Digital Technologies for Urban Resilience

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, interest in Urban Resilience is growing. Urban Resilience is defined as “a city's ability to survive, adapt and grow despite all kinds of chronic stress (e.g., climate change, environmental pollution, and traffic congestion) and acute shock (e.g., pandemic, earthquakes, droughts, and floods) to the individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within the city”. For Urban Resilience in recent years, digital technologies are rapidly emerging as tools in building digital platforms for Urban Resilience, facilitating digital engagement of individuals, and constructing smart resilient cities.

As Urban Resilience is regarded as the foundation of a sustainable future, Urban Resilience projects utilizing digital technologies such as AI, big data, and IoT are being considered in many cities around the world. However, there is a lack of theoretical frameworks that can be used for these Urban Resilience projects or practical case studies for reference. Therefore, this topic aims to establish a theoretical framework for Urban Resilience and to make practical contributions to implementing Urban Resilience in many countries by discovering success stories and empirical studies of the use and adoption of digital technologies for Urban Resilience in various areas. To this end, we are looking for papers on the use of digital technologies for Urban Resilience as follows:

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A study on the theoretical framework for Urban Resilience;
• A study on the integration of strategies, processes, organizations, and digital technologies for Urban Resilience;
• A case of designing and building a digital platform for Urban Resilience;
• A case of using digital technologies and building applications for Urban Resilience to various chronic stress and acute shock:
• Natural disasters and accidents: earthquakes, droughts, floods, building collapses, fires, etc.;
• Climate change and environmental pollution: local warming, air pollution, water pollution, etc.;
• Economic shock and financial stress: stock price crashes, high unemployment, poverty, recession, etc.;
• Disease: pandemic, endemic, etc.;
• Social issues: terrorism, inequity, racism, garbage disposal. chronic traffic jams, digital divide, etc.;
• Security: hacking and cyber-attack, etc.
• A case of constructing a smart resilient city in the world;
• An empirical study on digital engagement of individuals and communities for Urban Resilience;
• An empirical analysis study for the use and adoption of digital technologies for Urban Resilience;
• Regulatory and legal issues related to Urban Resilience, etc.

Prof. Dr. Cheolho Yoon
Dr. Hyungon Kim
Topic Editors