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Identifying the components of a smart resilient city for sustainability Biocomplexes

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD Student in Urban Planning, Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Cities, as the largest biological complexes, are classified as dynamic, complex and multifaceted systems. On the one hand, these areas are exposed to various natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, plate movements and landslides, etc. which has affected the citizens with an increasing and alarming speed. On the other hand, we are witnessing the increasing number of problems such as the expansion of marginalization and the physical growth of cities, the increase in population and the imbalance and inconsistency with the constructions that have been formed and Unregulated exploitation of land resources, conflict of new management with traditional structure, weakness of laws and its shortcomings, social segregation and the existence of socio-spatial inequalities, air pollution, car traffic and many such cases. Dealing with natural hazards in cities, urban resilience and smartening of cities are suggested to overcome the created problems.The purpose of this research is to integrate the concepts of urban resilience and smart city and to introduce and identify the components, dimensions and characteristics of the new concept of smart resilient city.The current research is exploratory in terms of its purpose, and a systematic review (systematic review) is used for the research strategy. In this research, in order to investigate and identify the history, goals, components and dimensions of the smart resilient city by searching in international scientific and research databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Proquest, etc. Relevant and valid data have been collected to conduct the research.By examining the conducted researches, it is understood that in the world literature, the concepts of resilient city and smart city have been raised mainly in research and academic literature since the early 2010s, and after this period, various researches have been compiled alternately. Most of the researches that have been conducted in areas such as the definitions of these concepts, their dimensions, criteria and indicators and refer to the ranking of cities based on urban resilience and smart city indicators. Also, since 2015, these two concepts, i.e. urban resilience and smart city, have been examined together.The result of the research indicates that by examining the conducted research, it is understood that these two concepts are complementary to each other and can create synergy with each other.Cities, as the largest biological complexes, are classified as dynamic, complex and multifaceted systems. On the one hand, these areas are exposed to various natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, plate movements and landslides, etc. which has affected the citizens with an increasing and alarming speed. On the other hand, we are witnessing the increasing number of problems such as the expansion of marginalization and the physical growth of cities, the increase in population and the imbalance and inconsistency with the constructions that have been formed and Unregulated exploitation of land resources, conflict of new management with traditional structure, weakness of laws and its shortcomings, social segregation and the existence of socio-spatial inequalities, air pollution, car traffic and many such cases. Dealing with natural hazards in cities, urban resilience and smartening of cities are suggested to overcome the created problems.The purpose of this research is to integrate the concepts of urban resilience and smart city and to introduce and identify the components, dimensions and characteristics of the new concept of smart resilient city.The current research is exploratory in terms of its purpose, and a systematic review (systematic review) is used for the research strategy. In this research, in order to investigate and identify the history, goals, components and dimensions of the smart resilient city by searching in international scientific and research databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Proquest, etc. Relevant and valid data have been collected to conduct the research.By examining the conducted researches, it is understood that in the world literature, the concepts of resilient city and smart city have been raised mainly in research and academic literature since the early 2010s, and after this period, various researches have been compiled alternately. Most of the researches that have been conducted in areas such as the definitions of these concepts, their dimensions, criteria and indicators and refer to the ranking of cities based on urban resilience and smart city indicators. Also, since 2015, these two concepts, i.e. urban resilience and smart city, have been examined together.The result of the research indicates that by examining the conducted research, it is understood that these two concepts are complementary to each other and can create synergy with each other.
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