RESURBE III

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN & REGIONAL RESILIENCE

Empowering Local Communities for Local Action

February 16-20th  2016, UNAM, México DF, MEXICO

¿HOW CAN WE RETHINK THE TRANSITION TO RESILIENCE IN CITIES AND REGIONS?

UNAM

Feb 16-20, 2016

RESURBE III is organized in the frame of RESURBE International Program on Urban & Regional Resilience.

RESURBE Program aims to realize research, capacity building and urban development projects worldwide, as well as to support informed policy making, on resilience at local and regional scales (climate change adaptation, mitigation and risk).

The best articles and practices will be selected for publication within the volumes of the book series "Resilience Cities: Rethinking Urban Transformation" (Springer), and the authors will be invited to joint RESURBE program working groups.

RESURBE III International Conference on Urban Resilience main objective is to facilitate the discussion on urban resilience, aiming at empowering local communities for local actions.RESURBE III is calling for the participation of local communities, researchers and practitioners, from public, private and non-governmental organizations.

RESURBE III is principally focusing on:

a) To define the real-life challenges faced by local communities for achieving resilience, facing environmental, social, economic slow and rapid on-setting risks.

b) To redefine the role of universities in identifying and implementing practical solutions for urban resilience, together with the local communities.

c) To define approaches for facilitating the knowledge co-creation and exchange between local communities and other stakeholders to support appropriate local actions.resilience, aiming at empowering local communities for local actions.