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- 厂耻辫别谤惫颈蝉辞谤:听David Alexander and Gianluca Pescaroli
- Funder: London Fire Brigade
- 贰尘补颈濒:听jeremy.reynolds.19@ucl.ac.uk
Learning from organisations regarding adaptive capacity and their relevance to urban resilience planning
Adaptability within organisations has been described as 鈥渂eing able to adapt to the requirements of the environment and being able to manage the environment鈥檚 variability鈥� (McDonald, 2006) and 鈥渢he capacity to continuous reconstruction鈥� (Hamel and Valikangas, 2003). This aspect also appears relevant to urban resilience planning, and听a city鈥檚 鈥渁bility to withstand a wide array of shocks and stresses鈥� (Leichenko, 2011).听听However, the extent to which adaptive capacity is, or could be, connected to urban resilience is ambiguous. The purpose of this research is to investigate if good organisational practice in adaptive capacity has significant lessons for urban resilience planning.听 It is expected that horizon scanning, risk management, attention to signals and 听learning of lessons will form part of the answer. 听The research is currently focussed on London and its ambition to be a 鈥渞esilient city鈥� (London City Resilience Strategy, Greater London Authority, 2020).听
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