Review on the Resilient City Research Overseas

How can a city survive and keep its vitality in facing to various disasters and crises altogether is an urgent issue to deal with nowadays.In this context,the concept of resilience is increasingly getting more and more attentions worldwide.This paper firstly summarizes the four major research areas in the current studies on resilience,i.e.ecological,engineering,economic and social resilience,as well as their respective connotations and representative scholars.Based on this summary,the paper secondly reviews on the resilient city studies overseas from the similar four areas and their research focuses.Thirdly,the paper points out the possible future research trends in resilient city studies,which include:(1) how to promote equity in pursuit of resilience;(2) how to promote resilience through applying the technique innovations;(3) how to build a resilient city through the cooperation and integration of different disciplines.Given the wide disparity of development process and spatial outcome in China,a Chinese oriented resilient city study is badly needed.Maybe a more resilient consideration needs to be introduced in research on resilient city.