About this Research Topic
Cities are increasingly confronting nature-originated disasters, and there is a global consensus that immediate transformational action needs to be taken to achieve a sustainable and resilient future. The impacts of climate change necessitate the urgency to adapt our cities' environments to reduce risks and improve ecological and human health. A resilient urban future is now a global goal. It will entail the re-planning and co-design of our cities to recover swiftly from extreme events, a regeneration of ecosystems for intergenerational equity, a commitment to building knowledge capacity in our communities, and tight connections between local and global, all of which needs to be led by an approach that crosses disciplinarity. Resilient Urban Futures are aligned to 'our common future' and embedded in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda.
This Research Topic reflects on what a resilient urban future might be. It captures theoretical and empirical evidence of how cities, towns, and neighborhoods, how local and global communities, and how knowledge systems could embrace transformation as part of spatial planning and design. To confer resilience in this contemporary landscape calls for a trans-disciplinary approach. This Research Topic invites research from environmental and social disciplines and professions to reflect on best practices to guide the way forward for Resilient Urban Futures, and to align such with the policy agenda of world cities and urban spaces. It will reflect on the vision of Resilient Urban Futures, our status quo and the pathway to future resilience, the challenges, but also the opportunities and innovations to realize and exceed this global goal.
In accordance with our intent to cross disciplines, we are inviting papers that reflect on Resilient Urban Futures, linked to:
• City planning
• Biodiversity
• Climate action
• Adaptive planning
• Landscape architecture
• Sustainable communities
• Healthy spaces
• Ecological planning
• Ecosystems
• Spatial thinking
• Resilience
We welcome original research articles, case study research, and review articles from all disciplines and professions that provide a reflection on Resilient Urban Futures.
This Research Topic reflects on what a resilient urban future might be. It captures theoretical and empirical evidence of how cities, towns, and neighborhoods, how local and global communities, and how knowledge systems could embrace transformation as part of spatial planning and design. To confer resilience in this contemporary landscape calls for a trans-disciplinary approach. This Research Topic invites research from environmental and social disciplines and professions to reflect on best practices to guide the way forward for Resilient Urban Futures, and to align such with the policy agenda of world cities and urban spaces. It will reflect on the vision of Resilient Urban Futures, our status quo and the pathway to future resilience, the challenges, but also the opportunities and innovations to realize and exceed this global goal.
In accordance with our intent to cross disciplines, we are inviting papers that reflect on Resilient Urban Futures, linked to:
• City planning
• Biodiversity
• Climate action
• Adaptive planning
• Landscape architecture
• Sustainable communities
• Healthy spaces
• Ecological planning
• Ecosystems
• Spatial thinking
• Resilience
We welcome original research articles, case study research, and review articles from all disciplines and professions that provide a reflection on Resilient Urban Futures.
Keywords: Resilient Urban Futures, Resilience, Transformational Action, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, Planning
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
