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SUMMARY:Resilience: a bridging concept or a dead end? - Professor Simin Da
 voudi\, Environmental Policy and Planning\, Newcastle University
DTSTART:20131127T131500Z
DTEND:20131127T141500Z
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Is resilience in danger of becoming a buzzword? Do
 es its malleability mean that many divergent measures\, including those th
 at might otherwise appear indefensible\, can be justified in the name of r
 esilience? Or\, is it a promising concept? And if so\, what are the opport
 unities and limitations of translating resilience from the ecological to t
 he social world? I will trace the origin of resilience\, unpack its three 
 different meanings\, and raise some critical questions on resilience of wh
 at to what\, for whom\, and who decides? \n\n*Biography:* Simin Davoudi is
  Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning at Newcastle University\; 
 has held visiting professorships in other universities\; is past President
  of the Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP) and electe
 d member of the Academy of Social Sciences. Simin has served as expert adv
 isor for the UK Government and European Commission\, and as member of nati
 onal and international research assessment panels. Her research\, which fo
 cuses on planning and environmental governance\, has attracted funding fro
 m international and national institutions and been disseminated widely. 
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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