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Resilience and Justice
Author(s) -
Fainstein Susan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12186
Subject(s) - indeterminacy (philosophy) , resilience (materials science) , agency (philosophy) , economic justice , adaptation (eye) , vulnerability (computing) , preparedness , sociology , psychological resilience , state (computer science) , political science , law and economics , economics , risk analysis (engineering) , business , epistemology , law , computer science , social psychology , social science , computer security , psychology , philosophy , physics , algorithm , neuroscience , thermodynamics
The term resilience has become the popular formulation for plans that deal with preparedness for disaster. It implies adaptation rather than returning to a pre‐crisis state. Its use has been extended from environmental events to social and economic crises. Its fault is that it obfuscates underlying conflict and the distribution of benefits resulting from policy choices. Development of resilience policies is cloaked in complicated models showing complexity and indeterminacy. Marxist analysis provides insights that cut through the failure of these models to assign agency, but it does not offer approaches short of revolution to assist present‐day planning. The conclusion of the essay presents strategies that can lead to greater justice in planning to cope with the impacts of devastating events.