[ECO]systems of Resilience Practices

Contributions for Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation

1st Edition - June 2, 2022
Editors: Angela Colucci, Giulia Pesaro
Language: English
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Ecosystems of Resilience Practices: Contributions for Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation focuses on resilience in action by exploring and providing approaches, perspectives, toolboxes, and theoretical discourses for the improvement and enhancement of territorial and community resilience practices towards sustainability and climate change mitigation/adaptation. The book develops a set of tools and design criteria to support the dissemination of resilience practices. This new toolset will support the expansion and reinforcement of resilience practices and the building of solutions related to climate change.

The book is divided into three sections: Section one investigates the contribution this kind of resilience approach could have on sustainable development goals as related to climate change. It also includes other environmental challenges such as ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change. Chapters dedicated to exploring the issues for a renovated governance of territorial transformation processes are included. Section two focuses on the eco-systems of resilience practices characterization, including discourses on international networking of transitions initiatives. Section three presents operative guidelines, instruments, and proposals for the resilience practices "stabilization," "blooming," and "up scaling," aiming at a more effective and consistent contribution of resilience practices in reaching sustainability, adaptation goals, and scenarios at local and global scales.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Foreword: Rethinking resilience practices before and after the Covid-19 crisis
The mutual benefit for the well-being of nature and human
Introduction: Resilience, climate change, and sustainability in practice from approaches to action
1 Resilience in action
2 [Eco]system of resilience practices
Part I: Resilience practices: challenges and emerging issues
Chapter 1. Collaborative agency and sensitive design for social resilience
Abstract
1.1 Social resilience: innovating social frameworks in the neoliberal era
1.2 Collaborative agency as the condition of resilient practice
1.3 Sensitive design and digital tools for supporting social resilience
1.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2. Investment, risk, and vulnerability: perspectives in adaptation and risk finance
Abstract
2.1 Introduction and methods
2.2 Addressing resilience in finance: the basic dimensions
2.3 Financial considerations on risk and vulnerability
2.4 Sustainable finance and adaptation targets: in search of consistency
2.5 Preliminary conclusions and open issues
References
Chapter 3. Resilience stabilization: the role of economic issues in resilience practices
Abstract
3.1 Toward an operational concept of economic resilience for territorial and community development
3.2 Strengthening the role of economic thinking and tools in territorial resilience practices and the economic resilience of local communities
References
Further reading
Part II: Resilience practices observatory project
Chapter 4. Fostering resilience in local communities: the role of Fondazione Cariplo
Abstract
Reference
Chapter 5. Resilience practices observatory project: emerging phenomena and lessons earned
Abstract
5.1 The Italian Resilience Practices Observatory
5.2 The Resilience Practices Forum and the knowledge coproduction activities
5.3 Exploring the resilience practices observatory practices
Acknowledgments and Attribution
References
Chapter 6. Monitoring the Fondazione Cariplo Resilient Communities practices
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The evaluation of resilient practices for territorial systems
6.3 Outcomes and considerations of resilient practices monitoring
References
Chapter 7. The impacts of resilience practices on local food systems: evidences from Italian case studies
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Agro-environmental practices for resilience
7.3 Materials and methods
7.4 Results and discussion
7.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 8. Resilience Practices Observatory project: synergies for stabilization and upscaling
Abstract
8.1 Enabling capacities for stabilization
8.2 Knowledge hybridization
8.3 Ecosystem of practices: networking and governance process of Resilience Practices Observatory practices
8.4 Economical stabilization sustainability and independency
8.5 Resilience Practices Observatory: contribution to resilience enhancement
Attribution
References
Part III: Exploring resilience practices
Chapter 9. Challenging resilience of the agroecosystems in the Agro Pontino: focusing on ecosystem services and land stewardship in agri-environmental governance and planning
Abstract
9.1 Challenging resilience in an intensive agricultural environment
9.2 Engaging actors for biodiversity in agriculture: the pact for biodiversity
9.3 A perfect recipe, what’s missing?
References
Chapter 10. Toward a framework for assessing urban resilience. Application to a case study in Lyon (France)
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 A collective intelligence tool for territorial resilience: the resilience framework
10.3 The resilience of Place de Francfort in Lyon: an integrated approach, diverse stakeholders, and disaster risk reduction
10.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11. When the community takes action: building resilience through the Transition Movement in Spain. A critical assessment
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Preliminaries
11.3 Current status of transition initiatives in Spain
11.4 Challenges and opportunities of Transition Movement
11.5 New trends
11.6 Closing remarks
References
Chapter 12. Resilience and conservation of urban commons: lessons from three community-restored lakes in Bengaluru
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Community restoration of three lakes in Bengaluru: Kaikondrahalli, Jakkur, and Puttenahalli
12.3 Restored lakes as nodes of environmental placemaking
12.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 13. Beyond formal urban policies: resilient periurban alternative practices in the Amazon
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Mismatches of peripheral urbanization in Brazil
13.3 The case of Belém
13.4 Final remarks
References
Further reading
Part IV: Perspectives in boosting practices’ contribution towards sustainability, adaptation and resilience
Chapter 14. Toolboxes for improving the stabilization of the resilience practices
Abstract
14.1 Enhance the diffusion and duration of resilience practices. Tools typologies for enhancing the achievement of resilience goals
14.2 Instruction, education, and training tools
14.3 Economic and financial-based tools
14.4 Monitoring, measurement, and evaluation tools
14.5 Tools for the enhancement of direct participation, communication, and diffusion of information on resilience action and practices
14.6 Learning from practices and back to action—the role of tools
References
Further reading
Chapter 15. Creative diversity: facing Anthropocene challenges fostering resilience capacities
Abstract
15.1 Enabling capacities: proprieties from resilience approaches
15.2 Creative diversity: property for adaptive cities
15.3 Creative diversity for our common futures: resilience in public life
15.4 Creative diversity: actions domains for adaptive cities
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 16. Organizational (creative) diversity. Dilemmas and perspectives of governance processes for complex systems resilience
Abstract
16.1 Resilience practices: heterogeneous geographies and potentialities
16.2 Good governance/adaptive governance: urgency and crosscutting issues
16.3 Micro or endogenous governance: the design of practices process
16.4 Meso or exogenous governance: the practices networking
16.5 Macro level: governance of transition processes
16.6 Adaptive governance: resilience practices contribution and governance dilemmas
References
Chapter 17. Challenges for sustainability: fostering [eco]systems of resilience practices contribution
Abstract
17.1 Resilience practices contributing to the commons: challenges and advancements
17.2 [Eco]systems of resilience practices: fostering contribution toward sustainability
17.3 Closing consideration on pandemic event and the challenges for sustainability (June 2021)
Acknowledgments and Attribution
References
Index

