Mind the gap: Defining urban resilience knowledge-implementation gaps

As the use of the term urban resilience has gathered momentum, its meaning has diverged from a clear academic concept toward fuzzy and increasingly vague definitions that seek to address the normative dimensions of resilience for whom, of what, and for when. While the academic discourse is putting forward theoretical advances in the conceptualisation of resilience, there is growing concern that, in practice, the term is being co-opted as a mechanism for implementing policies that support business as usual.

Authored by: Corina Angheloiu and Mike Tennant