Table I.

The conceptual framework of evolutionary urban climate resilience

CategorySub-categoryQuestions
RecognitionConcept and significance of adaptation and resilience(1) Does this policy or legislation recognize the concept of climate change adaptation?
(2) Does this policy or legislation express the pressing need to adapt to climate change? If so, does it explain why?
(3) Does this policy or legislation recognize the concept of climate change resilience?
(4) Does this policy or legislation consider that climate change resilience should be strengthened? If so, does it explain why?
Climate risks and vulnerabilities(5) Does this policy or legislation recognize the impacts of climate change?
(6) Does this policy or legislation identify the characteristics of risks (i.e. attributes) and their time frames (long-term or short-term)?
(7) Does this policy or legislation recognize where vulnerable areas are and which social groups are affected by climate change?
ReadinessRobustness(8) In this policy or legislative process, are buildings and other infrastructure constructed and designed in light of the threats of climate change?
Resourcefulness(9) To what extent does this policy or legislation publish information and discuss technology about climate change and its impacts?
(10) Does this policy or legislation include organizations that can respond to climate change?
(11) Does this policy or legislation explicitly have a detailed budget for responding to the risks of climate change?
Redundancy(12) Does this policy or legislation designate a certain sector for obtaining a backup system in responding to climate change? If so, which sector would it be?
(13) Does this policy or legislation place a priority on allowing redundancy in a designated specific sector?
ResponseTimely response and governance(14) In case the threats from climate change materialize, does this policy or legislation indicate how early citizens are warned or informed by the system?
(15) Does this policy or legislation have manuals responding to short- and long-term risks from climate change? Are there any implementation schemes for resilience policy?
(16) Does this policy or legislation have provisions for a local community's participation and strengthening their responses?
(17) Does this policy or legislation include provisions for checking the level of cooperation by the national government, between a metropolitan government and a district government, between divisions within a district government and between local residents and governments?
Recovery(18) Does this policy or legislation include an assessment scheme for the causal impacts of climate change on risks?
(19) Does this policy or legislation have a system by which the local residents and stakeholders can participate in the evaluation process?

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