Ability Of Cities Research Articles

Urban resilience reduces depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly adults: A multidimensional analysis based on China longitudinal healthy longevity survey

With the rapid urbanization and aging population, depression has become a severe public health issue globally, affecting millions of individuals and significantly impacting their quality of life and healthcare costs. Urban resilience refers to a city's ability to absorb, recover, and prepare for future shocks, ensuring sustainable development despite challenges. This study aims to explore the impact of urban resilience on depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly adults. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we analyzed five dimensions of urban resilience: economic, social, ecological, institutional, and infrastructural resilience. The results of cox proportional hazards model indicate that high levels of urban resilience significantly reduce the risk of depressive symptoms (HR = 0.875, 95% CI: 0.832–0.920, P < 0.001). Specifically, economic resilience (HR = 0.883, 95% CI: 0.846–0.921, P < 0.001), social resilience (HR = 0.916, 95% CI: 0.876–0.958, P < 0.001), ecological resilience (HR = 0.670, 95% CI: 0.516–0.869, P = 0.003), institutional resilience (HR = 0.922, 95% CI: 0.886–0.960, P < 0.001), and infrastructural resilience (HR = 0.875, 95% CI: 0.826–0.926, P < 0.001) all show significant negative correlations with depressive symptoms. Furthermore, the mitigation of depressive symptoms risk resulting from improved urban resilience disproportionately benefits vulnerable groups and those with healthy living habits. These findings provide scientific evidence for urban planning and policy formulation, contributing to the promotion of mental health and healthy aging among middle-aged and elderly populations.

Factors Influencing City Attractiveness of Constantine

Objective: The objective of this research was to elucidate the various urban factors within the city of Constantine that contribute to its attractiveness. Theoretical Framework: The purpose of this study is to identify urban factors that influence personal satisfaction and the city's appeal for residents and non- residents of Constantine. By exploring the different dimensions of the city's image, the authors provide an analytical technique for quantifying the competitive structure of Constantine and its ability to attract peoples. Method: The research is structured in the following manner. Initially, we analyze conventional methods used in place marketing to determine perceptions of place and city branding. Next, we emphasize the urban elements that impact both the satisfaction of residents and the overall appeal of the city to both residents and non-residents. To assess the attractiveness of Constantine, we establish an extensive list of city branding factors derived from the influences on city brand perceptions. The third part of the research involves defining and characterizing the sample, questionnaire, and variables. Finally, we evaluate our findings and discuss the practical implications for place marketers. Results and Discussion: The results of this study indicate that Constantine's ability to attract people is primarily influenced by the environment's quality, level of internationalization, and healthcare quality. Factors such as economic development, touristic capacity, and cultural quality do not significantly contribute to its attractiveness. Moreover, city representation, communication, education quality, safety level, and social services quality have a non-significant negative impact on the city's ability to attract people. Research Implications: The aim of this study is to explore the various aspects that influence metropolitan complacency as they affect the city’s ability to attract peoples such as young entrepreneurs, international business people, highly qualified individuals and tourists. In this way, our study aims to bring some practical implications for local and global location marketing and management. Originality/Value: This study focuses on the Constantine metropolitan area, firstly because no studies have been published so far examining the region in this context, and secondly why Constantine a priority for the Algerian government to promote its economic, cultural and tourism development.

Assessing urban resilience to pandemics with a hybrid framework of planning, absorption, recovery, and adaptation abilities: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran

This research advances urban resilience assessment beyond conventional social, economic, environmental, and institutional dimensions by introducing a hybrid framework integrating systemic resilience characteristics across planning, absorption, recovery, and adaptation abilities. Our study focused on Ahvaz, Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing a questionnaire survey involving 705 residents between May and November 2022. The results show that urban resilience in Ahvaz is low in all four capacities, especially in absorption, which indicates the city's limited ability to isolate disruptive events and prevent cascading impacts. We found that there is no significant difference in urban resilience across different districts of the city. However, a positive relationship exists between socio-economic status and urban resilience, underscoring its role in bolstering a city's ability to deal with adverse events. Ensuring fair distribution and accessibility of assets and resources within the city is crucial to minimize adverse effects on low-income groups. The findings highlight the necessity of reinforcing absorption capacities and addressing socio-economic inequalities to enhance urban resilience. The insights from this study can help shape policies and planning efforts aimed at building more resilient cities capable of withstanding pandemics and other stressors, including climate change.

