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Are you interested in how robustness contributes to the resilience of urban systems?

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Debate of the article titled Enhancing resilient sustainable cities: Public perspective of urban resilient design from 2025, by Shuain Yuan, Nor Zarifah, and Ran Li, published in the International Development Planning review.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Markus Appenzeller in episode 444 talking about the need to create robust systems which can survive changing conditions.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how robustness contributes to resilience of urban systems. This article provides a framework for planners to better integrate social perspectives into the development of sustainable, resilient cities.

Find the article through this link.

Abstract: Resilient design contributes to sustainable urban development. This study investigates the public perception of a public space with resilient design characteristics and explores the effectiveness of these characteristics. In-depth interviews with 14 participants and on-site tours were conducted. This study also conducted a thematic analysis of the public perception of urban resilient design characteristics based on the landscape perception theory. It found four themes related to resilient design perception – meanings of place; function and needs; space form and use patterns; and it also revealed the relationships between the characteristics. The insights optimise the consideration of resilient design and have important significance for resilient design in cities.

Connected episodes you might be interested in:

• No.420 – Interview with Josh Dorfman about solving a local problem having a global impact
• No.430 – Interview with Alain Bertraud about the Greater Bay Area
• No.434 – Interview with Keith Cooke about housing affordability and capacity

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