Twenty Years of Resilient City Research: Reviews and Perspectives

Zongrun Wang, Yiyun Tan () and Xin Lu ()
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Zongrun Wang: College of Business School, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Yiyun Tan: College of Business School, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Xin Lu: College of Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-23

Abstract: The resilient city plays an increasingly important role in coping with the challenges raised by economic, social, and environmental risks. In this review, we examine approximately 27,094 papers published in the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) and perform extensive bibliometric and scientometric analyses to identify the research themes, evolutionary history, and potential research trends in the state of the art in resilient city studies. Seven main resilient city research themes are identified, with significant differences persisting across regions. Specifically, the research on resilient cities in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America reveals clear regional characteristics in macro development planning and strategies, technological methods, urban economic growth, urban water resource protection, and so on. The analysis also reveals the collaborative networks among different countries and regions in the study of resilient cities. The evolutionary history of resilient city research shows that it has gradually evolved from a single research field into a multidisciplinary field and further formed a unique discipline. Moreover, the urban ecological environment, urban economic development, urban sprawl, and urban mobility have become key research hot spots and trends in resilient city research. This study provides a systematic and data-driven analytical demonstration of resilient city research, which provides empirical support for policy formulation and practice.

Keywords: urban study; resilient city; urban risk; climate risk; urban resource (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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