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From Policy Challenge to Implementation Strategy: Enabling Strategies for Network Governance of Urban Resilience
Author(s) -
Therrien MarieChristine,
Normandin JulieMaude
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1944-4079
DOI - 10.1002/rhc3.12192
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , corporate governance , transformative learning , process (computing) , work (physics) , network governance , public relations , collaborative governance , business , process management , sociology , public administration , psychological resilience , macro , knowledge management , political science , computer science , engineering , psychology , physics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , finance , programming language , operating system
What transformations do municipal administrations implement to enact a resilience policy? This article responds to this question from a comparative perspective by analyzing enabling and impeding mechanisms developed in the cities of Montreal (Canada) and London (UK) as they establish their strategies. Collaborative network governance and institutional work mechanisms used in Montreal and London are analyzed in connection with the influence of macro‐ and micro‐contextual elements under which a network can resiliently manage risk and crises. In both cases, the development of resilience emerges from their emergency management structures, as units in charge try to animate their new area of responsibility through collaborative governance. As a siloed approach this is embedded in daily routines, organizations with limited resources focused on shared motivation and values, collaboration across organizational boundaries and creation of joint capacity to implement resilience. This transformative process concerns the organization in charge of resilience in the municipal administration and the wider network that they build and animate.