Towards resilience and transformation for cities within a finite planet

Description

The editorial article to a collection of scientific publications on urban transformation towards climate resilience discusses urban resilience asking what has to be resilient, why change is essential for urban resilience and argues in favour of urban transformation as a path leading to resilience while simultaneously achieving other goals of urban development. Furthermore, a discussion on urban resilience terminology is presented.

Reference information

Websites:

http://eau.sagepub.com/content/25/2/291.full

Source:

Environment & Urbanization journal

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2013

Keywords:

resilience, urban transformation

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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resilience and transformation for cities

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