Quantifying the Urban Resilience Gap: A Parcel-Level Assessment of Structural Decay and Strategic Misalignment in Riga, Latvia

A critical urban resilience gap exists in Riga, Latvia, where 92.7% of buildings in the terminal phase of structural decay are overlooked by the city's RTIAN 2030 strategic intervention framework. These vulnerable structures, supporting over 646,000 residents and 13,416 businesses, face exponential risk without proactive monitoring. The study introduces a multi-dimensional resilience framework combining high-resolution wear-out data with an Economic Priority Index (EPI), revealing that 98% of structurally critical hotspots are bypassed by Smart City modernization initiatives. This research provides a replicable diagnostic tool for post-socialist urban contexts, offering municipal authorities actionable insights to realign investment priorities with empirical vulnerabilities and ensure long-term metropolitan continuity.

Saneimoghaddam, S., Geipele, I., Kundzina, A., & Zvirgzdins, J. (2026). Quantifying the Urban Resilience Gap: A Parcel-Level Assessment of Structural Decay and Strategic Misalignment in Riga, Latvia. Land, 15(7), 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/land15071144