Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning

There is consensus in literature that urban areas have become increasingly vulnerable to the outcomes of economic restructuring under the neoliberal political economic ideology. The increased frequency and widening diversity of problems offer evidence tha

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The GeoJournal Library Volume 106 Managing Editor:

Daniel Z. Sui, College Station, USA Founding Series Editor:

Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany Editorial Board: Paul Claval, France

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Ayda Eraydin • Tuna Taşan-Kok Editors

Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning

Editors Ayda Eraydin Department of City and Regional Planning Middle East Technical University (METU) Ankara, Turkey

Tuna Taşan-Kok OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment Delft University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands

ISSN 0924-5499 ISBN 978-94-007-5475-1 ISBN 978-94-007-5476-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5476-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951123 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface and Acknowledgements

This book was born out of the frustrations of a group of urban planners and researchers who have increasingly felt the inadequacy of the planning systems and policies introduced to prepare cities for the future in an increasingly neoliberalising world. As this shortfall was becoming more evident among urban policymak