Assessment of Dar es Salaam's resilience to climate change disasters using the Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI)

Climate change is becoming an increasingly significant issue in Africa, and the need for climate resilience assessment has intensified. Dar es Salam is one of Africa's emerging megacities. With a population of over seven million, which continues to grow, there is an urgent need to understand the city's ability to deal with natural disasters. The Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI) was used in this study to assess the city's ability to withstand and cope with climatic hazards. The Index was quantified using sets of dimensions (social, physical, economic, natural, and institutional), with various parameters indicating the city's abilities, strengths, and vulnerabilities to potential climate‐related disasters. Despite being moderately resilient to climate change disasters, the results of our study indicate that the city's economic and institutional features obtained the lowest scores and the least resilience level. The study's findings provide a perspective on aspects of the city management sectors in terms of resilience and which should be given greater consideration in order to strengthen the city's current and future resilience.

Digital trajectories in contemporary cities: Exploring the interplay between digital technology implementation, the amplitude of social media platforms, and tourists inflow in cities

Over the years, we have witnessed an ongoing and interrelated combination of smart city implementation and tourism trends. The current development of cities integrates technological implementation, the adoption of social media, and “smart” practices to interact with users and tourists, influencing their travel choices by offering a highly technological and customized environment. The objective of the study is to examine the impact of digital technology implementation and social media platforms in cities on tourism flow. Based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) approach and relying on panel data considering 20 Italian smart city projects between 2011 and 2021, this paper demonstrates the extent of the relationship between digital technology implementation embedded in smart city development and tourist flow. Moreover, it also considers the effect of the amplitude of social media platforms adopted, which positively impacts this relationship. Thus, our findings suggest that digital technology implementation in cities generally influences the interplay between smart city and tourism trajectories. Additionally, a city's ability to respond to and implement the newest and trending social media significantly influences its local tourist attractiveness.

The impacts of the informal economy, climate migration, and rising temperatures on energy system planning

This study aims to investigate the impacts of the informal economy, climate migration and temperature changes on energy demand and long-term urban energy system planning. The elasticity of energy demand to changes in the size of the informal sector, urban population and mean temperature is estimated for the case study city of Accra, Ghana. Elasticities are then applied to estimate energy demand under different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). An energy system optimization model analyzes SSP impacts on energy planning. Accra's energy demand is found to be most elastic to climate change-induced migration and rising temperatures; for example, energy demand is up to 43% higher in 2050 in a worst-case scenario compared to the base case. These factors will exacerbate the city's ability to meet its sustainability targets and manage informal sector growth. Photovoltaics, waste CCP and decarbonization of the transportation sector through electrification are found to be critical solution pathways for Accra to meet rising demand while supporting sustainability objectives. However, significant local distribution grid upgrades are required to support these technologies' rollout. Overall, this work demonstrates the importance and value of incorporating climate migration, rising temperature and informal sector analysis in energy planning models and decision-making processes, particularly in low and middle-income countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change. Although the approach is demonstrated on Accra, it can be applied at other scales and scopes globally.

The Relationship Between Urban Community Collaborative Governance and Building Resilience Cities in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China

Purpose: This study explores the impact of urban community collaborative governance on building resilience cities. Theoretical framework: The Synergistic Governance Theory (SGT) was applied in this study. Design/Methodology/Approach: The population of this study is the community of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China. The unit of analysis is individuals living in the community of Zhengzhou City. Through random sampling method, 384 community residents were selected to participate in the research. This study used a questionnaire survey method to obtain primary data for analysis. Findings: The results of the study show that (1) there is a significant positive correlation between government regulation, corporate capabilities, social organization involvement and building resilience cities. (2) Strengthening government regulation, corporate capabilities, and social organization involvement can effectively strengthen urban community collaborative governance, which is beneficial to building resilience cities. Thus, it is favorable to building Resilience Cities. Research, Practical &amp; Social implications: This research will be useful in creating a new model of urban community governance that will enhance the ability of cities to cope with disasters and achieve the goal of building resilient cities. A multifaceted and collaborative urban community governance model will be developed by strengthening the collaboration of the three groups - government, corporations, and social organizations，in order to ensure that the collaborative urban community governance model promotes the city's ability to cope with disasters, thereby enhancing the city's resilience. Enhancing urban resilience can fundamentally improve residents' ability to cope with the potential risks that persist in cities, thereby resolving social conflicts and satisfying people's pursuit of a better life. Originality/Value: This study presents an innovative form of urban community management model that provides valuable insights on the impact of collaborative urban community governance models on resilient city buildings.

