Abstract
Resilience is utilised in various areas of academia: physics, economics, urban, individual, community, ecological and social-ecological. When it comes to urban environments, urban resilience often focuses on disaster management without consideration for the community. This article proposes the use of community resilience literature to aid in understanding the role of community within urban resilience. There have been many programs and initiatives, which have enabled cities to begin to address issues relating to resilience; one such city is Bogota. This article puts forward an ethnographic research project focusing on Bogota, Colombia and its relationship with resilience. Observations throughout Bogota were conducted from January to May 2015, supplemented by 15 interviews throughout this period with government officials and various stakeholders. Policy analysis was conducted throughout this period. The results show that through the Bogota Humana Plan, the city of Bogota has been able to draw on various resilience strategies from different academic fields, enhancing their urban, community, and cultural resilience. This article argues that community resilience literature should be utilised within urban resilience strategies, creating a more holistic, cross disciplinary approach which in the long term better for urban environments. The Bogota government provides a quality example of a city, which is implementing resilience strategies utilised within community resilience to establish a holistic resilience urban environment.
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