A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems
The continuous growth of cities brings out various concerns for improved development and management of the multifaceted urban systems, including those of resilience and smartness. Despite the many significant efforts in the research field, both notions remain changeable, thus retaining the lack of c...
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| description | The continuous growth of cities brings out various concerns for improved development and management of the multifaceted urban systems, including those of resilience and smartness. Despite the many significant efforts in the research field, both notions remain changeable, thus retaining the lack of commonly accepted conceptual and terminological frameworks. The paper’s research goals are to designate the current direct and indirect links in the conceptualizations and research trends of the resilience and smart city frameworks and to prove the potential of the conceptual convergence between them in the context of urban systems. The application of a semi-systematic literature review, including bibliometric evidence and followed by content analysis, has led to the observation that as the resilience discourse opens up to embrace other dimensions, including technology, the smart city research turns its interest to the perspective of urban protection. Therefore, both concepts share the goal for urban sustainability realized through specific capacities and processes and operationalized with the deployment of technology. The paper’s findings suggest that the conceptual and operational foundations of these two concepts could support the emergence of an integrated framework. Such a prospect acknowledges the instrumental role of the smart city approach in the pursuit of urban resilience and unfolds a new model for sustainable city management and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f73884b146264628b76f9e034c51a2792023-12-03T12:18:54ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112021-02-01622410.3390/infrastructures6020024A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban SystemsAnastasia Tzioutziou0Yiannis Xenidis1Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24 Thessaloniki, GreeceThe continuous growth of cities brings out various concerns for improved development and management of the multifaceted urban systems, including those of resilience and smartness. Despite the many significant efforts in the research field, both notions remain changeable, thus retaining the lack of commonly accepted conceptual and terminological frameworks. The paper’s research goals are to designate the current direct and indirect links in the conceptualizations and research trends of the resilience and smart city frameworks and to prove the potential of the conceptual convergence between them in the context of urban systems. The application of a semi-systematic literature review, including bibliometric evidence and followed by content analysis, has led to the observation that as the resilience discourse opens up to embrace other dimensions, including technology, the smart city research turns its interest to the perspective of urban protection. Therefore, both concepts share the goal for urban sustainability realized through specific capacities and processes and operationalized with the deployment of technology. The paper’s findings suggest that the conceptual and operational foundations of these two concepts could support the emergence of an integrated framework. Such a prospect acknowledges the instrumental role of the smart city approach in the pursuit of urban resilience and unfolds a new model for sustainable city management and development.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/6/2/24resiliencesmart cityemergent propertyurban developmentinfrastructuresocio-technical system |
| spellingShingle | Anastasia Tzioutziou Yiannis Xenidis A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems Infrastructures resilience smart city emergent property urban development infrastructure socio-technical system |
| title | A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems |
| title_full | A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems |
| title_fullStr | A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems |
| title_short | A Study on the Integration of Resilience and Smart City Concepts in Urban Systems |
| title_sort | study on the integration of resilience and smart city concepts in urban systems |
| topic | resilience smart city emergent property urban development infrastructure socio-technical system |
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