Resilience: Time Is Of The Essence
Resilience: Did you ever use the word and wonder what it actually means? Truth is, it means many things to many different people. Personally? Stress is all around us and it is worthwhile to ask, if I change something, will stress go away? Think of the variables, the things you can adapt to let the stress pass, and keep the invariables. Socially? It means engaging with the people affected by stress in order to figure out a consensus on which variables can be adapted and which can't, in a manner that integrates different perspectives. For planners, I looked at the term, its various meanings, and its interrelations with other key planning topics, sustainability and vulnerability. The essay was published five years ago; I need to translate it for upcoming talks, and I need to amend it (with insights from the Memorandum Urbane Resilienz and related policy documents). Until then, here is the preprint of the version published by Topos in 2021. Planners aim at making cities and their popul...