Geographic determinism Vs urban resilience: italian scenario analysis

Do Smart Cities Represent the Key to Urban Resilience? Rethinking Urban Resilience

“…Thus, resilience must be rethought, taking into account smart cities in the “new normal” context. In the literature, we found that urban resilience is often associated with sustainable development [ 48 ], but there are studies on smart cities and achieving urban resilience [ 38 ], building resilience in the urban periphery [ 79 ], integration of resilience and smart city concepts in urban systems [ 7 ], and redefining the smart city concept with a resilience approach [ 39 ]. Although there are studies on the relationship between the two concepts and the need to incorporate resilience in order to achieve a smart city, our study is the only one considering the health component, highlighting the improved resilience based on it.…”

“…Urban resilience can be defined differently, depending on the perspective analyzed: (a) the engineering perspective—urban resilience is the capacity of a city to absorb change or stress and return to its previous state [ 32 ]; (b) the ecological perspective—urban resilience is the capacity of a city to adjust to a shock or disaster without damaging the existing structures and relationships [ 22 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]; (c) the socio-ecological (evolutionary) perspective—urban resilience is the capacity of a city to adapt or transform in response to a change or shock [ 35 , 36 , 37 ]. De Falco et al [ 38 ] highlighted that a smart city and a resilient city are based on similar development trajectory systems, but are connected [ 39 , 40 ]. There is also evidence that some smart cities are not much more resistant to unexpected events such as climate change or disasters.…”