoods of Alexandria and concluded that the level of overall urban resilience of the city needs many corrective actions in order to be able to withstand the potential environmental challenges.