The application of resilience theory in urban development: a literature review

Abstract

In the complex context of urbanization and climate change, how to improve the resilience of cities to deal with various uncertain and unpredictable threats is a new topic with both theoretical and practical challenges. In this paper, the researches on urban resilience are summarized using the bibliometric analysis combined with the visualization analysis. We provide a systematic and objective review of resilience applied to urban development focusing on its conceptual frameworks, research tendencies, and assessment methods. The analysis results demonstrate that an increasing attention has been given to urban resilience, especially in the field of climate change. The degree of research varies significantly in different countries, with the USA dominating in the number of publications, followed by the UK and China. Scholars’ attention to urban resilience in different periods is closely related to the development background and disasters experienced by their countries, but there are also some commonalities. Meanwhile, the multi-dimensional research on urban resilience has been recognized by many scholars. Quantitative assessment tools such as simulation model and optimization model have been widely used to assess the level of urban resilience. Based on this, we put forward the future research trends in this field and provide a potential guide for future application of urban resilience.

Exploring the spatiotemporal changes and influencing factors of urban resilience based on Scale-Density-Morphology—A case study of the Chengdu-Deyang-Mianyang Economic Belt, China

“…First, urban resilience is a complex system, and there are various assessment methods based on different perspectives, but the urban resilience assessment method based on "scale-density-morphology" is useful for spatial planning. In this assessment method, scale resilience reflects the relationship between urban built-up land and suitable land for construction, revealing constraints and pressures on urban spatial expansion; density resilience reflects the relationship between ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity, and reveals the status of urban ecological carrying; Morphology resilience reflects the spatial relationship between construction land and ecological land, and reveals whether the urban form is well designed (Chunliang et al, 2018;Feng et al, 2020b;Wang and Han., 2021); The assessment results comprehensively reflect the spatial connection between the urban and the ecological environment, effectively identify the resilience characteristics of the urban region, and accurately reveal the contradiction between the pressure of human activities and the supporting capacity of resources and the environment (Bao et al, 2022;Kong L., et al, 2022). Therefore, it has a more important guiding significance for spatial planning (Fu and Wang., 2018;Shi and Qi., 2019).…”

“…Urban resilience is affected by many factors, such as sudden natural disasters and other uncertain factors. How to incorporate these factors into the assessment methods, to achieve a comprehensive grasp and accurate evaluation of uncertain risk factors, is worthy of further research in the future (Kong L., et al, 2022). At the same time, the study focused on the selection of indicators related to the scale of urban space.…”

(Re)Defining Restorative and Regenerative Urban Design and Their Relation to UNSDGs—A Systematic Review

“…Furthermore, in the following decade, many experts and researchers proposed a series of core principles and strategies for building a sustainable urban environment. These emerging insights and terms have contributed to the further development of urban regeneration theory, which may be the reason for the rapid increase in the number of publications between 2011 and 2021; for example, the concept of urban regeneration design was defined in 2000 [97], the term Resilient Cities was proposed in 2002 [98], and the principles of Green Urbanism were introduced in 2010 [99].…”

Analysis of the Relationship of Video Text and Urban Image Communication Based on the Calculation Method of Wedge Diffraction in Geometrical Optics

“…At present, new communication technology and the wave of globalization and urbanization are agitating each other, and the issue of constructing and disseminating the image of the city has become more prominent in the increasingly fierce competition [19]. In order to effectively recognize, understand, and deal with many urban communication problems such as changes in social relations, reorganization of communication forces, and changes in human existence due to the development and change of media technology in globalization and urbanization, there is an urgent need for more broad disciplinary perspective, more specific theoretical guidance, and more detailed media and audience research [20].…”