A Study on the Characteristics and System Construction of Urban Disaster Resilience in Shanghai: A Metropolis Perspective

Damin Dong, Zeyu Yu () and Jianzhong Xu
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Damin Dong: Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai 200237, China
Zeyu Yu: Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai 200237, China
Jianzhong Xu: Shanghai Tongji Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200092, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: As climate change intensifies, cities face growing risks. Natural disasters underscore the vulnerabilities inherent in urban systems. Resilience provides a dynamic and developmental approach to urban disaster management. This study focuses on Shanghai to examine its urban disaster resilience by analyzing compounded disaster scenarios, the impacts on vulnerable entities, and spatial differentiation within the city. Specifically, it explores the internal mechanisms of resilience across three dimensions, functional, procedural, and systemic, forming the foundation for the model. A three-dimensional urban disaster resilience model is then constructed. The first-level indicators afford the overall framework, the second-level indicators emphasize resilience based on resources and geographical endowments, and the third-level indicators are tailored to the current political, economic, cultural, and social characteristics of the region. Using actual collected data, along with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and expert judgment methodologies, the resilience indicator system for Shanghai can scientifically reflect the city’s capacity to withstand disasters and offers a foundation for developing targeted solutions. The results highlight the framework’s potential generalizability to other metropolises and its contributions to global resilience research.

Keywords: disaster risk; urban resilience; resilience characteristics; system construction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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