1. Resilient, Sustainable Cities: A Future
Dr Leonie J. Pearson

2. Dr Leonie Pearson Senior Research Fellow,
University of Canberra - Institute for Governance and Public Policy
Cheney Fellow
Leeds University – Sustainability Research Institute

3. Context

4. What are practices to achieve Resilient Sustainable Cities?

5. City Resilience 4 Dimensions 12 Drivers (based on) 7 Qualities
Found at

6. Sustainable City

7. (Safe water, equal, productive & biodiversity rich)
High
(Safe water, equal, productive & biodiversity rich)
Goal
Sustainable Cities
Practices
Low
Low
High
(Reflective, Robust, Flexible and inclusive)
Resilient Cities

8. Core Practices Goal Opportunities Blockers 1. Be Dynamic
Collective visioning for low-carbon, equitable food, shelter
Public-policy caution linked to electoral cycles
2. Start with people and place
Community participation in planning. Balance & compromise using examples
No shared narrative: separate stakeholder views and within government
3. Collaboration & social cohesion
Working with grassroots organizations, explicit policy objectives & support
Inertia and desire to minimize risk (esp. political risk).

9. Core Practices Goal Opportunities Blockers
4. Maximise equity, employment & justice
Housing tenure, change in institutions, leadership engaged with community
Lack of connection between community activism & strategic gov. action
5. Design to address externalities
Integrated co-production design for multiple purposes, e.g. recreation, carbon sequestration, flood mitigation
Disconnect between shot and long term evaluations
6. Value & enhance greenspace
Green design
No scaling procedures, public zoning and time
7. Technological innovation
Private and public interest through collaborative research
Legitimacy and salience to funders and users

10. How can we achieve Resilient Sustainable Cities?

11. 3 Pathways Adaptation Transition Transformation
Adjustment in the urban system
Marginal change; technology, practices and organizations.
Transition
Gradual continual process of societal change
Incremental change to secure goals
Transformation
Change in the city system and/ or environmental context
Reform change focused on overarching social norms, political regime

12. Resilience in action; Melbourne; Dublin and San Francisco

13. Redeveloping Melbourne
Practices
Achieved
Be Dynamic
Somewhat
Start with people
Yes
Collaborate & cohesion
Maximise equity
Design for externalities No
Value greenspace
Technological innovation
Adaptation Pathway

14. Reusing Dublin Transition Pathway Practices Achieved Be Dynamic Yes
Start with people
Collaborate & cohesion
Maximise equity
Design for externalities No
Value greenspace
Technological innovation
Transition Pathway

15. Transformation Pathway
Parklets in San Fran
Practices
Achieved
Be Dynamic
Yes
Start with people
Collaborate & cohesion
Mostly
Maximise equity
Design for externalities No
Value greenspace
Technological innovation
Transformation Pathway

16. 3 cities - 3 pathways to achieving resilient sustainable cities
Is any one pathway better?
Community specificity & scaling; depending on need, people, environment and infrastructure

17. Resilient Sustainable Cities: a future

18. Lots of steps happening;
One step
One event – TEDx Carlton
One workshop
One Journal Special Issue
‘Sustainable Urbanisation: a resilient future’
Ecological Economics (2013)
One book
Lots of steps happening;
TURAS; Transitioning Towards Urban Resilience & Sustainability in EU
100RC

19. Summary
Q1. What are the practices to achieve Resilient Sustainable Cities?
Resilient Sustainable cities are about continuous change and improvement – not a static state!
Outlined 7 practical ways to achieve these goals
Q2. How can we achieve Resilient Sustainable Cities?
Outlined 3 pathways to achieve these gaols: adaptation, transition and transformation
Showed how in 3 case studies: Melbourne, Dublin & San Francisco

20. One step on the pathway to Resilient, Sustainable Cities
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