How Digital Platforms Enhance Urban Resilience

Dong Qiu,Binglin Lv,Calvin M L Chan

doi:10.3390/su14031285

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Abstract

Throughout human history, natural and man-made disasters have devastated cities in unpredictable ways. Cities must therefore respond faster and better to minimize the risks posed by disasters. Nowadays, with the rapid development of communication technology, digital platforms are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of people’s lives; hence, they could become a new force for urban resilience. However, there are few studies on how digital platforms enhance urban resilience, so this paper attempts to use the method of CiteSpace (V.5.8.R3, 64 bit) scientometrics analysis and literature analysis to study the dimensions and trends of urban resilience, the role of digital platforms in the dimensions of urban resilience, especially focusing on how digital platforms impact on urban resilience during COVID-19. The results showed that there is considerable literature on natural disasters and infrastructure, but few papers discuss urban governance, knowledge systems, and social media. Furthermore, it is also found that digital platforms contributed to the enhancement of urban resilience in China and Singapore during COVID-19. These suggests that enhancing urban resilience through digital platforms can be a viable approach.

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Throughout human history, natural and man-made disasters have devastated cities in unpredictable ways
What are the dimensions of urban resilience? Second, what is the role of digital platforms in the dimensions of urban resilience? how do digital platforms affect urban resilience, especially during
In clusters 2# and 5#, we found that new research directions such as urban governance and social media started to emerge in the study of urban resilience

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Throughout human history, natural and man-made disasters have devastated cities in unpredictable ways. With the rapid development of communication technology, digital platforms are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of people’s lives; they could become a new force for urban resilience. It is found that digital platforms contributed to the enhancement of urban resilience in China and Singapore during COVID-19. Urban resilience enables individuals as well as cities to overcome disruption, recover from disasters, and continuously develop a better future. With the ubiquity of information and communication technology and the democratization of innovation, digital platforms have emerged as a new paradigm of economic and social development. How digital platforms effectively enhance urban resilience is a topic worth studying. What is the role of digital platforms in the dimensions of urban resilience? Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations

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