More Than Smart, Beyond Resilient: Networking Communities for Antifragile Cities
| dc.contributor.author | Hespanhol, Luke | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Lewkowicz, Myriam | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Rohde, Markus | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Mulder, Ingrid | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Schuler, Douglas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-04T19:54:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-04T19:54:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The discourse about smart cities has recently evolved to include the particular notion of resilient cities: those enacting a series of processes -- often employing digital technologies -- towards aspirational standards of urban areas more robust and tolerant to potential accidents and a range of unforeseen issues. In this paper, I consider the particular niche of emergency situations, and focus in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study, given its continuous exposure to large scale natural shocks. I discuss mechanisms adopted by different cities, and classify their use of digital technologies along a continuum between fragility to stressors, at one end, and promoting antifragility, at the other. Through the analysis of those examples, I argue for design guidelines that promote urban antifragility by developing middle-out networks of support within and between communities, able not only to be well prepared for emergency scenarios, but also to grow more resilient with them. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1145/3083671.3083683 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4503-4854-6 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | ACM Press, New York | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies | |
| dc.subject | Smart cities | |
| dc.subject | antifragility | |
| dc.subject | communities | |
| dc.subject | digital placemaking | |
| dc.subject | emergency systems | |
| dc.subject | middle-out | |
| dc.subject | resilient cities | |
| dc.subject | social interactions | |
| dc.title | More Than Smart, Beyond Resilient: Networking Communities for Antifragile Cities | en |
| dc.type | Text/Conference Paper | |
| gi.citation.endPage | 114 | |
| gi.citation.startPage | 105 | |
| gi.conference.date | June 26-30, 2017 | |
| gi.conference.location | Troyes, France | |
| gi.conference.sessiontitle | Long Papers | |
| mci.conference.review | full |