Resources for Resilient Cities
The links pages listed at the right may be helpful as you explore the ideas and concepts of resilient city planning and design.
Resilience Definitions
The term Resilience the way we are using it has its origins in the science of ecology. In ecology, the term resilience refers to an ecosystem’s ability to successfully cope with external shocks and stresses. On this page we provide two useful definitions of resilience that have helped us in shaping the development of our resilient planning and design ideas and principles for resilient cities.
Essential Website Links
Links to websites of key climate change, peak oil resources as well as websites dealing with transition and depowering. We have also included some key links related to climate science, and the monitoring of the environment.
Essential Books
Links to a few essential books for understanding the breadth and depth of both climate change and peak oil issues, that provide a good foundation for understanding their future potential impact on the way we plan and design cities.
Please contact us to suggest additional links.