Urban Resilience: Concept, Influencing Factors and Improvement

Urban resilience is a critical concept in the face of increasing challenges that cities encounter. This paper explores the concept of urban resilience, the factors influencing it, and measures to improve it. Urban resilience refers to a city's ability to withstand, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses while maintaining essential functions and overall well-being. Factors influencing urban resilience include social cohesion, inclusivity, economic diversity, sustainable infrastructure, environmental sustainability, effective governance, and community engagement. To enhance urban resilience, cities can undertake measures such as conducting risk assessments, incorporating resilience into urban planning, investing in resilient infrastructure, promoting social cohesion and community engagement, supporting economic diversification and sustainability, leveraging technology and innovation, and strengthening governance structures and partnerships. These measures aim to build cities that can effectively respond to challenges, reduce vulnerabilities, and foster sustainable and inclusive development. By embracing the concept of urban resilience and implementing these improvement measures, cities can create resilient urban environments that are well-prepared for the uncertainties of the future.

Social media-based urban disaster recovery and resilience analysis of the Henan deluge.

Measuring disaster resilience from the perspective of long-term recovery ability is important for the planning and construction of urban sustainability, whereas short-term resilient recovery can better reflect a city's ability to recover quickly after a disaster occurs. This study proposes an analytical framework for urban disaster recovery and resilience based on social media data that can analyze short-term disaster recovery and assess disaster resilience from the perspectives of infrastructure and people's psychological states. We consider the downpour in Henan, China, in July 2021. The results show that (1) social media data can effectively reflect short-term disaster recovery, (2) disaster resilience can be assessed using social media data combined with rainfall and damage data, and (3) the framework can quantitatively reflect the differences in disaster recovery and resilience across regions. The findings can facilitate better decision-making in disaster emergency management for precise and effective post-disaster reconstruction and psychological intervention, and provide references for cities to improve disaster resilience.

Construction and application of sponge city resilience evaluation system: a case study in Xi’an, China

Urban vulnerability is evident when highly complex flood risks overlap with diverse cities, and it is important to enhance the resilience of cities to flood shocks. In this study, a sponge city resilience assessment system is established considering engineering, environmental and social indicators, and the grey relational analysis method (GRA) is used to quantify sponge city resilience. At the same time, a multi-objective optimization model is established based on the three dimensions of water ecological environment, drainage safety, and waterlogging safety. The optimal configuration of grey-green infrastructure is weighed by combining the ideal point method, aiming to ensure that cities effectively reduce flood risk through the optimal configuration scheme. Taking the Xiaozhai area in Xi'an as the study area, the evaluation results show that the grey relational degree (GRD) of the resilience indexes of the original scheme is between 0.390 and 0.661 under the seven different return periods, while the optimization scheme ranges from 0.648 to 0.765, with the best sponge city resilience at a return period of 2a. Compared with the original scheme, the optimized sponge city resilience level increases from level II to nearly level I in the low return period and from level IV to level II in the high return period, indicating that city's ability to cope with waterlogging and pollution is enhanced significantly. Besides, the main factor affecting the sponge city resilience is the runoff control rate, followed by pollutant load reduction rate, which can provide a methodological framework for the assessment and improvement of sponge city resilience.

