Michael A. Burayidi is Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University, Indiana, USA.Adriana Allen is Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London, UK.John Twigg is an independent researcher and Honorary Professor at University College London, UK. Christine Wamsler is Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and former co-director of the Societal Resilience Centre, Sweden.

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• 1. Introduction: Rethinking urban resilience PART I: Critical review from different disciplinary perspectives 2. Urban resilience and urban sustainability 3. Against general resilience 4. Urban resilience: a call to reframing planning discourses 5. The being of urban resilience 6. Data gaps and resilience metrics 7. Urban Open Space Systems: Multifunctional Infrastructure PART II: Urban systems under stress 8. Climate justicescape and implications for urban resilience in American cities 9. Assessing urban vulnerability to extreme heat-related weather events 10. Critical infrastructure and urban resilience in the face of climate change 11. Policies and practices on urban resilience in China 12. Building urban resilience to climate change: The case of Mexico City Megalopolis 13. Resilience and social equity in urban water services 14. Resilient shrinking cities 15. Land bank formation: Reorganizing civic capacity for resilience PART III: Dimensions of resilience 16 Assessing socio-ecological resilience in cities 17. Disaster volunteerism as a contributor to resilience 18. Green infrastructure and resilience 19. Latino Revitalization as "Blight:" Generative Placemaking and Ethnic Cultural Resiliency in Woodburn, Oregon 20. Gendered invisible urban resilience 21. Pathways for resilience in four Great Lakes Legacy Cities 22. Energy dimensions of urban resilience 23. Climate resilience, mitigation and adaptation strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and West Africa 24. Resilience, reconstruction and sustainable development in Chile PART IV: Resilience building in practice 25. Urban risk readdressed: Bridging resilience-seeking practices in African cities 26. Closing the Urban Infrastructure Gap for Sustainable Urban Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving to Scale in Building Urban Resilience 27. Municipal resilience in Chile: from willingness to implementation 28. Understanding the fabric of large urban areas to improve disaster planning and recovery 29. The Helping Hand in Increasing Nepal’s Urban Seismic Resilience 30. Roof gardens as alternative urban green spaces: A three-part study on their restorative quality in Seoul, South Korea 31. Increasing urban resilience through Nature-based Solutions: Governance and Implementation 32. Social resilience and capacity building: A case study of a granting agency 33. Critical junctures in land use planning for disaster risk management: The case of Manizales, Colombia. 34. Urban Resilience: State of the Art and Future Prospects

Michael A. Burayidi is Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University, Indiana, USA.Adriana Allen is Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London, UK.John Twigg is an independent researcher and Honorary Professor at University College London, UK. Christine Wamsler is Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and former co-director of the Societal Resilience Centre, Sweden.

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• 1. Introduction: Rethinking urban resilience PART I: Critical review from different disciplinary perspectives 2. Urban resilience and urban sustainability 3. Against general resilience 4. Urban resilience: a call to reframing planning discourses 5. The being of urban resilience 6. Data gaps and resilience metrics 7. Urban Open Space Systems: Multifunctional Infrastructure PART II: Urban systems under stress 8. Climate justicescape and implications for urban resilience in American cities 9. Assessing urban vulnerability to extreme heat-related weather events 10. Critical infrastructure and urban resilience in the face of climate change 11. Policies and practices on urban resilience in China 12. Building urban resilience to climate change: The case of Mexico City Megalopolis 13. Resilience and social equity in urban water services 14. Resilient shrinking cities 15. Land bank formation: Reorganizing civic capacity for resilience PART III: Dimensions of resilience 16 Assessing socio-ecological resilience in cities 17. Disaster volunteerism as a contributor to resilience 18. Green infrastructure and resilience 19. Latino Revitalization as "Blight:" Generative Placemaking and Ethnic Cultural Resiliency in Woodburn, Oregon 20. Gendered invisible urban resilience 21. Pathways for resilience in four Great Lakes Legacy Cities 22. Energy dimensions of urban resilience 23. Climate resilience, mitigation and adaptation strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and West Africa 24. Resilience, reconstruction and sustainable development in Chile PART IV: Resilience building in practice 25. Urban risk readdressed: Bridging resilience-seeking practices in African cities 26. Closing the Urban Infrastructure Gap for Sustainable Urban Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving to Scale in Building Urban Resilience 27. Municipal resilience in Chile: from willingness to implementation 28. Understanding the fabric of large urban areas to improve disaster planning and recovery 29. The Helping Hand in Increasing Nepal’s Urban Seismic Resilience 30. Roof gardens as alternative urban green spaces: A three-part study on their restorative quality in Seoul, South Korea 31. Increasing urban resilience through Nature-based Solutions: Governance and Implementation 32. Social resilience and capacity building: A case study of a granting agency 33. Critical junctures in land use planning for disaster risk management: The case of Manizales, Colombia. 34. Urban Resilience: State of the Art and Future Prospects