Greenham, S.V., Ferranti, E.J.S., Cork, N., Jones, S.A., Zhong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Haskins, B., Grayson, N., Needle, S., Acton, W.J.F., Mackenzie, A.R. and Bloss, W.J. (2025) Scaling up from local to regional: progress in mapping climate risk and vulnerability across the West Midlands for decision-making. In: ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1429: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Wisley, Woking, United Kingdom, pp. 439-448. ISBN 978-9462614284 ISSN 0567-7572 (Print), 2406-6168 (Online) (doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1429.53)

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As the climate changes and urbanisation grows, there is an increasing need to ensure climate risk is addressed to protect citizens. This paper presents progress in the methodological approach of combining disparate geospatial data to generate a holistic climate risk and vulnerability assessment (CRVA) map. A CRVA map visualises the spatial characteristics of a region, helping decision-makers such as planners in local authorities to prioritise and target resources to areas most at-risk to the impacts of climate change. This paper describes the co-development of a CRVA map for Birmingham City Council, and subsequent scaling of the approach for the West Midlands region. The CRVA map outputs demonstrate i) the spatial variability in climate risk, and ii) how different underpinning factors can influence climate risk, to create the similar or differing CRVA scores. In turn, the CRVA allows decision-makers to plan climate adaptation measures, such as selecting appropriate trees or vegetation as a nature-based solution for new or existing developments. Moreover, the CRVA methodological approach was designed to support adaptation as an iterative process; enabling decision-makers to embed the process into business practices that build technical capacity and promotes monitoring and evaluating progress in reducing climate risk over time. The CRVA mapping outputs for Birmingham are published by the local authority; the regional CRVA will be published by the West Midlands Combined Authority in 2024.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1429: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024)
Additional Information:	Unmapped bibliographic data: J2 - ActaHortic. [Field not mapped to EPrints] . * "he original publication is available at ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1429: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024). Scaling up from local to regional: progress in mapping climate risk and vulnerability across the West Midlands for decision-making. Authors: S.V. Greenham, E.J.S. Ferranti, N. Cork, S.A. Jones, J. Zhong, B. Haskins, N. Grayson, S. Needle, W.J.F. Acton, A.R. Mackenzie, W.J. Bloss. Keywords: climate change, climate risk and vulnerability, GIS, mapping, climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1429.53 " - MP
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change, climate risk and vulnerability, GIS, mapping, climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2025 09:08
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50693

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