The impact of smart cities on entrepreneurial activity: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Over the past decade, Smart Cities initiatives have attracted a great deal of global attention from governments and scholars. However, less attention has been given to the impact of Smart Cities construction on local entrepreneurial activity. This paper assesses the impact of Smart Cities construction on urban entrepreneurial activity using the difference-in-difference (DID) model based on panel data from 265 prefecture-level cities in China from 2002 to 2019. The empirical results show that Smart Cities policies significantly enhance urban entrepreneurial activity. After the parallel trend and placebo test, the estimation results based on the PSM-DID (Propensity Score Matching-Difference in Difference) method are robust and consistent with the baseline regression results. The mechanism analyses indicate that the possible channels for Smart Cities policies to exert a positive impact on urban entrepreneurial activity are improving the city's ability to attract investment and enhancing technological innovation. Furthermore, Smart Cities policies have a more significant incentive effect on entrepreneurial activity in eastern regions, larger-scale cities, and cities with higher levels of service informatization and a larger scale of government financial expenditure. This paper contributes to the policy effects of Smart Cities pilots and the factors influencing entrepreneurial activity. This paper has important implications for enhancing entrepreneurial market dynamics and promoting urban transformation programs in developing countries to empower a sustained wave of urban entrepreneurship.

Application Strategy of Visual Design of Sports Events in Spreading City Image

Sports events, to a certain extent, show the city's ability to hold competitions and the level of art communication, while the visual design features of the events can intuitively display the city's image and characteristics. The focus of how the visual design of sports events spreads the characteristics or image of the city lies in whether the effect can meet the basic communication requirements and whether the design can add sufficient urban image elements. The function of communication needs to be emphasized at every link and step. Communication, to some extent, belongs to the soft power of the event, although it can't harvest all the effects and quality in the short term. However, the late trend and potential value are difficult to estimate. This paper uses the research method of literature and the logical deduction to carry on the qualitative analysis, and puts forward the coping strategies through three dimensions: First, fully grasp the main points of the city image communication; Second, the visual design of urban planning management; Third, the integrity of visual communication of city image in sports events.

Spatial Modeling for Urban Resilience Assessment: Using AHP and GIS (Case Study of Bou-Saâda City, Algeria)

The aim of the research is spatial modeling to assess urban resilience. A group of Delphi experts were involved, in stages, to select the final criteria. Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) by (AHP), the final criteria were ranked according to weight and importance. Criteria maps within a GIS environment were combined with AHP results, to create an Urban Resilience Map (URM). The results showed that (52.19%) of the study area achieved high resilience, (30.86%) medium resilience and (16.95%) low resilience. The results also showed that there are differences between the neighborhoods of the city of Bou-Saâda in terms of resilience that can be determined spatially. The results of this research can be used as a decision aid such as providing suggestions to planners and managers in prioritizing their interventions (such as urban renewal of neighborhoods) by conducting checks on less resilience criteria, in order to support the city's ability to respond to shocks.

An overall optimization and solution framework for urban historical and future DRIF under climate change

Abstract The estimation and application of Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves depend on the assumption of stationarity of the rainfall series, which is that the intensity and frequency of extreme hydrological events remain unchanged in the future. Climate change will have a significant impact on the collection and utilization of rainwater and its spatial characteristics. When the Gray-Green infrastructure is designed, if only historical precipitation is adopted to calculate the urban design rainstorm intensity formula (DRIF) and the total annual runoff control rate, it may be difficult to meet the demand of future precipitation changes on the city's ability to accommodate rainfall. Therefore, it is very important to study the impact of climate change on the IDF curve. This study proposes an overall optimization solution framework for historical and future DRIF. The impact of the extreme value on the IDF curve during the historical period is analyzed. The calculation method of the IDF curve in the future period is established. The changes of the rainstorm intensity in the historical and future period (SSP1-2.6,SSP2-4.5,SSP3-7.0,SSP5-8.5) were analyzed for the 15 durations and eight return periods in Beijing, China. The results of this study show that the nondominated sorting and local search (NSLS) has the best accuracy in fitting the statistical samples of precipitation for different durations. The best methods to judge and process the extreme value of the statistical sample are Z-score and average value of series greater than critical value (AVG). Under the four SSP scenarios, the estimated IDF value is larger than the observed value in the historical period. The results of the equivalent return period calculated using the DRIF show that the the four SSP scenarios are smaller than the historical period for the return period greater than five years. Taking 120 min of short-duration precipitation as an example, the 100-year equivalent return periods of the observation under the four SSP scenarios are 35-, 20-, 54-, and 17-years, respectively. The research can provide valuable reference for the design and planning of the drainage facility under climate change.

