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Arana, M M and Wittek, R P M (2016) Community resilience: Sustained cooperation and space usage in collective housing. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 764-74.

De Carli, B (2016) Micro-resilience and justice: Co-producing narratives of change. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 775-88.

Fagan-Watson, B and Burchell, K (2016) Heatwave planning: Community involvement in co-producing resilience. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 754-63.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: urban politics; built environment; resilient cities; heatwave; co-production; adaptation; resilience; public policy; climate change; politics; construction & building technology; city; renewable energy; summer; planning
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1209626
  • Abstract:
    Drawing on a thematic analysis of relevant policy documents, an apparent disconnect is identified between two associated contemporary UK policy areas: planning for heatwaves and community resilience. Regional and national policy documents that plan for heatwaves in the UK tend to focus on institutional emergency responses and infrastructure development. In these documents, although communities are mentioned, they are understood as passive recipients of resilience that is provided by active institutions. Meanwhile, contemporary discussion about community resilience highlights the potential for involving communities in planning for and responding to emergencies (although the concept is also the subject of critique). To improve heatwave preparation, planning and response, more effort by central and local governments is required to articulate and realize greater participation by individuals, and voluntary and community sector groups.;  Drawing on a thematic analysis of relevant policy documents, an apparent disconnect is identified between two associated contemporary UK policy areas: planning for heatwaves and community resilience. Regional and national policy documents that plan for heatwaves in the UK tend to focus on institutional emergency responses and infrastructure development. In these documents, although communities are mentioned, they are understood as passive recipients of resilience that is provided by active institutions. Meanwhile, contemporary discussion about community resilience highlights the potential for involving communities in planning for and responding to emergencies (although the concept is also the subject of critique). To improve heatwave preparation, planning and response, more effort by central and local governments is required to articulate and realize greater participation by individuals, and voluntary and community sector groups.;Drawing on a thematic analysis of relevant policy documents, an apparent disconnect is identified between two associated contemporary UK policy areas: planning for heatwaves and community resilience. Regional and national policy documents that plan for heatwaves in the UK tend to focus on institutional emergency responses and infrastructure development. In these documents, although communities are mentioned, they are understood as passive recipients of resilience that is provided by active institutions. Meanwhile, contemporary discussion about community resilience highlights the potential for involving communities in planning for and responding to emergencies (although the concept is also the subject of critique). To improve heatwave preparation, planning and response, more effort by central and local governments is required to articulate and realize greater participation by individuals, and voluntary and community sector groups.;

Gibson-Graham, J K, Hill, A and Law, L (2016) Re-embedding economies in ecologies: Resilience building in more than human communities. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 703-16.

Krzywoszynska, A, Buckley, A, Birch, H, Watson, M, Chiles, P, Mawyin, J, Holmes, H and Gregson, N (2016) Co-producing energy futures: Impacts of participatory modelling. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 804-15.

Petrescu, D, Petcou, C and Baibarac, C (2016) Co-producing commons-based resilience: Lessons from R-urban. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 717-36.

Stevenson, F, Baborska-Narozny, M and Chatterton, P (2016) Resilience, redundancy and low-carbon living: Co-producing individual and community learning. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 789-803.

Stollmann, J (2016) Neighbourhood resilience in mass housing: Co-production via research-by-design. Building Research & Information, 44(07), 737-53.