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Fragility and Antifragility in Cities and Regions
Space, Uncertainty and Inequality
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Offering a novel and interdisciplinary approach, this thought-provoking book critically analyses the notions of fragility and antifragility and addresses their connections and applications in planning theory, urban studies and architecture. It goes beyond the risk and resilience paradigm and proposes methodological and pragmatic strategies to cope with severe forms of uncertainty and socio-spatial inequalities.
Offering a novel and interdisciplinary approach, this thought-provoking book critically analyses the notions of fragility and antifragility and addresses their connections and applications in planning theory, urban studies and architecture. It goes beyond the risk and resilience paradigm and proposes methodological and pragmatic strategies to cope with severe forms of uncertainty and socio-spatial inequalities.
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Offering a novel and interdisciplinary approach, this thought-provoking book critically analyses the notions of fragility and antifragility and addresses their connections and applications in planning theory, urban studies and architecture. It goes beyond the risk and resilience paradigm and proposes methodological and pragmatic strategies to cope with severe forms of uncertainty and socio-spatial inequalities.
Showcasing expert contributions from leading scholars, this book illustrates how a specific research focus on fragility and antifragility may elucidate some key value-based facets of contemporary cities and regions in order to foster sustainability, innovation and justice. Chapters examine the theoretical and political dimensions of fragility and antifragility, exploring how these two opposing concepts can reimagine traditional rationality in public action and potentially reframe the methods used by architects, urban planners, and policy makers.
Exploring conceptual, methodological and case-based aspects, this incisive book will be of great interest to academics and students within the fields of urban studies, cities and urban geography, architecture, social sciences, philosophy, technology and innovation studies. Its presentation of original accounts of antifragile plans, policies and projects will further benefit policy makers practising within these areas.
Showcasing expert contributions from leading scholars, this book illustrates how a specific research focus on fragility and antifragility may elucidate some key value-based facets of contemporary cities and regions in order to foster sustainability, innovation and justice. Chapters examine the theoretical and political dimensions of fragility and antifragility, exploring how these two opposing concepts can reimagine traditional rationality in public action and potentially reframe the methods used by architects, urban planners, and policy makers.
Exploring conceptual, methodological and case-based aspects, this incisive book will be of great interest to academics and students within the fields of urban studies, cities and urban geography, architecture, social sciences, philosophy, technology and innovation studies. Its presentation of original accounts of antifragile plans, policies and projects will further benefit policy makers practising within these areas.
Critical Acclaim
‘This is an exciting addition to urban studies that provides scholars with new avenues to “get under the skin” of our chaotic and ever-changing urban environments by viewing these as an intricate relations existing between risk and uncertainty, vulnerability and resilience, and fragility and antifragility. I highly recommend the book to anyone whose work relates to the ‘wicked problems’ facing cities!’
– Nancy Holman, London School of Economics, UK
– Nancy Holman, London School of Economics, UK
Contributors
Contributors include: Alessandro Balducci, Franco Bianchini, Ivan Blečić, Massimo Bricocoli, Arnaldo Cecchini, Daniele Chiffi, Simona Chiodo, Francesco Curci, Stefano D’Armento, Antonio De Rossi, Stefano Guidarini, Zachary M. Jones, Arturo Lanzani, Antonio Longo, Manos Matsaganis, Annalisa Metta, Stefano Moroni, Annunziata Maria Oteri, Gabriele Pasqui, Davide Ponzini, Stefania Sabatinelli, Alessandro Scandiffio, Enrico Tommarchi, Amalia Zepou
Contents
Contents:
Introduction to Fragility and Antifragility in Cities and Regions 1
Francesco Curci and Daniele Chiffi
PART I CONCEPTS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF
FRAGILITY AND ANTIFRAGILITY
1 Disentangling antifragility from resilience 6
Daniele Chiffi and Francesco Curci
2 Forms of rationality facing uncertainty: wisdom’s possible
key role in antifragility 24
Simona Chiodo
3 Antifragility: politics and common knowledge 39
Gabriele Pasqui
PART II MODELS AND PARADIGM SHIFTS IN AN
ANTIFRAGILE PERSPECTIVE
4 Planning for the unseen 57
Alessandro Balducci
5 Urban policy design for antifragility 70
Ivan Blečić and Arnaldo Cecchini
6 Institutional fragility and institutional malleability:
a reflection starting from the Covid-19 pandemic 90
Stefano Moroni
7 Fragility as a condition: the landscape perspective 107
Antonio Longo and Annalisa Metta
8 Antifragile architecture: under what conditions is an
architectural project antifragile? 134
Stefano Guidarini
PART III CASES AND APPLICATIONS
9 Antifragile strategies for abandoned heritage: new
approaches and a dialogue between humanism and technique 149
Annunziata Maria Oteri
10 Territorial variety as an antifragile resource: the Italian case 165
Antonio De Rossi and Arturo Lanzani
11 Italian social policies coping with fragility: the challenge
of continuity in time, space and life pathways 181
Massimo Bricocoli and Stefania Sabatinelli
12 Urban heritage fragility and antifragility: Matera and the
2019 European Capital of Culture 195
Davide Ponzini, Zachary M. Jones, Enrico Tommarchi,
Stefano D’Armento, Alessandro Scandiffio and Franco Bianchini
13 Governing the commons on an Aegean island: the
management of water resources on Sifnos, Greece 210
Amalia Zepou and Manos Matsaganis
Index
Introduction to Fragility and Antifragility in Cities and Regions 1
Francesco Curci and Daniele Chiffi
PART I CONCEPTS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF
FRAGILITY AND ANTIFRAGILITY
1 Disentangling antifragility from resilience 6
Daniele Chiffi and Francesco Curci
2 Forms of rationality facing uncertainty: wisdom’s possible
key role in antifragility 24
Simona Chiodo
3 Antifragility: politics and common knowledge 39
Gabriele Pasqui
PART II MODELS AND PARADIGM SHIFTS IN AN
ANTIFRAGILE PERSPECTIVE
4 Planning for the unseen 57
Alessandro Balducci
5 Urban policy design for antifragility 70
Ivan Blečić and Arnaldo Cecchini
6 Institutional fragility and institutional malleability:
a reflection starting from the Covid-19 pandemic 90
Stefano Moroni
7 Fragility as a condition: the landscape perspective 107
Antonio Longo and Annalisa Metta
8 Antifragile architecture: under what conditions is an
architectural project antifragile? 134
Stefano Guidarini
PART III CASES AND APPLICATIONS
9 Antifragile strategies for abandoned heritage: new
approaches and a dialogue between humanism and technique 149
Annunziata Maria Oteri
10 Territorial variety as an antifragile resource: the Italian case 165
Antonio De Rossi and Arturo Lanzani
11 Italian social policies coping with fragility: the challenge
of continuity in time, space and life pathways 181
Massimo Bricocoli and Stefania Sabatinelli
12 Urban heritage fragility and antifragility: Matera and the
2019 European Capital of Culture 195
Davide Ponzini, Zachary M. Jones, Enrico Tommarchi,
Stefano D’Armento, Alessandro Scandiffio and Franco Bianchini
13 Governing the commons on an Aegean island: the
management of water resources on Sifnos, Greece 210
Amalia Zepou and Manos Matsaganis
Index