Time for tobacco-free generations in the Western Pacific?

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‘Look out! Get back!’ Horse-drawn traffic and its challenges in Belgian cities in the early modern period

AbstractThe horses transporting men and merchandise were key actors in urban development at the very time they placed the city's ability to organize and adapt in doubt. Cities of the southernmost Netherlands and the Principality of Liège were forced to cope with the constant challenge represented by traffic in poorly designed arteries, with a morphology inherited from the medieval period and completely ill-suited to the movement of carriages and wagons. The problem posed by traffic in Belgian cities reached a critical threshold in the seventeenth century, a period in which we observe an increase in the number of horses and harnessed teams. The complications caused by this growing surge culminated in the next century and were marked by the formation of a police force obliged to face the challenge traffic represented. Consequently, numerous urban decisions were taken, transforming both the street's ‘lifestyle’ and physiognomy.

城市韧性概念、影响因素及其评估研究进展

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 城市韧性概念、影响因素及其评估研究进展 DOI: 10.5846/stxb202107121874 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家自然科学基金面上项目（71874174） A review of definitions, influence factors and assessment of urban resilience Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:在城市化快速进程中，不确定性的多元干扰对城市发展造成威胁，如何增强城市吸收、抵御、适应与学习能力是亟待解决的热点议题。韧性城市作为城市应对不确定性风险的新兴理念范式，对提高城市韧性水平与应变能力具备指导意义。对韧性概念进行辨析，阐述了城市韧性的概念，并提出多要素融合、多能力转变与多时空尺度的城市韧性概念见解。基于所提出的城市韧性概念，从过程化视角系统总结了多元干扰、城市系统状态、城市应对能力对城市韧性的影响。对单领域和多领域评估进行梳理，针对基于城市韧性要素、韧性特征、韧性实现过程的三种评估指标进行具体探讨，总结与比较了定性和定量的城市韧性评估方法。基于上述分析，提出当前存在缺乏城市如何实现韧性的研究、评估指标较少关注组织要素、多干扰和多主体、评估方法缺乏机理与动态模拟的应用、理论与落地实践脱轨等问题。最后提出未来展望，即注重城市韧性过程分析，设计更具完整性与针对性的指标体系，推动研究方法科学化与动态化改进，加强形成"机制-评估-管理"的可操作性闭环。 Abstract:In the rapid urbanization process, uncertain and diverse disturbances pose a threat to urban development. Enhancing the city's ability to absorb, resist, adapt and study has become a hot topic that needs to be resolved urgently. As a new paradigm for cities to deal with uncertain risks, a resilient city has guide significance for improving urban resilience and emergency response capability. This paper discriminates resilience detail, which realized the cognitive changes from engineering, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives, then compares resilience with recovery and elasticity. It puts forward the idea about the concept of urban resilience of multi-factor integration, multi-capacity transformation, and multi-temporal and spatial scales based on the study of existing concepts of urban resilience. In this study, the concept of urban resilience is the ability of the whole urban system to optimize resilience independently in the current and future periods. It reflects an ability to face disturbances by integrating and exerting the functional role of various urban elements (including economy, society, organization, ecology, infrastructure), mobilizing the participation of multiple subjects such as urban individuals, communities, social organizations, and governments. It improves urban resilience by coping capacities of prevention, resistance, recovery, learning, adaptation, and transformation. Based on the concept of urban resilience proposed above, the paper systematically summarizes the impact of multiple disturbances, city system status, and urban coping capabilities on urban resilience from a process perspective. The single-domain and multi-domain assessments of urban resilience are sorted out. Three assessment index systems based on urban resilience elements, urban resilience characteristics, and the process of urban resilience realization are discussed in detail. And qualitative and quantitative urban resilience assessment methods are summarized and compared. Through the above analysis, the paper clarified the weaknesses, such as lacking of research on how to achieve urban resilience, paying less attention to the organizational factors, diverse disturbances and multiple subjects to evaluation indicators, lacking the application of mechanism and dynamic simulation about evaluation method, derailing between theory and practice. At last, the paper put forward the research prospects. That is, further work should pay more attention to process analysis of how the city achieves resilience rather than the result of the city's resilience, and try to design a more complete and targeted indicator system by introducing multi-source data. In addition, studies should continue to promote the scientific and dynamic improvement of research methods, and aim to strengthen the formation of an operable closed loop of mechanism-evaluation-management oriented by empirical research. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

