Assessing Urban Resilience from the Perspective of Scaling Law: Evidence from Chinese Cities
Urban resilience, as an emerging research focus in urban studies, is the capability of an urban system to adapt to the uncertainties and disturbances faced by modern cities. Numerical characterization of an urban system’s resilience can be performed with urban resilience indicators. Moreover, as cit...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:14213e90776041fe9d31ed30df2ed0c2 2024-01-07T09:46:27+01:00 Assessing Urban Resilience from the Perspective of Scaling Law: Evidence from Chinese Cities Chenchen Shi Naliang Guo Xiaoping Zhu Feng Wu 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101803 https://doaj.org/article/14213e90776041fe9d31ed30df2ed0c2 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/10/1803 https://doaj.org/toc/2073-445X doi:10.3390/land11101803 2073-445X https://doaj.org/article/14213e90776041fe9d31ed30df2ed0c2 Land, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 1803 (2022) urban scaling laws scaling exponent scale-adjusted metropolitan indicator allometric growth resilient cities resilience index Agriculture S article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101803 2023-12-10T01:42:55Z Urban resilience, as an emerging research focus in urban studies, is the capability of an urban system to adapt to the uncertainties and disturbances faced by modern cities. Numerical characterization of an urban system’s resilience can be performed with urban resilience indicators. Moreover, as cities evolve with intensive socio-economic interactions, the performances of urban indicators are heavily dependent on the scale of these interactions; these relationships are conceptualized as urban scaling laws. Therefore, this study explores the scaling patterns of urban resilience, analyzing the scaling relationship between different resilience indicators and urban population size, as well as the spatial–temporal evolutions of the scaling patterns. The empirical case is based on 267 prefectural-level cities in China. The results show resilience indicators demonstrate scaling patterns on both spatial and temporal scales. Moreover, the scale-adjusted metropolitan indicator (SAMI) differs from the commonly used per capita indicator. Therefore, the scale needs to be considered when assessing urban resilience performance. Findings in this study indicate that moderate scale enhances resilience, enriching urban resilience theorization and urban scaling laws application. The empirical results in the case study also provide a reference for future urban resilience planning and management. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Land 11 10 1803 |
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Urban resilience, as an emerging research focus in urban studies, is the capability of an urban system to adapt to the uncertainties and disturbances faced by modern cities. Numerical characterization of an urban system’s resilience can be performed with urban resilience indicators. Moreover, as cities evolve with intensive socio-economic interactions, the performances of urban indicators are heavily dependent on the scale of these interactions; these relationships are conceptualized as urban scaling laws. Therefore, this study explores the scaling patterns of urban resilience, analyzing the scaling relationship between different resilience indicators and urban population size, as well as the spatial–temporal evolutions of the scaling patterns. The empirical case is based on 267 prefectural-level cities in China. The results show resilience indicators demonstrate scaling patterns on both spatial and temporal scales. Moreover, the scale-adjusted metropolitan indicator (SAMI) differs from the commonly used per capita indicator. Therefore, the scale needs to be considered when assessing urban resilience performance. Findings in this study indicate that moderate scale enhances resilience, enriching urban resilience theorization and urban scaling laws application. The empirical results in the case study also provide a reference for future urban resilience planning and management. |
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