New Progress in Study on Resilient Cities

Abstract

The review is based on 120 articles published on the main international journals, such as Cities、Landscape and Urban Planning、Environment and Urbanization etc. and focuses on the theoretical evolution and major research contents. Derived from ecology of 1970s, the concept of resilience has evolved from the perspective of equilibrium to adaptation. The research mainly concentrates in the fields of hazards and climate change, urban and regional economy, urban infrastructure, terrorist attack, spatial planning and urban planning and pays attention to the evolution mechanism, evaluation and planning of resilient cities.