Urbanization is a continuous process for a city's economic development. Though rapid
urbanization provides a huge employment opportunity for people, urban threats also …

Nowadays, natural disasters and human actions are considered uncertain, unpredictable
urban threats. Therefore, cities must respond more quickly and more effectively to anticipate …

Smart city transitions are a fast-proliferating example of urban innovation processes, and
generating the insight required to support their unfolding should be a key priority for …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) were introduced as integrated, multifunctional and multi-
beneficial solutions to a wide array of socio-ecological challenges. Although principles for a …

Fostering resilience in the face of environmental, socioeconomic, and political uncertainty
and risk has captured the attention of academics and decision makers across disciplines …

The concept of climate resilience has gained extensive international attention during the last
few years and is now seen as the future target for building cooling design. However, before …

In academic and policy discourse, the concept of urban resilience is proliferating. Social
theorists, especially human geographers, have rightfully criticized that the underlying politics …

The article describes the field of sustainability transitions research, which emerged in the
past two decades in the context of a growing scientific and public interest in large-scale …

The narrative of 'urban transformations' epitomises the hope that cities provide rich
opportunities for contributing to local and global sustainability and resilience. Urban …

Over the last decade, a growing body of literature has emerged which is concerned with the
question of what form a promising concept of social resilience might take. In this article we …