Urban resilience: An urban management perspective

Artikel

This paper seeks to contribute to the increasingly pressing debate on urban resilience. It does so from an urban manager's perspective. It reviews three conceptual approaches to the subject. These are then set against current urban development programmes in Kenya. It suggests a three-stage set of interventions. In year one, the environmental and physical vulnerabilities are surveyed and plotted on maps. The ideal is through modern GIS. In year two, the softer side of the urban system gains more analytical credibility; the "health and well-being" and "economy and society" dimensions. Year three sees the consolidation of analysis and action through the vertically integrated and iterative spatial and policy-based budgeting processes. These are practical interpretations on how urban resilience might be put into practice. While the concept of urban resilience and practical advocacy centres on Kenya, its application can have resonance in other Africa countries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal of Urban Management ; ISSN: 2226-5856 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 372-381

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
• Subject: Concepts ; Kenya ; Practice ; Resilience ; Strategies ; Urban

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): McGill, Ronald
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Elsevier
• (where): Amsterdam
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jum.2020.04.004
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/271403
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET