“Shared learning” for building urban climate resilience – experiences from Asian cities
This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or strengthen n...
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Published in | Environment and urbanization Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 393 - 412 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
London, England
SAGE Publications
01.10.2013
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Summary: | This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has
been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning”
approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or
strengthen networks, build appreciation for complexity and uncertainty among stakeholders, provide a
space for deliberating concepts such as vulnerability and resilience, and build knowledge and
capacities for stakeholders to engage and represent their own interests. Shared learning approaches
face considerable challenges navigating politicized urban environments, in which the nature and
value of existing systems − and therefore the value of building resilience − are contested. This
article suggests that deliberate, strategic intervention by facilitators may contribute to more
transformative change on behalf of equitable, socially just outcomes – and thus cautions against
seeing urban climate vulnerability as a technical challenge, or shared learning as a “toolkit” for
building resilience. |
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ISSN: | 0956-2478 1746-0301 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0956247813501136 |