Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the broad Urban Resilience concept and its implications for urban planning and development, with reflection from Climate Change challenges and Covid-19 pandemic period in Vietnam. Understanding urban resilience as “the capacity of a city’s systems, businesses, institutions, communities, and individuals to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of acute shocks and chronic stresses they experience” (100 Resilience Cities, 2013), the paper will introduce the pillars and applications of the broad concept of urban resilience in dealing with various types of shocks and stresses, including climate change and Covid-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the papers briefly introduces the urban development related challenges in Vietnamese cities regarding Climate Change and Covid-19 pandemic. In order to ensure that a city is resilient, five factors are identified and discussed: (i) Preparation, (ii) Participation and coordination, (iii) Response and reaction, (iv) Recovery preparedness and (v) Self-learning through experience. In the conluding remarks, the papers points out, from the urban planning perspective, significant policy implications and behavior changes that need to be addressed to enhance resilience capacity of a city.
