Sustainability and the City … in a World of Extremities & Uncertainties

“Sustainability will be lost or won in our cities!” … Agree, disagree or indifferent? Make up your mind after considering this talk, which will discuss the issues and factors around this topic and present current research, trends and challenges.

The increasing complexity and interdependencies of the systems that comprise a city’s function and drive its evolution also increase its vulnerability to “shocks”. These have significant implications not only on urban residents’ wellbeing and resilience but also in our pursuit for a more sustainable future. An interdisciplinary framework and approach to urban sustainability and resilience research based on the performance concept (around multiple or n-bottom-lines, nBL) and systems science applied at different scales is presented to better understand and support a whole-society approach to addressing these challenges. These are illustrated through a brief overview of a diverse range of research on climate change mitigation and adaptation as they relate to the built environment, energy systems transitions, freight transport and logistics and disaster and community resilience, including the role of digital and information technologies and stakeholder decision-making based on anthro-complexity. Some of the most significant research challenges are identified.

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