Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance

Concepts and definitions of risk and adaptation.-  Disaster risk prevention and reduction.- Disaster recovery strategies and solutions.- Community based initiatives for urban risk management and adaptation.- Innovative methodological and technical solutions for risk management and adaptation.- Institutional frameworks and multi-level governance.- The integration of risk management in spatial planning. 

Grazia Brunetta, PhD in Spatial Planning and Real Estate, is Full Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy, in the Inter-University Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning. She is project manager of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre, R3C, of Politecnico di Torino, where she is the scientific coordinator of an interdiscipinary research team that works to enhance cities forwards resilient attitude. She is coordinator of the Risk Management and Adaptation working group of the international programme RESURBE on Urban Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation. She is member of the scientific advisory board of the series GeoProgress Journal on Regional and Urban Development Issues, and Planning Methodology. She is the scientific coordinator of a wide range of researches on regional and environmental planning, dealing with institutional innovation, socio-economic development, evaluation of spatial policies, andurban resilience. On these topics, she is author of numerous publications and keynote speaker in international conferences.

Ombretta Caldarice is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy, in the Inter-University Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning. Her research activity mainly focuses on the relationship between spatial planning and regulation, with particular attention to welfare policies, urban resilience and institutional innovation. She took part in national and international research projects working on the socio-economic planning in regional development. Currently, her research activity is focused on the role (and limits) of planning in complex and adaptive systems. She is junior coordinator of the Risk Management and Adaptation Group of the international programme RESURBE on Urban Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation. Her latest publication is Reconsidering Welfare Policies in Times of Crisis. Perspective for