Angela Colucci

Professor Colucci is an architect and PhD in Planning (Politecnico of Milan). She held research grants at Polytechnic of Milan for several years on environmental planning polices and landscaping. She is Adjunct Professor at Politecnico of Milan of courses of Urbanism; Urban Design. As senior partner and CBO of Co.O.Pe.Ra.Te. ldt, she developed activities as independent researcher, consultant and practitioner in the field of environmental and landscape planning and assessment, urban design, urban and territorial resilience and food polices. She is the author of several books and papers on environmental and landscape planning, urban-rural partnerships and food planning, on territory systems resilience. She is the coordinator of the Resilience Practices Observatory (DAStU of Politecnico of Milano and Fondazione CARIPLO). She is a member of the RRMS thematic group of AESOP and president of REsilienceLAB (www.resiliencelab.eu).

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

Giulia Pesaro

Professor Pesaro is an Economist, independent researcher, consultant and professor. Her main research and activity fields are the promotion of resilience and sustainable development of territorial systems and the prevention and mitigation of risk and damage due to natural hazards impacts from an economic perspective. Her other areas of study are related to the sustainability, smartness and resilience of local territorial systems, with particular attention to the protection and valorization of public goods like the cultural heritage, cultural landscape and natural environment. Founder and Senior Partner of Cooperate S.r.l., she has taught in Politecnico of Milan since 2002 and Università dell'Insubria since 2013, and she has designed and coordinated research and operational projects at local, national and international levels for public and private bodies.