Integrated Approach to a Resilient City: Associating Social, Environmental and Infrastructure Resilience in its Whole

Fabrizio Torresi and Birute Pitrėnaitė-Žilėnienė

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2014, issue 02

Abstract: Rising complexity, numbers and severity of natural and manmade disasters enhance the importance of reducing vulnerability, or on contrary – increasing resilience, of different kind of systems, including those of social, engineering (infrastructure), and environmental (ecological) nature. The goal of this research is to explore urban resilience as an integral system of social, environmental, and engineering resilience. This report analyses the concepts of each kind of resilience and identifies key factors influencing social, ecological, and infrastructure resilience discussing how these factors relate within urban systems. The achievement of resilience of urban and regional systems happens through the interaction of the different elements (social, psychological, physical, structural, and environmental, etc.); therefore, resilient city could be determined by synergy of resilient society, resilient infrastructure and resilient environment of the given area. Based on literature analysis, the current research provides some insights on conceptual framework for assessment of complex urban systems in terms of resilience. To be able to evaluate resilience and define effective measures for prevention and risk mitigation, and thereby strengthen resilience, we propose to develop an e-platform, joining risk parameters’ Monitoring Systems, which feed with data Resiliency Index calculation domain. Both these elements result in Multirisk Platform, which could serve for awareness and shared decision making for resilient people in resilient city.

Keywords: resilience; resilient city; urban system; multirisk platform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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