Urban Resilience for Urban Sustainability: Concepts, Dimensions, and Perspectives

Xun Zeng, Yuanchun Yu, San Yang, Yang Lv and Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
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Xun Zeng: School of Management, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
Yuanchun Yu: School of Management, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
San Yang: School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, China
Yang Lv: College of Teachers, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker: School of Political Science and Public Administration, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641112, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-27

Abstract: Urbanization is a continuous process for a city’s economic development. Though rapid urbanization provides a huge employment opportunity for people, urban threats also increase proportionately due to natural and man-made hazards. Understanding urban resilience and sustainability is an urgent matter to face hazards in the rapidly urbanized world. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the concept and develop key indications of urban resilience and sustainability from the existing literature. A systematic literature review guided by PRISMA has been conducted using literature from 1 January 2001 to 30 November 2021. It argues that sustainability and resilience are interrelated paradigms that emphasize a system’s capacity to move toward desirable development paths. Resilience and sustainability are fundamentally concerned with preserving societal health and well-being within the context of a broader framework of environmental change. There are significant differences in their emphasis and time scales, particularly in the context of urbanization. This study has identified key indicators of urban resilience under three major components like adaptive capacity (education, health, food, and water), absorptive capacity (community support, urban green space, protective infrastructure, access to transport), and transformative capacity (communication technology, collaboration of multi-stakeholders, emergency services of government, community-oriented urban planning). This study also identified several indicators under major dimensions (social, economic, and environmental) of urban sustainability. The findings will be fruitful in understanding the dynamics of urban vulnerability and resilience and its measurement and management strategy from developed indicators.

Keywords: vulnerability; urban planning; sustainability; urban management; disaster management; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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