Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South

The authors of "Resilience Reset" argue for a pause and stocktake of resilience concepts, practices, and challenges in cities of the Global South, calling for a pivot towards novel approaches to enhancing resilience. The book presents shifts in data acquisition, community resilience, urban planning, informality, financing, and skills development for cities in a post-COVID world grappling with climate impacts. It encourages researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to break out of existing modes of thinking and doing and provides actionable insights for cities to deal with multiple shocks and stresses. The book is a valuable resource for those studying urbanisation, development, climate change, and risk management, as well as those designing and deploying operational initiatives to enhance urban resilience.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 220 pages
\n Publication date: 12 July 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Drawing on evidence from urban resilience initiatives around the globe, the authors make a compelling argument for a resilience reset, a pause and stocktake that critically examines the concepts, practices, and challenges of building resilience, particularly in cities of the Global South. In turn, the book calls for the world's cities to alter their course and pivot towards novel approaches to enhancing resilience. The book presents shifts in ways of acquiring and analyzing data, building community resilience, approaching urban planning, engaging with informality, delivering financing, and building the skills of those running cities in a post-COVID world grappling with climate impacts.

In Resilience Reset, the authors encourage researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to break out of existing modes of thinking and doing that may no longer be relevant for our rapidly urbanizing and dynamic world. The book draws on the latest academic and practice-based evidence to provide actionable insights for cities that will enable them to deal with multiple interacting shocks and stresses.

The book will be an indispensable resource to those studying urbanization, development, climate change, and risk management as well as for those designing and deploying operational initiatives to enhance urban resilience in businesses, international organizations, civil society organizations, and governments. It is a must-read for anyone interested in managing the risks of climate impacts in urban centers in the Global South.

\n Weight: 374g\n
Dimension: 154 x 235 x 31 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367375508\n \n