What is urban resilience? Is it compatible with sustainability?

Despite being an old concept for engineering, psychology, and disaster management, the famous natural scientist C.S. Holling introduced ecological and socio-ecological resilience in the early 1970s. He synthesized social and ecological theory to study and enhance adaptive (as opposed to…

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To What Extent is Sustainability Addressed at Urban Scale and How Aligned is it with Earth’s Carrying Capacity?

This important research is presented at the pre-print stage: Vigier, M., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Spiliotopoulou, M., Moore, J., & Rees, W. E. To What Extent is Sustainability Addressed at Urban Scale and How Aligned is it with Earth’s Carrying Capacity?….

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[New publication] Urban sustainability via urban productivity? A conceptual review and framework proposal

Just published in Local Environment: Urban sustainability via urban productivity? A conceptual review and framework proposal, by Maria Spiliotopoulou and Mark Roseland. Access it here ABSTRACT This paper offers conceptual and operational insights for more effective and forward-looking local sustainability…

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