Practical dimension of urban and regional resilience concepts: a proposal of resilience strategy model

Abstract

It is not only growth and development that is of value to local, regional and central governments, but also the ability to absorb negative phenomena and the ability to continuously transform socio-economic systems. Resilience strategies thus serve as a response to the more and more frequent and intense natural, social and economic challenges. In some approaches to urban resilience, special attention is paid to activities undertaken by cities to become inclusive, integrated, robust, resourceful, reflective, redundant and flexible. In regional strategies the emphasis is on diversity, dispersion, mutuality and modularity. The aim of the paper is to synthesise selected qualities of resilient cities and regions into a new model of resilience strategy. It assumes that goals at each level of strategy are formulated according to adaptive interpretation of the resilience concept. Development of such model would enable the use of the concept by practitioners responsible for creating development strategies.

The concept of resilience: Dimensions, properties of resilient systems and spatial scales of resilience

“…The concept of resilience takes into account four basic dimensions relating to research and strategic activities (Figueiredo et al, 2018;Masik & Grabkowska, 2020;Masik, 2021;Masik & Gajewski, 2021). Namely, there are environmental, social, economic and institutional/agency dimensions.…”

“…economic sectors, economic efficiency, connectivity, interdependence and modularity of systems. From the point of view of implementing strategic actions, additional features of resilient systems and resilience strategies are indicated, such as robustness, flexibility, resourcefulness, reflectivity, dispersion, mutuality, and process-oriented actions such as inclusion and integration (Bristow, 2010;Drobniak, 2015;Figueiredo et al, 2018;Masik & Grabkowska, 2020;Irani & Rahnamayiezekavat, 2021) Characteristic for the geographical sciences is the study of the properties of system elements as well as taking into account various spatial scales. These scales are related to different research approaches focusing on different elements of the systems.…”

Regional economic resilience: A scoping review

“…In addition, RER is multi-dimensional. Due to its cross-fertilization across many fields (Frohlich and Hassink, 2018), scholars have teased out and highlighted the various dimensions of resilience: preparation, vulnerability, resistance, robustness, and recovery (Foster, 2007; Martin and Sunley, 2015; Masik and Grabkowska, 2020; Pendall et al, 2010; Sanchez-Zamora and Gallardo-Cobos, 2019). The multi-dimensional aspect of RER will be discussed in more depth in subsection 4.3.…”

“…7.See the following articles for examples of the dimensions of resilience Martin and Sunley (2015), Masik and Grabkowska (2020), and Sanchez-Zamora and Gallardo-Cobos (2019).…”

The Effects of Tourism Development on Eco-Environment Resilience and Its Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

“…It has been studied extensively in various disciplines, such as geography, ecology, and social sciences. The theory and practice of urban resilience aim to provide holistic and process-regulated solutions to address urban problems and promote sustainable urban development [37].…”