A research-based, practice-relevant urban resilience framework for local government

Abstract

Urban resilience has rapidly developed as a concept to assist urban actors to prepare for, and respond to, shocks and stresses experienced in cities. Urban resilience has been variously defined, and abstract and nebulous resilience concepts can be difficult to apply in practice. Through a research-practice partnership we sought to clarify the concept of urban resilience and make it applicable to the multi-sectoral work of local government in Australia. By conducting a literature review and researcher-practitioner workshops, we developed an urban resilience framework to assist local government planning. We defined urban resilience from an evolutionary perspective: The capacity of individuals,..