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© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Climate change poses a severe environmental crisis where many European urban centers face increased risks, among others, of flooding and/or water scarcity due to intense rainfall and prolonged droughts. Urgent adaptation measures are required to enhance resilience in urban, peri-urban, and agricultural areas against extreme weather events. This article describes a method for categorizing urban areas based on climate-related risks as a targeting and prioritization system for allocating climate resilience measures in cities. The method allows for calculating a climate vulnerability index value, considering temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, population density, altitude, and urban area. Focused on the Mediterranean region, particularly Sicily, the index application generates quantifiable vulnerability values for urban settlements, enabling comparison and prioritization. The reproducible and scalable method provides a valuable tool for urban analysis beyond the Mediterranean and can facilitate decision-making processes to initiate future studies and projects.

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Title
Assessment of the Climate Environmental Vulnerability Index for Urban Settlements on the Mediterranean Coast: A Case Study in Sicily
Author
Floralba Pirracchio Massimino 1 ; Castanho, Rui Alexandre 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gómez, Inmaculada 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rincón, Víctor 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Velázquez, Javier 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Environment and Agroforestry, Catholic University of Avila, 05005 Avila, Spain; [email protected] (F.P.M.); [email protected] (I.G.); [email protected] (J.V.) 
 Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; [email protected]; VALORIZA, Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), 7300 Portalegre, Portugal; Advanced Research Centre, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Northern Cyprus, TR-10, Mersin 99101, Turkey 
 Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain 
First page
130
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
24138851
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3110711511
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.