Seismic Risk Reduction: a Proposal for Identifying Elements Enhancing Resilience of Territorial Systems

摘要

Facing the complexity of urban and regional systems, as they are characterized by several elements continuously interacting each other and making complex governance in ordinary and extra-ordinary conditions, tools for manage strategic choices could be suitable. Therefore, due to the systems complexity, often it is needed, before to identify strategies, to clarify what the problem is, and clearly consider all relevant aspects. In this paper, we present a Strategic Option Development Analysis (SODA), applied to the problem of seismic risk reduction, with involvement of different kinds of stakeholders, acting on territory with several roles. The problem structuring has highlighted which are the components, in terms of available tools, elements on the territorial systems, stakeholders, etc. contributing to enhance resilience, as we recognize that this is the main characteristic that a system must have in order to answer to a seismic event. The paper is organized as follows: in the second paragraph, a framework concerning the seismic risk problem and the relationship between seismic risk and resilience. The third paragraph contains a deepening concerning resilience, and in the fourth is finally presented the approach applied to the problem of seismic risk reduction, the SODA. Results of adopted approach are presented in the fifth paragraph.