Urban Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transformative Digitalization in European Smart Cities to Address Climate Change

Balogun, Abdul-Lateef, Shekhar, Himanshu, Budryte, Paulina, Okunola, Olasunkanmi H., Abdul-Kareem, Teslim, Abubakar, Ismaila R., Aina, Yusuf A., Tella, Abdulwaheed and Yekeen, Shamsudeen T., "Urban Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transformative Digitalization in European Smart Cities to Address Climate Change" in Resilient Smart Cities ed. Sharifi, Ayyoob and Salehi, Pourya (Cham: Springer Cham, 2022), 355-373.

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  • Author Balogun, Abdul-Lateef
    Shekhar, Himanshu
    Budryte, Paulina
    Okunola, Olasunkanmi H.
    Abdul-Kareem, Teslim
    Abubakar, Ismaila R.
    Aina, Yusuf A.
    Tella, Abdulwaheed
    Yekeen, Shamsudeen T.
    Book Editor Sharifi, Ayyoob
    Salehi, Pourya
    Chapter Title Urban Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transformative Digitalization in European Smart Cities to Address Climate Change
    Book Title Resilient Smart Cities
    Publication Date 2022-06-30
    Place of Publication Cham
    Publisher Springer Cham
    Start page 355
    End page 373
    Language eng
    Abstract Climate change has been and is still affecting every region in Europe, with varying impacts across the continent. While some cities are generally resilient to CC impacts, other cities are not necessarily as fortunate. Promoting policies that build resilience enhances cities’ capabilities to cope with acute shocks and chronic stresses, adapt well to changing climate conditions, and ultimately transform to resilient cities. Conversely, the weak or absence of urban resilience increases the vulnerability of the urban poor to risks. It is therefore imperative to rapidly enhance urban resilience practices. To date, only 26% of 885 cities in Europe have viable adaptation plans, highlighting an imbalance in the adaptation and resilience progression across countries. Although digital transformation through increased data availability and the use of digitalization instruments has the potential to improve the rate of achieving the adaptation strategies, not much has been documented in this regard. Thus, this chapter examines the potentials of digitalization in accelerating adaptation and boosting resilience in selected European cities. Case studies are analysed through a systematic literature search, and evidence of fruitful cases are presented. We conclude by discussing some challenges of digitalization and make recommendations for future works.
    UNBIS Thesaurus EUROPE
    CLIMATE CHANGE
    Keyword digitalization
    Transformative adaptation
    Urban resilience
    Copyright Holder Springer
    Copyright Year 2022
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-95037-8_15
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