This session focused on the factors working both in favour and against the ability of a communities to recover, adapt and transform from crises.Resilience was broadly framed in response to natural disaster (Ryokawa, Gonçalves and Ortiz) and economic shock (Masik). The...
The central theme of this session was the importance of social resilience in the framework of urban resilience. Social capital paving a way for social resilience is one of the most important aspects of holistic urban resilience.Studies show that the current wave of...
Topics such as community, social, housing, and urban resilience, lead the conference and opened discussions about how cities are practicing the concept, and what are the main challenges these cities have to overcome to start reframing resilience. The main goal of this...
The session “From Regulations to Self-building” encompassed the idea of bridging academic concepts with practice through the use of policy as a framework for urban resilience. The five presentations focused on a range of regulations—municipal policies and humanitarian...