Lecturer in charge of the module
Prof. Lorenzo Chelleri (Int. University of Catalunya, and Urban Resilience Research Net, Barcelona) - LC
Module Learning Objectives and Skill Acquisition
This module aims at introducing how the emerging concept of urban resilience relates to vulnerability and sustainability science, and how to handle the bridges between multidisciplinary theories on urban resilience and potential implementations. Starting with an alignment among similar and complementary (but sometime conflicting) concepts – as urban vulnerability, resilience and sustainability – the classes wish to discuss with the student how resilience thinking could be applied to and in urban systems. Along the seminars, theory will be complemented by the presentation and exercises on urban and climate resilience assessments, in order to acquire the skills for understanding which should be the design, and governance processes, to effectively implement urban and climate resilience. The final aim of this module is also to contribute to the critical understanding about the role of the societies, groups, communities and individuals within urban resilience, highlighting the complexity beyond trying to implement integrated perspectives, while avoiding maladaptation, or development lock-in. Many case studies will be illustrated, from both developing and global north cities, in order to provide the students with a comprehensive picture about urban resilience thinking and its practices. Also, individual and groups exercises will confer the necessary skills to evaluate and design urban resilience strategies, at the light of the emerging framework of “urban resilience trade-offs”. Much of the classes will be held by the prof. Chelleri Lorenzo, supported from the resources and network of professors from the Int. Msc. in City Resilience Design and Management. Students will be thus exposed to reading scientific papers, take part in seminars, watching short movies and recorded seminars to be discussed in class, and finally in-class debates also based on students presentations of their short-works.