Resilience and Urban Governance - Securing Cities

List of contents

1. Resilience and its discontents 2. From problem-solving to self- governance 3. Global mobilizers of urban resilience 4. 100 Resilient Cities 5. Operationalizing city resilience 6. Barcelona 7. San Francisco 8. Santiago 9. Re-thinking urban resilience. What’s next?

About the author

Katarína Svitková earned a PhD in International Relations from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Her research and teaching is focused on human security and resilience in relation to urban environment.

Summary

This book challenges the concept of ‘urban resilience’ by exploring its impact and limitations in three cities.

Product details

• Authors: Katarina Svitkova, Katarína Svitková
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9780367652845
• ISBN: 978-0-367-65284-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Studies in Resilience
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Human Geography, Urban communities, Peace studies & conflict resolution, HISTORY / Europe / Spain