Of resilient places: planning for urban resilience

Mehmood, Abid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-6388 2016. Of resilient places: planning for urban resilience. European Planning Studies 24 (2) , pp. 407-419. 10.1080/09654313.2015.1082980

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Abstract

This paper argues that resilience of a place cannot necessarily be associated only with the level of its vulnerability to the environment or security. A place-based perspective to resilience helps understand the capacity of communities to withstand or adapt with change. Resilience of a place does not only refer to contingencies—such as formulating immediate responses to crisis situations or incidents such as earthquakes, floods or other disasters in vulnerable areas—but also considers long-term mitigation and adaptation strategies to face social, economic and environmental challenges. To this purpose, the paper applies an evolutionary resilience framework to the case of Transition towns in the UK as resilient places in terms of their capacity for learning, robustness, ability to innovate and adaptability to change. In conclusion, socially innovative actions and initiatives are found to be a primary source of resilience through bottom-up creativity among communities and stakeholders to help improve social relations, support socio-political empowerment and fulfil the basic needs of the people.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Resilient cities, transition initiative, social innovation, eco-cities, coupled socio-ecological systems, town and country planning
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0965-4313
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	10 August 2015
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 15:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76878

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