Urban resilience to the climate emergency : unravelling the transformative potential of institutional and grassroots initiatives / Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Hug March, Mar Satorras, editors.

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Urban resilience to the climate emergency : unravelling the transformative potential of institutional and grassroots initiatives / Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Hug March, Mar Satorras, editors.

9783031073014 (electronic bk.)
3031073010 (electronic bk.)
9783031073007
3031073002

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.

English

1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-031-07301-4 doi

HN49.C6

307.76

This volume sheds light on urban resilience strategies in times of climate emergency and social and economic crisis by reflecting on related social vulnerabilities and inequalities within cities and showing the potential of participatory governance approaches for socio-environmental transformation. The book compiles critical research documenting the articulation of urban resilience strategies dealing with climatic changes, as well as the understanding of the unexpected implications of top-down resilience plans to address the impacts of climate change in cities, especially on the most vulnerable urban populations, and the transformative capacities of bottom-up and socially innovative resilience strategies. The book especially focuses on co-produced and grassroots transformative processes that are concerned with social equity in urban planning for climate change. Although several publications cover the topic of urban resilience, this book provides a more nuanced exploration of urban climate governance and citizen engagement in urban climate resilience policies through the lenses of political ecology, environmental justice and co-production. In this regard, the volume moves beyond the approach of multilevel urban climate governance by critically addressing the unexpected impacts of top-down strategies of urban resilience with the goal of expanding the reflection on citizen engagement. The book also explores the emerging possibilities behind the co-production of urban resilience as well as the critical role of grassroots and citizens in promoting such alternative strategies. While the primary target audience is scholars from different disciplines (e.g. geography, urban studies, planning, political ecology, architecture, urban sociology, environmental studies) focusing on urban resilience, the editors also aim to reach urban resilience practitioners from local, national and international organisations as well as environmental grassroots and climate activists.

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