Keywords
planning
adaptation
flexibility
stressor
system
redundancy
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Abstract
Cities on the development path face many different origins of threats, risks and catastrophes, generally referred to as stressors. Currently, in the conditions of globalization, apart from traditional threats, new ones appear (global economic crises, climate change, terrorist threats, pandemics, such as recently Covid-19, etc.), the effects of which are often difficult to predict. Such a situation prompts us to take actions aimed at avoiding or mitigating the effects of stressors, and as a result ensuring the sustainability of urban development. So it is about building city resilience. In this article, the city is treated as a complex, dynamic system, the duration and development of which depends on appropriate planning of activities aimed at building city resilience. Resilience is understood not in static terms, but rather as the ability to flexibly adjust, or adapt, to changing conditions. A sequence of actions is indicated that should be followed in planning processes in order to properly prepare the city system for potential risks and threats. It is about identifying stressors, studying the sensitivity of the city system to their impact, analyzing the possible effects of a stressor and adopting a specific action strategy. The importance of redundancy, civil society, the need to analyze the distribution of threats and risks in the city space and their changes over time is emphasized.
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