Strengthening the resilience of urban retailers towards flood risks - A case study in the riverbank region of Kaohsiung City

The results indicated that (1) mal-adaptation of mitigation measures focus only on short-term objectives and overlook long-term and the overall resilience potential; (2) the appropriate tools for resilience strengthening assessment ascertained the perceived vulnerability; the mitigation relies on knowledge, skill and network capacity attained from previous experiences; (3) interactive visual tools provided an accurate mean, evaluation, and implementation of an integrative interface to guide and enhance the process of resilience strengthening; (4) resilience adaptability from local retailers built an effective way to mitigate flood risks. Finally, further research issues are identified with an effective resilience strengthening method against climate change.