What Makes A City Resilient?

1 October 2005 - 5:00am

What gives a city the ability to re-group and come back from natural disaster and human tragedies stronger than before?

These are questions Thomas Campanella has attempted to answer in his book, The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster, the guest this week on Smart City. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment takes a look at our planet's resilience from an environmental perspective. Its director, Walter Reid, talks about the science behind the opportunities and challenges of ecosystem change.

Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Listen live on the Web Saturdays at 8 a.m central and Sundays at noon central. Or listen to archived shows online anytime, or listen to the podcast, accessible also via iTunes.

Source: Smart City Radio, September 30, 2005
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