Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places Urban Planning and Environment Series

Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places provides an overview and a critical analysis of the ways in which the concept ?resilience? has been addressed in social sciences research. In doing so, this edited book draws together state-of-the-art research from a variety of disciplines (i.e. spatial planning, economic and cultural geography, environmental and political sciences, sociology and architecture) as well as cases and examples across different spatial and geographical contexts (e.g. urban slums in India; flood-prone communities in the UK; coastal Japan). The cases present and explore challenges and potentials of resilience-thinking for practitioners and academics. As such, Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places aims to provide a scientifically robust overview and to generate some conceptual clarity for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the potential of resilience thinking as well as the application of resilience in practice.

1.Self-reliant resiliency and neoliberal mentality: a critical reflection

2.Governing for resilience in vulnerable places: an Introduction

3.Resilient energy landscapes: a spatial quest?

4.Resilience to what and for whom in Landscape Management

5.Resilience thinking – Is vagueness a blessing or a curse in transdisciplinary projects? Experiences from a regional climate change adaptation project

6.Flood resilience and legitimacy - an exploration of Dutch flood risk management

7.Flood Groups in England: Governance arrangements and contribution to flood resilience

8.Meta decision-making and the speed and quality of disaster resilience and recovery

9.The Resiliency Web - A Bottom-Linked Governance Model for Resilience and Environmental Justice in the Context of Disasters

10.Changing Stakes: Resilience, Reconstruction, and Participatory Practices after the 2011 Japan Tsunami

11.The Value of Participatory Community Arts for Community Resilience

12."If we are not united, our lives will be very difficult." Resilience from the perspective of slum dwellers in Pedda Jalaripeta (India)

13.Riding the Tide: Socially-engaged art and resilience in an uncertain future

14.Resilience in practice – a transformative approach? A conversation with Henk Ovink, first Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs

Elen-Maarja Trell is Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning and Environment at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. In 2014, she was the lead organizer of the international workshop ‘Resilience: Just do it?! Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places’ (with Britta Restemeyer, Melanie M. Bakema and Gwenda van der Vaart). She is interested in the role of local-level initiatives and public participation in creating more resilient and sustainable places. The themes she explores within this context include: community resilience in declining (rural) areas, flood resilience, urban food systems and gardening, and governance of renewable energy initiatives. In her previous projects, she has explored young people’s place attachment and influential aspects for the well-being of rural youths in their everyday context.

Britta Restemeyer, MSc, is a lecturer and PhD researcher at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on resilience, adaptive governance and flood risk in urban areas. By studying the cases of Hamburg, London and Rotterdam, she explores how policy-makers deal with the tension between accepting uncertainties and providing security for people and businesses on a strategic as well as local level. Overall, she aims at informing policy strategies for creating more flood resilient cities, by improving the linkage between flood risk management and urban planning. In the past, she has participated in various German, as well as European, research projects (RIMAX, Climate Proof Areas, KLIFF, MARE) on climate change adaptation and flood risk.

Melanie M. Bakema, MSc, is a PhD researcher at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium. In her PhD research, she focuses on resilience in the context of di