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Cities, which host more than half of the world’s population, play a significant role as centers of economic, social, and cultural activities. However, this density also turns cities into hubs of crises. Especially today, the changing climatic conditions further complicate the effects of current urban threats, increasing the vulnerability of components that make up the city, such as economic activities, public health, urban infrastructures, and the built environment, to urban crises (UNDP, 2021). In response to these crises, the concept of urban resilience has emerged since the 2000s. The concept is generally defined as “the capacity of people, particularly low-income, marginalized, and excluded groups living and working in cities, to survive and develop against urban risks” (ARUP & Rockefeller Foundation City Resilience Index, 2014).
When examining the development of today's cities, it can be seen that urban development and transformation have gone hand in hand with changes in production processes. Additionally, vulnerabilities in production activities, which are one of the fundamental functions of social life, have become one of the primary issues to be addressed in the context of urban resilience. Cities that experience the least loss in production organizations are generally those that have the capacity to return to normal operations in the shortest time (Balamir, 2012).
Global events such as the 2008 Economic Crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic have made it mandatory to rethink production processes. Such crises typically highlight the need to reconsider current production and urbanization models. In this context, a new urban model has emerged in which deindustrialization is reversed and the integration of industry back into urban areas is achieved. Industry 5.0 can be defined as the power to create a resilient system that strengthens human living capacity by making production respectful of the planet's boundaries and placing the well-being of industrial workers at the center of production processes, beyond work and growth, with the aim of achieving social goals (European Commission, 2021).
This study will examine the role of Industry 5.0 focused production processes in enhancing resilience against urban crises. In today's world, where cities are prominent due to their intense consumption and waste production, how can Industry 5.0 production methods transform urban metabolic processes, and how can this transformation increase urban resilience to crises? A new model proposal will be presented regarding how Industry 5.0 can create changes in physical space and urban metabolism, and the role of this model in ensuring resilience against crises will be discussed.
The study will focus on how the changes brought by Industry 5.0 production processes will transform urban metabolism, which is generally defined as the assessment of the amount of resources produced and consumed by urban systems, and how this transformation will strengthen resilience against urban crises.
In this context, the study will investigate how the production methods of Industry 5.0 will create patterns of land use and urban fabric in cities, what types of planning and design actions will emerge regarding energy, water, and waste flows, which are the components that constitute urban metabolism, and how these transformations will hold potential for crisis resilience. The study aims to discuss the potential of Industry 5.0 focused production processes to enhance urban resilience and contribute to the development of innovative strategies for crisis management.
References
ARUP, The Rockefeller Foundation. (2014). City Resilience Index: Understanding and Measuring City Resilience.
Balamir, M. (2012). Afetlere İlişkin Planlama Etkinlikleri ve Sakınım Planlaması. Kentsel Planlamada Ansiklopedik Sözlük (der. Ersoy, M.), (1.bs.), Ankara: Ninova Yayınları, 2-6.
European Commision (2021). Industry 5.0: Towards a Sustainable, Human-centric and Resilient European Industry.
UNDP: A Decade of Urban Resilience: An Analytic Review (2021).
| Keywords | Urban Resilience; Urban Crises; Industry 5.0; Urban Metabolism |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | Yes |
