Elena Pede is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy. Her main research interests focus on knowledge and learning in social-ecological system resilience and territorial governance. She took part in national and international research projects working on territorial development and planning for resilience (ESPON, INTERREG). Currently, her research activity is focused on climate change adaptation measures in planning tools and inner peripheries.

• Chapter 1. The promise of security.- Chapter 2. Responding to disasters.- Chapter 3. The Region of Umbria as case study.- Chapter 4. Planning for resilience.- Reference.

Elena Pede is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy. Her main research interests focus on knowledge and learning in social-ecological system resilience and territorial governance. She took part in national and international research projects working on territorial development and planning for resilience (ESPON, INTERREG). Currently, her research activity is focused on climate change adaptation measures in planning tools and inner peripheries.

• Chapter 1. The promise of security.- Chapter 2. Responding to disasters.- Chapter 3. The Region of Umbria as case study.- Chapter 4. Planning for resilience.- Reference.

Elena Pede is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy. Her main research interests focus on knowledge and learning in social-ecological system resilience and territorial governance. She took part in national and international research projects working on territorial development and planning for resilience (ESPON, INTERREG). Currently, her research activity is focused on climate change adaptation measures in planning tools and inner peripheries.

• Chapter 1. The promise of security.- Chapter 2. Responding to disasters.- Chapter 3. The Region of Umbria as case study.- Chapter 4. Planning for resilience.- Reference.