Resilient Resource Management of Cities

The development of resources promotes the development of urban economy, but it may also lead to the phenomenon of "resource curse", which brings a series of problems such as environmental risks and resource depletion. "Resilience" is used to study the complexity of urban socio-ecological systems. It develops a new framework to explore the non-linear interactions between the components of urban systems, and to resist and adapt to internal and external risk shocks. Conducting resilient resource management of cities will have an important impact on solving issues such as resources consumption reduction, structural transformation, and risk prevention and control, and it is also promoting the realization of Global Sustainable Development.

The concept of resilience has gradually been applied to the field of urban development and regional management. Cities across the world may encounter different challenges in improving urban resilience and achieving sustainable development due to their resource endowment, geographical environment, economic structure, institutional system, and culture. Strengthening the resilience of cities in the dimensions of economy, society, ecology, and resources is expected to become a new way of thinking for cities to turn challenges into opportunities, accelerate transformation, and achieve sustainable development. Therefore, it is urgent for both the academia and policy makers to find ways for sustainable development of cities from the development history and current situation. This special issue aims to gather contributions that analyze issues of resilient resource management of cities at regional and national levels. We invite submissions that explore the changes in the resilience of cities and the reasons behind them. We look for research offering innovative theories and methodologies; moreover, interdisciplinary research papers on relevant topics that combine different theoretical and methodological approaches are particularly welcomed.

This special issue will focus on resilience development and management of global cities. Papers may include the following topics, but not limited to:

• Multi-system resilience coordination of cities

• Resilience resource management assessment of cities

• Resilience resource management of cities and climate change

• Sustainable resource utilization and urban resilience management

• Factors Influencing in resilience resource management

• Urban natural resource management

• Urban resource low carbon transformation and development

• Resilience resource management strategies of cities

• Policy innovation and resilience in cities