COVID and the city: Resilience, a system-based approach

Caption image above: Domino Park Brooklyn; source: Internet This pandemic has impacted all of us and our cities, underlining our Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- Part 2

Over the past few months, I have been sharing the story of Pedda Jalaripeta, a remote slum in Visakhapatnam. It Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- The Social Capital of Pedda Jalaripeta.

Contemporary research focuses on how the urban poor residents use their bonding capital to cope or adapt to disasters. For example Continue reading →

Resilience of a Slum: What, Why and How?

Image above: Picking up the pieces in Pedda Jalaripeta’s fishermen’s colony (India) after Cyclone Hudhud. Source: Al Jazeera   With this post, Continue reading →

On Climate Change: COP21 + course

Dear readers, With much attention on the UN conference on Climate Change,  COP21, and countries enthusiastically celebrating their joint agreements, Continue reading →