Conceptualizing dimensions and characteristics of urban resilience: Insights from a co-design process

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Sharifi, Ayyoob ^a   Chelleri, Lorenzo ^b,c   Fox Lent, Cate ^d   Grafakos, Stelios ^e   Pathak, Minal ^f   Olazabal, Marta ^g   Moloney, Susie ^h   Yumagulova, Lily ⁱ   Yamagata, Yoshiki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^h RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bottom up approach; Knowledge co design; Knowledge co production; Participatory methods; Structured Interview Matrix; Sustainability; Transdisciplinary; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85020846706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9061032     Document Type: Article

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