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The paradox of urban resilience

Posted on: 27 September 2011
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In early 2011, Cathy Wilkinson, a researcher from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, gave a talk on The paradox of urban resilience at a conference in Melbourne. In the talk she explores the paradox that a resilience approach demonstrates the importance of living with disturbances, yet cities have often been designed to remove or minimise environmental disturbances.  Cathy’s research critically explores the relevance of social-ecological resilience for urban governance in theory and practice. A video of the talk is available online.

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