Discourse of Urban Resilience and ‘Inclusive Development’ in the Johannesburg Growth and Development Strategy 2040

Elisabeth Peyroux
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Elisabeth Peyroux: National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France

The European Journal of Development Research, 2015, vol. 27, issue 4, 560-573

Abstract: Drawing on various disciplinary perspectives, this article critically explores the transposition of the concept of resilience into urban planning, and the debates surrounding it. In particular, it examines how the links between urban resilience, sustainability and inclusive development are being constructed in the literature, and the implications in terms of governance. The article focuses on the example of the Johannesburg Growth and Development Strategy 2040, which uses the concept of resilience as an analytical framework and as a basis for planning a more inclusive development pathway. The article argues that despite overcoming some of the critiques made of the transposition of ‘resilience thinking’ in social sciences, there remain weaknesses and gaps in the reasoning linking resilience, economic growth and inclusive development, as well as unresolved issues of operationalization of resilience. In its endeavour to embrace resilience thinking, the city fails to size up the full implications of ‘resilience planning’.

Date: 2015
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