From the «Resilient City» to Urban Resilience. A review essay on understanding and integrating the resilience perspective for urban systems

El concepte de resiliencia sembla que actualment ha perdut significat. La banalitzacio del concepte es deu, potser, a la proliferacio del seu denominador comu o «capacitat de fer front a les pertorbacions» en moltes disciplines diferents. Un problema que se’n deriva es la manca de comprensio d’un nou concepte relacionat amb l’adaptacio al canvi climatic: «Resilient City». En aquest article, es preten revisar l’evolucio i les perspectives diferents del concepte de resiliencia i analitzar la possible relacio i aplicacio d’aquestes perspectives a l’ambit urba. Un resultat de la revisio son les possibles malinterpretacions de la resiliencia aplicada a l’ambient urba quan ens referim a la principal propietat de conservacio (resiliencia entesa com a recuperacio i tornada a l’estat previ despres d’una pertorbacio), que pot promoure un model urba insostenible. Hi ha unes altres perspectives (la resiliencia dels sistemes complexos) que ens transmeten missatges mes sostenibles per a l’aplicacio urbana d’aquest concepte, ja que s’interessen per les propietats de transformacio i transicio sostenible d’un sistema. D’aquesta manera, el concepte de resiliencia aplicat a les ciutats ha de tenir en compte les propietats de conservacio (capacitat de sobreviure al canvi), transicio (mudar i adaptar-se al canvi) i transformacio (reconfiguracio del sistema) al mateix temps i desenvolupar-se d’acord amb unes dimensions socioeconomiques i politiques especifiques.

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