Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning

• DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1301868
• Publication Date: 2017-03-29T16:18:37Z
• Authors: Christophe Béné; Lyla Mehta; Gordon McGranahan; Terry Cannon; Jaideep Gupte; Thomas Tanner
• Keywords: Acknowledgement; Resilience; Urban Resilience

The aim of this paper is to analyse the emergence concept 'urban resilience' in literature and assess its potentials limitations as an element policy planning. Using a systematic review covering period 2003–2013 combination techniques derived from narrative analysis, we show that diverse views what urban resilience means how it best used (as goal or conceptual/analytical framework) compete literature. Underlying these are various (and sometimes diverging) interpretations main issues forms policies interventions needed address issues. Urban planners need be better aware different if they want position use appropriately spell out can bring their work. also highlights notion often lacks adequate acknowledgement political economy urbanization consequently does not challenge status quo which, some argue, socially unjust environmentally unsustainable. As such runs risk seen simply making marginalized communities more resilient shocks inequity created by current dominant paradigm.