Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Five cities: Application of the Urban Systems Abstraction Hierarchy to characterize resilience across locations
Abstract Urban science questions are often difficult to answer due to the complexity of cities and the processes that shape and sustain them. Past work responded to this by proposing the Urban Systems Abstraction Hierarchy (USAH) as a tool which overcomes four complexity obstacles and operationalises resilience concepts. For the first time, this paper applies the USAH approach to five UK cities to demonstrate how it can be technically applied and theoretically interpreted to determine differences related to resilience. Results show that the USAH is capable of reflecting differences between UK cities based on varying physical resources and how these translate to differences in more abstract functions and outcomes. We hope this approach will be taken forward and applied by others to operationalise resilience concepts in a wider range of locations and contexts (for example, climate hazards as well as futures scenarios), and inform place-based resilience planning.
Highlights The USAH shows how cities' tangible resources support intangible resilience. Results for five UK cities highlight differences in baseline resilience. This foundation enables future work to apply more complex hazards and scenarios.
Five cities: Application of the Urban Systems Abstraction Hierarchy to characterize resilience across locations
Abstract Urban science questions are often difficult to answer due to the complexity of cities and the processes that shape and sustain them. Past work responded to this by proposing the Urban Systems Abstraction Hierarchy (USAH) as a tool which overcomes four complexity obstacles and operationalises resilience concepts. For the first time, this paper applies the USAH approach to five UK cities to demonstrate how it can be technically applied and theoretically interpreted to determine differences related to resilience. Results show that the USAH is capable of reflecting differences between UK cities based on varying physical resources and how these translate to differences in more abstract functions and outcomes. We hope this approach will be taken forward and applied by others to operationalise resilience concepts in a wider range of locations and contexts (for example, climate hazards as well as futures scenarios), and inform place-based resilience planning.
Highlights The USAH shows how cities' tangible resources support intangible resilience. Results for five UK cities highlight differences in baseline resilience. This foundation enables future work to apply more complex hazards and scenarios.
Five cities: Application of the Urban Systems Abstraction Hierarchy to characterize resilience across locations
Bedinger, Melissa (Autor:in) / McClymont, Kerri (Autor:in) / Beevers, Lindsay (Autor:in) / Visser-Quinn, Annie (Autor:in) / Aitken, Gordon (Autor:in)
Cities ; 139
29.04.2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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