“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

 — Albert Einstein

Resources

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.