Design of Architecture and URBAN RESILIENCE.pptx

Urban Resilience

1. URBAN RESILIENCE JULAIHI WAHID ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA SARAWAK KOTA SAMARAHAN SARAWAK MALAYSIA

2. THE CONTENT INTRODUCTION DEFINITIVE FRAMEWORK – WHAT IS URBAN RESILIENCE MAIN ISSUE OF URBAN RESILIENCE THE CONCERN OF URBAN RESILIENCE LOCAL WISDOM IN TACKLING THE ISSUES FINDINGS DISCUSSIONS CONCLUSIONS

3. TODAY – world are talking about “VUCA” = Volatile, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity natural disasters and human actions are considered uncertain, unpredictable urban threats. Therefore, cities must respond more quickly and more effectively to anticipate and minimize the associated consequences and dangers

4. 'Resilient Urbanization’ 'Resilient Urbanization - proactive steps required for cities to achieve resilience , Reduce Impact of sustainability , and Disturbance livability . - main problem of the city – growth and population explosion

5. DEFINITIVE FRAMEWORK 'Resilient Urbanization - focus on exploring proactive steps required for cities to achieve resilience, sustainability, and livability. Cultural resiliency, is defined as the ability of communities to retain its core values while adapting the manifestation and supporting artifacts to suit fit a changing environment. A resilient culture is one that is able to maintain its values while actively engaging in current and future socio-economic and political needs of the community Address various aspects that contribute to a better quality of life, including social inclusiveness, affordability, housing, accessibility, mobility, health, education, safety, and security. 

6. FOUR PILLARS OF URBAN RESILIENCE Problem facing society today is the growth of large cities Resisting , Recovering , Adapting and Transforming

7. CONCERN: infrastructural , institutional, economic, and social resilience. The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

8. Cont /… climatic condition changes ,  urban planning ,  urban communities ,   energy  and  disasters  (natural or human).

9. Rationale Nowadays, natural disasters and human actions are considered uncertain, unpredictable urban threats Promoting urban resilience in relation to environmental, socioeconomic and political domains The public goals of any housing development are usually a better quality of life, a sustainable community, and the continuity of cultural values. The study of low cost housing programs allows for an understanding of what works and why. This also allows planning to pick from what is best and avoid pitfalls. The study on cultural resiliency was undertaken to determine the impact of urbanization on existing culture – and the people undergoing the process.

10. Contextualizing Cultural Resilience within urbanization One of the Focus in URBAN SETTINGS What is cultural resilience and why its use? What are the elements that influence behaviour and why? What is the relationship between the physical aspect of housing and behaviour ?

11. Cultural issues addressed Appreciation for traditional culture seen as a way of life Appreciation for the urban way of life Social Problems Socio-political involvement Social Exclusion Social resiliency

12. Behavior and the physical/designed environment Behavior and behaviorism – understanding why people are the way they are? (Pavlov, Piaget, Skinner, Freud et al) Impact of the physical environment on behavior – studies on urban stress and urban responses (Levy and Visotsky ) Environmental determinism vs cultural determinism

13. THE CASE Our Approach to the Problem The use of cultural resilience as an integrative measure to evaluate the impact of the program To define housing as a function of urbanization rather than merely shelter provision To evaluate where the people are today and their potential tomorrow To focus on both the physical as well as the socio-cultural drivers

14. Cont /… The use of cultural resilience as an integrative measure to evaluate the impact of the program To define housing as a function of urbanization rather than merely shelter provision To evaluate where the people are today and their potential tomorrow To focus on both the physical as well as the socio-cultural drivers

15. e.g THE FOCUS Focuses on the physical aspect of housing and its relationship to behaviour . Behaviour is defined as behaviour towards urbanization Housing defined as place-making and port-setting

16. Five Dimensions of urban resilience: Natural , Economic , Social , Physical and Institutional urban resilience evaluation models integrate eleven characteristics: redundancy, robustness, connectivity, independence, efficiency, resources, diversity, adaptation, innovation, inclusion and integration

17. Working definitions Contestation of place The residents feel that they need to assert themselves (often visibly and vocally) to avoid being marginalized . Use of previous identities (symbols, ethnicity) to defend against a problematic environment (urban) Work outside the status quo (even through challenging authorities) Traditional culture preservation

18. Cont / . . . Negotiation of place Residents working through the status quo finding their place in the urban arena Adoption of modern symbols with caveats based on traditional values Developing unique local identities which are a combination of the past and present Resilient culture with optimal adaptability

19. cont /. . . Assimilation Total ease within the urban environment Adoption of modern symbols displacing traditional icons Dissolution of traditional culture If unsuccessful – displaced and uprooted socio-culturally

20. Findings People’s effort Safety/security/community/tolerance Housing renovations indicative of progress, maintenance and evolution of culture Contribute to urban well-being Changes in the face of urbanization generally approached through a ‘negotiated urbanization’ approach as opposed to contestation of place

21. Resiliency – selecting alternative avenues to urbanization Continuum of behaviour – not to look at all urbanites as being uniform Moving away from typical policy decisions-more creative Planning should provide the social infrastructure needed for better negotiation of place Harmony of urban community Implications of findings

22. DISCUSSIONS Some non-physical implications on the physical structure Ownership status and being trapped in one stage of urbanization Housing as an evolving asset / feature of urbanization - : Liveability Affordability Living standards ---- another issue: - urban land -cost of materials Safety/security Smart technology

23. . Planners know that it is ever more difficult to increase parcel size or location. If such is the belief than there is not much hope for the low income – they will continue to suffer or be blamed for much social ill. Then the programs will be accused of doing too little, too late. But such is not the case from the study done. Several patterns are seen to emerge with respect to resiliency of the culture and perhaps the programs may yet serve as continuing gateways for people experiencing the urban.  

24. Conclusions We need to analyze the Five Dimensions Physical Natural reduce the impacts arising from disturbance Economic adapt to change, rapidly transform system, limit the current Institutional or future adaptive capacity Social

25. TO PROMOTE MORE RESILIENT URBAN SYSTEM COMBINE EXPERIENCE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES – INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE STRATEGY LEADERSHIP/(Governance) – actions and policy CHANGING AND EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY – TRANSPORTATION PATTERN OF GROWTH IN THE CITY – NOT SPECIFICALLY IN ECONOMIC SECTOR LOCAL CONTEXT – CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE

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