Creating ‘resilience imaginaries’ for city-regional planning

Bibliographic Data

ID10409117
AuthorsVangelis Pitidis (0000-0003-2410-4528, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Jon Coaffee (0000-0001-5581-6507, University of Warwick), Aphrodite Bouikidis (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and formerly at the Resilience Office of Thessaloniki, Greece.)
Year2022
Volume57
Issue4
Pages698-711
Publication date2022-04-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2022.2047916
OpenAlexW4226241656
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited76

Resilience narratives have gathered increased attention in city-regional planning over the last two decades, emphasizing holistic foresight, long-term strategic visioning, cross-sectoral integration and collaborative modes of planning. Combining such resilience narratives with the established idea of socio-spatial imaginaries, we introduce the novel concept of ‘resilience imaginaries’ and explore its application in the city-region of Thessaloniki, Greece. This paper illustrates that resilience imaginaries can be viewed as dynamic and politically contested visions for long-term city-regional development, collectively structured by civic stakeholders, institutionally expressed through city-regional governance transformations and materially manifested through city-regional planning interventions

Civil engineering · Corporate governance · Economic geography · Economics · Futures studies · Geography · Management · Narrative · Political science · Polycentricity · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Regional science · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban resilience · Vision · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Regional resilience and development

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