Building climate resilience

An increased focus on sustainability in society has meant the way that we understand and respond to some of the world’s most pressing problems has changed.

Resilience is a concept that has emerged as a parallel narrative to sustainability. Indeed, sustainability and resilience are often used interchangeably, meaning that identifying distinctive resilience methodologies and applications can be challenging.

This section explores some of the key areas of resilience, and relates these to debates on sustainability and climate change.

This section is maintained by Dr Gregory Borne  of Falmouth University.

Feature: Flood risk: planning for climate change

Feature: Urban resilience: what does it mean?

Feature: Urban resilience: building protection

RICS journal article: Campus exemplifies sustainable education site

RICS journal article: Prioritising climate change in the planning system

World Built Environment Forum: Natural Environment: Climate risk, resilience and adaptation

World Built Environment Forum: Putting a price on the planet: Part 1 – Accounting for natural capital