How can resilient infrastructures contribute to social justice? Preface to the special issue of sustainable and resilient infrastructure on resilience infrastructures and social justice

Abstract

Over the past two decades, the attention for resilience has increased dramatically and resilience has become the leading paradigm for considering risks and uncertainty in complex systems.Resilience is now commonly used within a broad range of fields. The concept has not only attracted the attention of academics; decision-makers across disciplines, sectors, and scales, also organize their risk strategies around the idea of resilience as resilience is often thought to lead to a betterthat is, a safer and more justsociety. However, the alleged link between resilience and justice is controversial. Some scholars argue that the resilience paradigm primarily benefits those people who are already reasonably well-off at the expense of disadvantaged groups. The focus in this special issue is on the relation between resilience, specifically 'resilient infrastructures', and social justice. While written from different disciplinary perspectives, all are centered around the question of how resilient infrastructures can contribute to social justice ARTICLE HISTORY

Community Resilience: Key Concepts and their Applications to Epidemic Shocks

“…Some have argued that a community resilience paradigm primarily benefits those who are already well-off, sometimes at the expense of the already vulnerable and assessing this at the outset is critical. [44][45][46] Understanding the intersections of vulnerability is critical to better understand and address experiences of disaster, conflict, or health shocks. 47 Rather than returning to normal, or the 'previous state of lifestyle,' 48 social justice can and should be addressed in resilience programmes so that the needs of the vulnerable are better met both in the short and long term.…”

Community Resilience: Key Concepts and their Applications to Epidemic Shocks - Infographic

“…Some have argued that a community resilience paradigm primarily benefits those who are already well-off, sometimes at the expense of the already vulnerable and assessing this at the outset is critical. [44][45][46] Understanding the intersections of vulnerability is critical to better understand and address experiences of disaster, conflict, or health shocks. 47 Rather than returning to normal, or the 'previous state of lifestyle,' 48 social can and should be addressed in resilience programmes so that the of the vulnerable are better met both in the short and long term.…”

Resilience Is Paramount for Managing Socio-Technological Systems During and Post-Covid-19

“…Ruth and Goessling-Reisemann [28] and Doorn [33] summarize how interactions between respective social and cyberphysical subsystems promote or undermine the resilience of either type of system, thus, impacting upon the resilience of the overall socio-technological system. The implicit and normative perception is that the resilience of the overall socio-technological system should prevail, even if some components and constituents may have to be sacrificed in tandem.…”