The word resilience appears in many forms: in music, on TV, in books. In each case, the use of the word is relative to a particular perspective or school of thought– but what IS resilience? A recent podcast produced by the group Future Cities interviews Resilience Engineering Institute COO Daniel Eisenberg to better understand resilience of engineered systems.

There is a new Urban Resilience Education program offering a Master degree in City Resilience Design and Management. The program is a joint effort between the Urban Resilience Research Network (URNet) and the School of Architecture at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Classes begin 1 October 2018. The following is a brief summary of the program. You can visit the program website to learn more.

Framing and implementing sustainability and resilience in the broad realm of urban studies is a challenge which few universities are poised to accomplish through their existing educational programs.