There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, social and economic risks have on the ability of cities to function in times of shocks and stresses. While many frameworks and assessment tools have been developed to assess the technical resilience of the infrastructure of cities, there have been fewer attempts to holistically understand and map all the factors that interact to potentially produce functioning urban systems, including the role of institutions (both formal and informal). Applied integrated research is needed to understand the daily functioning, vulnerability and resilience of these rapidly growing cities amid chronic and acute stresses and shocks; to also understand why and how multiple risks and protective factors converge and interact to constrain or enable cities to fulfil their core functions in times of stability and crisis; and finally to produce operationally relevant recommendations that could inform interventions.

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调查城市的脆弱性和韧性：呼吁进行综合研究以重塑决策的政治经济学

人们日益认识到，不断累积的环境，政治，社会和经济风险对城市在冲击和压力时期发挥作用的能力具有累积影响。尽管已经开发了许多框架和评估工具来评估城市基础设施的技术弹性，但是，人们很少尝试从整体上理解和绘制可能相互作用的所有因素，以潜在地发挥功能的城市系统，包括机构的作用（包括正式的作用）。和非正式的）。需要进行综合应用研究，以了解这些迅速发展的城市在长期和急性压力和冲击下的日常功能，脆弱性和复原力；也要理解为什么多种风险和保护性因素汇聚在一起并相互作用，从而在稳定和危机时期限制或使城市履行其核心职能；最后提出与操作相关的建议，以为干预提供依据。