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Anderies, J M (2014) Embedding built environments in social-ecological systems: resilience-based design principles. Building Research & Information, 42(02), 130-42.
Hassler, U and Kohler, N (2014) The ideal of resilient systems and questions of continuity. Building Research & Information, 42(02), 158-67.
Hedborg, S and Rosander, L (2024) Self-organizing in urban development: developers coordinating between construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 42(02), 114–28.
Karrbom Gustavsson, T, Hallin, A and Dobers, P (2024) Stakeholder involvement in distributed projects: a performative approach to large scale urban sustainable development projects and the case of Stockholm Royal Seaport. Construction Management and Economics, 42(02), 146–61.
Kuitert, L, Willems, J and Volker, L (2024) Value integration in multi-functional urban projects: a value driven perspective on sustainability transitions. Construction Management and Economics, 42(02), 182–98.
Pearson, A L, Barnard, L T, Pearce, J, Kingham, S and Howden-Chapman, P (2014) Housing quality and resilience in New Zealand. Building Research & Information, 42(02), 182-90.
Pickett, S T A, McGrath, B, Cadenasso, M L and Felson, A J (2014) Ecological resilience and resilient cities. Building Research & Information, 42(02), 143-57.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.850600
- Abstract:
The urban realm is changing rapidly and becoming increasingly interconnected across continents, and across contrasting types of land covers, while at the same time facing new environmental threats and experiencing new demographic and social pressures. The urban component of the global ecosystem can be made more sustainable by incorporating the ecological understanding of resilience into the discourse. Sustainability is seen as a social, normative goal, which can be promoted using the mechanisms of ecological resilience. Ecological resilience differs from engineering resilience. Ecological resilience emphasizes the capacity of a site to adjust to external shocks and changes in controlling interactions, while engineering resilience emphasizes its ability to return to a state that existed before perturbation. Ecological resilience is particularly appropriate to urban systems, given the extent and open-ended nature of the changes and challenges they face. Adaptive processes are explored as contributions to the achievement of a successful adaptive cycle in urban socio-ecological systems. Key tools for incorporating the ecological thinking about resilience into the social discourse include landscape or patch ecology, the novel idea of the metacity, an assessment of ecological and design models, and the use of designs as experiments.
Rogerson, R J, Giddings, B and Jefferies, M (2024) Constructing the future of the city centre: realizing visions. Construction Management and Economics, 42(02), 129–45.
Tainter, J A and Taylor, T G (2014) Complexity, problem-solving, sustainability and resilience. Building Research & Information, 42(02), 168-81.
Vigren, O (2024) Ecosystems in construction management and urban development: a comprehensive review of conceptualizations and contributions. Construction Management and Economics, 42(02), 162–81.