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.
REI Blog
It’s conference season again and there’s a great line-up to choose from. We’ve summarized some of our favorites in a series of blog posts. Check our calendar page to see more conferences on resilience, sustainability, infrastructure, and disaster management. Our first review is ISSST 2018.
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.
December 10-11-12 in Barcelona
Urban Resilience Research Network (URNet) celebrates six years of leveraging its global network of scholars and partners to promote and co-organize the 11th International forum on Urbanism Conference. The conference will convene academics from different disciplines and policy leaders to discuss the most relevant research challenges related to urban resilience conceptualization and implementation.