Cultural resilience and the Smart and Sustainable City

Clarke, Nicholas; Kuipers, Marieke; Roos, Job

doi:10.1108/sasbe-09-2017-0041

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“…These projects set an example for engaging economic, social and environmental resolutions to establish and strengthen place identity and cultural sustainability. Studies imply that integrating urban and architectural interventions can effectively modulate built fabric and its emergent qualities to unlock cultural energy and build culturally diverse, resilient and sustainable cities, which is fundamental for the next step – developing Smart Cities (Clarke, Kuipers, & Roos, 2020). Although autonomous technologies are not yet practised in this project, it showcases how a foundation for the Smart City respecting the culture and identity root can be invigorated.…”

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Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method

Geng,

Chau,

Jamei

et al. 2023

IJTC

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Purpose Smart Heritage is a recently established discourse that entwines smartness and the heritage discipline. Studies have shown that place identity is at the core of value-based frameworks of built heritage. This study aims to unveil the role of identity in existing Smart Heritage frameworks, which is currently a gap in existing research. Design/methodology/approach To better understand place identity in the Smart Heritage context and facilitate future framework establishments, this study uses a cross-case analysis method to scrutinise common trends in the identity development of seven current best practices. Findings The results show that current best practices involve smart technologies in sustaining or rebuilding heritage identities, mostly mapped on the local scale. Catered solutions are essential in this context due to historic cities’ variegated pursuits of identity. Most current Smart Heritage projects are at the transitioning stage from digital to smart, as the autonomous ability of smart innovations is yet to be fully realised on the city or the global scale. Researchers are encouraged to draw essence from existing heritage frameworks considering the built heritage’s place identity, which is at the core of culturally sustainable Smart Heritage transitions. Originality/value This study concludes with five recommendations for addressing heritage identity in Smart Heritage frameworks, targeting future research avenues. Also, this study furthers the discussion on the linkage of Smart Heritage, place identity and marketing strategy, contributing to the city branding and tourism management field. Future research should extend the case-study selection beyond Europe, which is a recognised limitation of this study.

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Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method

Geng,

Chau,

Jamei

et al. 2023

IJTC

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“…The ability to adjust to potential damage and to take advantage of opportunities while focused on anticipated future change. It reflects the capacity of actors to influence resilience with proactive strategies aiming to protect the system [1,15,[34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

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A simulation framework for assessing thermally resilient buildings and communities

Krelling,

Lamberts,

Malik

et al. 2023

Building and Environment

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“…But the trajectory of the recent crises suggest that the occurrence and intensity of the events related to climate change and other crisis such as wars or civic conflicts have increased. Recent studies have placed emphasis on three angles: (a) developing frameworks and indicators for resilience (Clarke et al, 2020;Abusaada and Elshater, 2023a;Osei-Kyei et al, 2023); (b) examining specific city cases (Peres et al, 2017;Slaev and Nedovic-Budic, 2017); and (c) examining a specific type of crisis in specific contexts (Majewska et al, 2022;Abusaada and Elshater, 2023b), or focusing on sustainability at micro scale (Dessouky et al, 2023a, b). While these studies offer important insights on sustainable urban development and urban resilience as they relate to cities, settlements, or neighbourhoods, recent research interests do not appear to establish a wider inclusive schema on urban resilience and sustainability in cities that have experienced crisis.…”

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Urban resilience and sustainability through and beyond crisis – evidence-based analysis and lessons learned from selected European cities

Salama,

Patil,

MacLean

2023

SASBE

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PurposeDespite striving for resilience and a sustainable urban future, European cities face a multitude of crisis caused by both natural and human-induced risks. This paper asks two key questions: How have cities experienced and managed crises situations they encountered? and What are the plans and actions for embedding sustainability at a local level within a clear decision-making structure? Hence, it aims to examine urban resilience in the context of urban crisis and the associated health concerns that took place because of crisis situations, while identifying sustainable urban development initiatives and strategies that were conceived and implemented beyond crisis.Design/methodology/approachAn evidence-based analytical approach is undertaken following two lines of inquiry. The first is case-based and identifies 11 cities that have experienced crisis situations and a further 10 cities that have instigated urban resilience strategies. The second is theme-based and engages with identifying strategies relevant to sustainable urban development at city and project levels. The outcomes of the two lines of inquiry are verified by mapping the lessons learned from the analysis to recent international guidance and a further co-visioning workshop with 6 experts.FindingsThe evidence-based analysis reveals key lessons which were classified under two primary types of findings: (a) lessons learned for a future urban resilience resulting from the 1st line of Inquiry (case-based) and (b) lessons learned for a future sustainable urban development resulting from the 2nd line of inquiry (theme-based). The verified lessons provide four areas that can be utilised as key priorities for future urban resilience and sustainable urban development including (a) Governance, effective communication, and decision making for city resilience and urban sustainability; (b) the social dimension of resilience and participatory practices for sustainable urban development; (c) from implicit strategies for health to positive impact on health; and (d) diversification of initiatives and localisation of sustainable development endeavours.Research limitations/implicationsThere is always limitation on what a bibliometrics analysis can offer in terms of the nature of evidence and the type of knowledge generated from the investigation. This limitation manifests in the fact that the analysis engages with the body of knowledge but not based on engaging physically or socially with the contexts within which the cases took place or through empirical investigations including systematic observations, focused interviews, and attitude surveys. While the study does not generate empirical findings, the rigour of the bibliometrics analysis offers a credible and reliable evidence on how cities experienced and managed crises situations and their current plans and priority actions for embedding and localising sustainable development measures.Practical implicationsThis research conveys significant implications for policy, practice, and action in that it crystalises the view that understanding urban resilience and sustainability, at the city or urban level, requires coupling the two. The findings offer a solid foundation for a more contextualised, evidence-based examination of urban resilience and sustainability during and beyond crisis. Highlighting urban and health challenges that emerged from experienced crisis situations, how these were managed and developing an understanding of sustainable urban development and local resilience strategies elucidate insights that can be adopted and acted upon by city councils and built environment practitioners.Originality/valueThe analysis provides comprehensive insights into urban resilience and sustainable urban development at both city and continental Europe scales in the form of key lessons that represent the first step towards developing rudiments for building a better urban future. Little is known about resilience and sustainability at these scales. The originality of this work lies in the breadth and depth for capturing an inclusive understanding of urban resilience and sustainable urban development based on systematic inquiry and scrutinising the body of knowledge emerged over the past 2 decades.

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Cultural resilience and the Smart and Sustainable City

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method

Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method

A simulation framework for assessing thermally resilient buildings and communities

Urban resilience and sustainability through and beyond crisis – evidence-based analysis and lessons learned from selected European cities

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