Abstract
In the last decades, the discourse on urban resilience has become extremely influential across the globe. In the field of urban planning and studies, scholars and practitioners have emphasised the role of cities as both spaces that are critically exposed to different kinds of risks and as strategic actors who can and must mobilize policy initiatives in order to cope with them. In this context, this chapter focuses on the mainstreaming and institutionalisation of discourses on urban resilience within local governments and governance networks through the intervention of Trans Municipal Networks (TMNs). The object of analysis is the participation of the cities of Milan and Rome to the implementation of the international initiative and network ‘100 Resilient Cities’, promoted by the Rockefeller Foundation. Based on a set of in-depth interviews with stakeholders and participant observation, the study addresses empirical evidence according to three analytical dimensions: downscaling; internal institutionalisation; and external institutionalisation.
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Notes
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As the the Resilience Strategy of Milan was yet to be released at the time of writing the version that was analysed for the purposes of this contribution was an earlier draft. The final text of the Strategy could contain slightly different content.
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One of the authors was personally involved in the implementation of the programme in Rome as coordinator of the Roma Resiliente Initiative, which was the first phase of the city’s participation in 100RC, concluded in January 2016 with the publication of the Preliminary Resilience Assessment.
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Coppola, A., Crivello, S., Haupt, W. (2020). Urban Resilience as New Ways of Governing: The Implementation of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative in Rome and Milan. In: Balducci, A., Chiffi, D., Curci, F. (eds) Risk and Resilience. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56067-6_8
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