In addition to our blog re-focus towards articles showcasing what is going to happen to planning and urban studies pedagogy … More
Category: Resilience
Centering a critical urban geography of disaster-prone areas
8 min. read Natural disasters are often identified in the parlance as ‘acts of God’, and their human victims, as … More
The AESOP YA Blog is getting a new design!
2 min read. As we passed the torch to our new YA blog team, one of the decisions we took … More
Planning in Central America in the 21st century: Possibilities and limitations for resilience implementation
10 min read Guest author: Carlos Ferrufino (Universidad Centroamericana – UCA) Editors’ note: This post is a short paper that … More
“The times they are (still) a’changing”: resources for climate transition
Reading time: 6 minutes In 1964, in times of emerging social change across the USA, Bob Dylan sung prophetically that … More
Social disruption and complexity: Transformative power of crises
Reading time: 10 minutes Guest authors: Pinar Dörder (chair of the YA Coordination Team; Darmstadt University of Technology) and Flavia … More
How planners can play a key role in addressing the climate crisis
Reading time: 4 minutes Editor’s note: This post is part of the permanent call for blog posts to mark the … More
Welcome 2021 – a fresh new start!
Reading time: 3 minutes Goodbye 2020, welcome 2021 Without doubt, 2020 was a challenging year for all of us. Equally, … More
Cognitive mapping to understand neighbourhoods – Kenya
3 min read Editor’s note: This post is the concluding post in a series of entitled ‘Mapping – a tool … More
Community-led Heritage Mapping in Kathmandu (Nepal)
4 min read Guest author: Olga Chepelianskaia (UNICITI) Editor’s note: This piece is the first in a series of three … More