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Questioning the Diffusion of Resilience Discourses in Pursuit of Transformational Change

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  • Ross Gillard

    (University of Leeds)

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Desirable responses to global environmental challenges are increasingly being characterized as requiring transformational social change. Keeping pace with this growing imperative, discourses of resilience are shifting away from an emphasis on durability toward more progressive themes. After briefly revisiting the interdisciplinary origin of social-ecological resilience, some lingering concerns about its theoretical underpinnings and practical implications are raised. With the theme of transformational change in mind, two sets of questions are posed—aiming to stimulate discussion of resilience as a boundary object, and resilience in practice. The first set of questions is intended to draw attention to differences between analysis and normativity in resilience discourses, as well as to how this plays out across different scales. The latter questions problematize the predominance of localism in resilience discourses and seek to advance the critique of its inherent neoliberalism.

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  • Ross Gillard, 2016. "Questioning the Diffusion of Resilience Discourses in Pursuit of Transformational Change," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 16(1), pages 13-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:16:y:2016:i:1:p:13-20
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    1. Marcelo Enrique Conti & Massimo Battaglia & Mario Calabrese & Cristina Simone, 2021. "Fostering Sustainable Cities through Resilience Thinking: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs): Lessons Learned from Two Italian Case Studies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-20, November.
    2. Jakob Lundgren, 2021. "The Grand Concepts of Environmental Studies Boundary objects between disciplines and policymakers," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 11(1), pages 93-100, March.
    3. Fitzgibbons, Joanne & Mitchell, Carrie L., 2019. "Just urban futures? Exploring equity in “100 Resilient Cities”," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 648-659.
    4. Jesse M. Keenan, 2020. "COVID, resilience, and the built environment," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 216-221, June.
    5. Peter Ferguson & Linda Wollersheim, 2023. "From sustainable development to resilience? (Dis)continuities in climate and development policy governance discourse," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(1), pages 67-77, February.
    6. Rözer, Viktor & Surminski, Swenja, 2021. "Current and future flood risk of new build homes across different socio-economic neighbourhoods in England and Wales," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108923, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    Keywords

    economics; environment; global; change; resilience;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q59 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Other

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