Urban Disaster Management and Resilience

Nazif, Sara; Khoie, Mohammad Masoud Mohammadpour; Eslamian, Saeid

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61278-8_7

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“…"Urban Disaster Management and Resilience" by S. Nazif [5], "Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach" directed by Yoshiki Yamagata and Hiroshi Maruyama [6], "How can a municipal government continue operations during megadisasters? An analysis of preparedness using complex adaptive systems" by M. Haraguchi [7] presents theoretical frameworks for the recovery of cities post-crises and disasters with an emphasis on architecture and urban planning.…”

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The Role of Crises in the City's Functioning and Development Processes

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Chechelnytskyi,

Izbash

2023

Modern Construction and Architecture

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The article presents the systematization of crises events arising in the process of functioning and development of the city as a complex system with a large number of different components interacting in a dynamic manner. The city is analyzed as an object that consists of a multitude of systems and subsystems, whose life interests on one hand foster development and on the other, limit each other's growth. As they change under the pressure of external and internal factors, these elements encounter limitations imposed by adjacent systems, leading to conflicts in the life interests of the city's subsystems. In this case, the contradictions are necessary and inevitable conditions for the development of any system, providing its mutability under changing external conditions of existence. Practically, they act as the driving force of development, prompting the system to alter its properties. City risks losing its ability to adapt and becoming vulnerable to external influences and internal disturbances. The study uses ideas taken from systems theory and synergetics, which allow for conclusions that the city as a system demonstrates a classic case of the "Law of Unity and Conflict of Opposites", where there is a constant balancing between the need to maximize self-preservation and survive in a changing world. On the other hand ‒ the aspiration for changes, sometimes leading to crisis. These systemic contradictions can be resolved by sophisticated regulation or can be exacerbated by wrong decisions. This approach offers new horizons for urban planning, where every step should be deliberate and aimed at providing sustainable development, consolidation of the social structure and a higher quality of life for citizens. With this perspective, city governments can transform potential crises into opportunities for the development and modernization of urban environments.

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