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Main Authors: Sun, Yue, Weightman, Ryan, Shi, Anye, Dogan, Timur, Samaranayake, Samitha
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17371
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author Sun, Yue
Weightman, Ryan
Shi, Anye
Dogan, Timur
Samaranayake, Samitha
author_facet Sun, Yue
Weightman, Ryan
Shi, Anye
Dogan, Timur
Samaranayake, Samitha
contents Urbanization is rapidly increasing, with urban populations expected to grow significantly by 2050, particularly in developing regions. This expansion brings challenges related to chronic stresses and acute shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has underscored the critical role of urban form in a city's capacity to manage public health crises. Despite the heightened interest in urban resilience, research examining the relationship between urban morphology and pandemic resilience remains limited, often focusing solely on density and its effect on disease transmission. This work aims to address this gap by evaluating existing frameworks that analyze the relationship between urban resilience and urban form. By critically reviewing these frameworks, with a particular emphasis on theoretical and quantitative approaches, this study seeks to transfer the knowledge gained to better understand the relationship between pandemic resilience and urban morphology. The work also links theoretical ideas with quantitative frameworks, offering a cohesive analysis. The anticipated novelty of this study lies in its comprehensive assessment of urban resilience frameworks and the identification of the current gaps in integrating resilience to pandemic thinking into urban planning and design. The goal is not only to enhance the understanding of urban resilience but also to offer practical guidance for developing more adaptive and effective frameworks for assessing resilience to pandemics in urban environments, thereby preparing cities to better withstand and recover from future crises.
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spellingShingle A Review of Urban Resilience Frameworks: Transferring Knowledge to Enhance Pandemic Resilience
Sun, Yue
Weightman, Ryan
Shi, Anye
Dogan, Timur
Samaranayake, Samitha
Physics and Society
Urbanization is rapidly increasing, with urban populations expected to grow significantly by 2050, particularly in developing regions. This expansion brings challenges related to chronic stresses and acute shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has underscored the critical role of urban form in a city's capacity to manage public health crises. Despite the heightened interest in urban resilience, research examining the relationship between urban morphology and pandemic resilience remains limited, often focusing solely on density and its effect on disease transmission. This work aims to address this gap by evaluating existing frameworks that analyze the relationship between urban resilience and urban form. By critically reviewing these frameworks, with a particular emphasis on theoretical and quantitative approaches, this study seeks to transfer the knowledge gained to better understand the relationship between pandemic resilience and urban morphology. The work also links theoretical ideas with quantitative frameworks, offering a cohesive analysis. The anticipated novelty of this study lies in its comprehensive assessment of urban resilience frameworks and the identification of the current gaps in integrating resilience to pandemic thinking into urban planning and design. The goal is not only to enhance the understanding of urban resilience but also to offer practical guidance for developing more adaptive and effective frameworks for assessing resilience to pandemics in urban environments, thereby preparing cities to better withstand and recover from future crises.
title A Review of Urban Resilience Frameworks: Transferring Knowledge to Enhance Pandemic Resilience
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17371