RESIN

The objective of RESIN is to provide standardised methodologies for vulnerability assessments, performance evaluations of adaptation measures, and for decision support tools supporting the development of robust adaptation strategies tailored to the city. To this end, RESIN aims to create a common unifying framework that allows comparing strategies, results and identification of best practices by:

• Creating an urban typology that characterises European cities based on different socio-economic and biophysical variables.
• Delivering standardised methods for assessing climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks; providing an inventory of adaptation measures and developing standardised methods to assess the performance of such adaptation measures.
• Collaborating closely with 4 ‘case cities’ for practical applicability and reproducibility, and with European Standardisation organisations to ensure a systematic (standardised) implementation.
• Integrating findings in a coherent framework for the decision making process, with associated methods, tools and datasets.

The consortium consists of 17 partners from 8 different European countries, experienced in urban resilience and climate change, and combining theory (knowledge institutes/universities) with practice (cities, consultancies, network organisation, standardisation institute).

The main products of the RESIN project are:

• An analysis of the state-of-the-art of concepts and approaches linked to the RESIN project; and a conceptual framework for the project.
• A typology for European cities for adaptation to climate change.
• Detailed guidance for an impact and vulnerability analysis (IVAVIA) including tooling such as an impact chain diagram creator, and aggregation and calculation support.
• A database of possible adaptation options with due attention for harmonisation of effectiveness and cost-efficiency information; and standardised methods for prioritising between these adaptation measures.
• Methodology for the adaptation pathway design.
• A common unifying framework for the adaptation decision-making process, with associated methods, tools and datasets in the form of an e-Guide.
• Inputs for the international and European Standardisation organisations to enhance the standardisation of actions and approaches in climate change adaptation
• A circle of Tier-2 cities that have been introduced to the RESIN tools; further a wide range of dissemination activities took place.