Climate-Resilient Urban Design from a Biomimicry-Arcology Perspective

Planning for Bushfire Resilient Urban Design

Resilience is often understood as the ability to “bounce back” from adversity, and has been used for some time in ecological and psychological settings. However, applying the concept to human settlements presents many challenges, even when considering a single risk source, such as bushfires. Fundamentally, the concept of resilience in its ecological meaning requires that a resilient species be ...

Id 1630 | Participatory Modelling to Support Group Decision Making Processes in Climate Resilient Urban Design

design for resilient cities; reflections from a studio

resiliency is an emerging concept in urban design which fosters new thinking about designing less vulnerable and more flexible cities. from chicago and san francisco which recovered from big fires in the nineteenth century, berlin and beirut which survived wars in the twentieth century, and new orleans which - in the face of its geologic and hydrologic limitations - is re-emerging from the hurr...

resilient reconstruction from the urban design point of view, after 2003 bam earthquake*

abstract   earthquakes have been affected the human life since the dawn of time; however, the complexities of human societies and communications in the cities, intensify the deleterious effects of the earthquakes, that affect urban areas. hence, in emergency phase and reconstruction, attention to the basic needs and shelter provision are the most important activities but urban design also play ...

Climate-adjusted provenancing: a strategy for climate-resilient ecological restoration

1 Land and Water Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Wembley, WA, Australia, 2 Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Kensington, WA, Australia, 3 Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 4 Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, ...