Transformation of Urban Spaces within Cities in the Context of Globalization and Urban Competitiveness

Urban spaces are important components within cities that improve urban competitiveness in the context of intercity competition. The notion of urban space in today's increasingly globalizing world has been transformed in response to new physical–spatial needs and circumstances. This study aims to identify important factors in changing urban spaces within cities for globalization and urban competitiveness. After reviewing the relevant literature, a number of cases of urban developments in four global cities (Istanbul, Turkey, Shanghai, China, Singapore, and Tokyo – will be examined to identify important factors of transformation within cities for globalization and urban competitiveness. The findings illustrate nine underlying urban space transformation factors that embrace 37 key strategies. These factors include the realization of environmental and social sustainability; emphasis on the arts, culture, and local assets; international collaborations in the design of spaces and delivery of services; application of modern technologies (construction, information, and communication); privatization of property markets; the notion of a cosmopolitan public sphere; planning for leisure activities and urban tourism; experience economy and encouraging consumerism; and service-based economy and knowledge-based industries. The interaction between these factors and the preconditions of each city, such as a city's competitiveness ability and contextual issues, create the lens through which urban space transformation could be understood. This study could provide insights for policy makers and professionals to apply and implement urban space transformation strategies for globalization and urban competitiveness.

Community resilience for urban flood-prone areas: a methods paper on criteria selection using the Fuzzy Delphi method

PurposeCommunity resilience decides a lot on a city's ability to withstand an external shock. It has evolved naturally from a bounce-back approach to a more robust and meaningful bounce-forward process. The study explores gaps found in community resilience and finds that criteria specific to different disasters are absent.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a multi-criteria decision analysis technique, fuzzy Delphi, to select criteria. Derivation of the initial list of criteria was from a pilot study, a focus group discussion and other literature studies which was followed by the fuzzy Delphi survey.FindingsAfter two rounds of fuzzy Delphi analysis, the consensus among 65 experts resulted in selecting 125 sub-sub-criteria within seven criteria. Findings show that many criteria previously not discussed in other pieces of literature project high fuzzy scores such as “availability of drinking water post-disaster” and “cracking down fake news spreaders by the police”. In addition, positive cooperation between political and religious institutions have proven to expedite disaster recovery.Research limitations/implicationsThe future scope also includes weighing the selected criteria using analytical hierarchy process (AHP).Practical implicationsPolicymakers in the disaster management domain can use the study findings in implementing effective disaster mitigation strategies.Originality/valueThe selection of criteria is based on the community resilience shown by the Kerala community during the floods of 2018 and 2019 (in Kerala). Measures demonstrated by the community need to be studied, which will help foster disaster mitigation better in future scenarios.

Healthy Cities – Resilient Cities. Urban development in the context of climate change

The impact of climate change is more and more often taken into account in urban development strategies and concerns mainly reducing threats and protection against the effects of extreme phenomena. Stress factors that are mainly related to civilization changes (economic and technological progress) and environmental changes (nature, resources, and climate) test a city's ability to remain functional in spite of crises. With this in mind, it is necessary to review the development strategies of contemporary cities identify the main course of action aimed at increasing the resistance to threats at the global, regional and local level, identify instruments that help in the planning of adaptations, and assess the scope of such plans. In Poland, the idea of developing healthy and resilient cities is not as popular as in other countries. The first adaptation strategies generally focus on the risks related to extreme weather events. It is expected that subsequent plans will gradually extend the scope of adaptation, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic made us realize that crisis management is insufficient and that the city's resilience should be developed. This paper explores the idea of Healthy Cities and other contemporary concepts of urban spatial development in the context of climate change. The author puts forward a thesis about the influence of the climate agenda on the transformation of the idea of Healthy Cities into the concept of Resilient Cities. The work includes an analysis of the development strategies of European cities, with particular emphasis on the largest cities in Poland, regarding the adaptation of the urban environment to the existing and projected climate hazards. The research goal is to evaluate the strategies for city development adopted by cities in their strategic documents as well as to assess the scale of climate change and its impact on the spatial development policy.