Resilient cities in the anthropocene: myth or reality?

Authors

  • Carlos Montes
  • Maritza Duque Gutiérrez

Keywords:

Urban systems, urban resilience, urban sustainability, urban policies

Abstract

The term “resilience” has become a significant concept in academia through its use in a
wide variety of disciplines in social and biophysical sciences, including psychology, economics,
anthropology, ecology and engineering. Resilience is now becoming an important tool in urban
planning to assess the capacity of cities to adapt to changes occurring in a context of social
protection, reducing disaster risks or adapting to climate change. The objective of this paper is to
assess the differences, similarities and limitations of the two most controversial concepts in
present-day urban development: resilience and sustainability. The most common interpretations
and difficulties existing for its application to urban planning are discussed. The authors consider
resilience to be a key concept for making urban sustainability an operational reality.

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Published

2015-03-21

How to Cite

Montes, C., & Duque Gutiérrez, M. (2015). Resilient cities in the anthropocene: myth or reality?. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 47(183), 9–22. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76390

Issue

Vol. XLVII, núm. 183 (2015)

Section

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Copyright (c) 2015 Carlos Montes, Maritza Duque Gutiérrez

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