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RESILIENCE THINKING

EMBRACING CHANGE, TRANSFORMING THE CITY. RESILIENCE THINKING. By: Prof . Chrisna du Plessis & Edna Peres (PhD candidate) University of Pretoria Urban Design Seminar 2013. NEW YORK. DETROIT. URBAN RESILIENCE THINKING.

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RESILIENCE THINKING

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  1. EMBRACING CHANGE, TRANSFORMING THE CITY RESILIENCE THINKING By: Prof . Chrisna du Plessis & Edna Peres (PhD candidate) University of Pretoria Urban Design Seminar 2013

  2. NEW YORK DETROIT

  3. URBAN RESILIENCE THINKING is a value neutral concept that represents the strength and weakness of a system, to help us make decisions on how to navigate (and hopefully thrive in) an uncertain future.

  4. RESILIENCE ? RESILIENCE (noun) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity The positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure.

  5. URBAN RESILIENCE HAS POTENTIAL TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THESE ASPECTS OF RESILIENCE WHEN STRENGTHENING POSITIVE PARTS OF THE CITY SYSTEM THAT NEED TO BE MORE RESILIENT AND DECREASING RESILIENCE IN THOSE THAT ARE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE CITY SYSTEM 1970’S RESILIENCE? ENGINEERING EMERGENCIES ECOLOGY SYSTEMS PSYCHOLOGY BUSINESS And…. CITIES

  6. ….the capacity of a system, enterprise, or a person to maintain its core purpose and integrity in the face of dramatically changed circumstances… [Zolli] or transformin response to these circumstances in order to maintain its integrity.

  7. ? In a rapidly transforming ‘post-sustainability’ world, resilience thinking offers a positive future vision to embrace change while also integrating all systems of life.

  8. ECOLOGICAL VIEW

  9. SYSTEMS

  10. SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL

  11. ADAPTIVE CYCLE THE PHASES OF THE ADAPTIVE CYCLE - HOLLING (1986) Image: http://news.noahraford.com/?p=648

  12. REORGANISATION CONSERVATION GROWTH RELEASE

  13. DIVERSITY Industry Green Commerce Residential Window box Shack Seamstress Pavement Townhouse Cooperative Spaza shop Garden Mansion Factory Local park Formal shop Chain Reserve Apt. building Multinational

  14. LEVERAGE POINTS + EXPERIMENTATION IDENTIFY LEVERAGE POINTS IN THE SYSTEM FOR EXPERIEMENTATION

  15. LEAVE ROOM FOR…

  16. TAKE HOME MESSAGES… Resilience is value neutral Urban resilience = an integration of different resilience fields 1 2 3 Resilience offers the opportunity to transform our systems to something new, positive, and with the capacity to evolve.

  17. CONTACT US EDNA PERES - edna.m.peres@gmail.com CHRISNA DU PLESSIS - chrisna.duplessis@up.ac.za Blog - THINK TANK ON RESILIENT URBAN SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION http://trustsa.weebly.com/

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