Abstract
Cities around the world are facing ongoing challenges politically, socially, economically and environmentally, which calls for robust incorporation of sustainability and resilience in policies. This article investigates the growing use of those concepts in policy in a developing country in the Arab world, taking Jordan as a relevant case, using document qualitative analysis as a primary method supported by the word frequency method. It brings together several national to local level policies, that address bottom-up and top-down challenges, developed after a shock, the Syrian refugee crisis that changed the scenario of policy development. The article aimed to understand the extent of the use of sustainability and resilience in policies in the Jordan case. Results indicate that those terms are often used in an ambiguous manner, which may lead to misleading in some cases. Results also highlight that the interest of policymakers is shifting from sustainability to resilience. However, it is still not the focus of policies that is changing: it is a simple exchange of “buzzwords”. This study is relevant to countries experiencing rapid population growth caused by refugees and those aiming to move toward or increase their urban sustainability and resilience through policymaking in the Arab world and beyond.
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