Ciudades resilientes en el antropoceno: mito o realidad

The term “resilience” has become a significant concept in academia through its use in a wide variety of disciplines in social and biophysical sciences, including psychology, economics, anthropology, ecology and engineering. Resilience is now becoming an important tool in urban planning to assess the capacity of cities to adapt to changes occurring in a context of social protection, reducing disaster risks or adapting to climate change. The objective of this paper is to assess the differences, similarities and limitations of the two most controversial concepts in present-day urban development: resilience and sustainability. The most common interpretations and difficulties existing for its application to urban planning are discussed. The authors consider resilience to be a key concept for making urban sustainability an operational reality.