AESOP ANNUAL CONGRESS 2025

Session

SS_06 METROPOLITAN RESILIENCE: CHALLENGES, FIELDS OF ACTION AND ANSWERS

SS6

8 Jul 2025, 11:00

E1-03 (YTU Davutpasa Campus)

Conveners

SS_06 METROPOLITAN RESILIENCE: CHALLENGES, FIELDS OF ACTION AND ANSWERS

• Petra Schelkmann (Deutsch)
• Joaquín Farinós Dasí (University of Valencia)

1973. Spatial Planning and Metropolitan Govenance to face flood risk in the new Climate Change context: A comparison between Eurodelta Megaregion and Valencia metropolitan area

Prof. Joaquín Farinós Dasí (University of Valencia), Moneyba Gonzalez-Medina (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Mrs Alankrita Sarkar (Delft University of Technology)

08/07/2025, 11:00

SS 06 | Metropolitan Resilience: Challenges, Fields of Action and Answers

Oral

Spatial planning at metropolitan level is an important basis in order to make steps forward to an appropriate metropolitan governance as soft spaces, despite non-formalized metropolitan governments. That is asking for collaborative, interscalar approaches to address complex challenges,redefining governance and planning practices beyond traditional administrative boundaries. This presentation,...

1949. Spatial Planning at a time of climate change: Dutch metropolis to Eurodelta Megaregion

Alankrita Sarkar (Delft University of Technology)

08/07/2025, 11:10

SS 06 | Metropolitan Resilience: Challenges, Fields of Action and Answers

Oral

The shifting focus from the development of Dutch metropolis to the Eurodelta megaregion represents a paradigm shift in spatial planning, emphasizing the need for collaborative, interscalar approaches to address complex challenges. The Eurodelta, a non-formalized metropolitan scale, offers unique opportunities for redefining governance and planning practices beyond traditional administrative...

1965. From complex adaptive systems to anti-fragility and social innovation: The notion of resilience in metropolitn spatial planning

Mr Johannes Suitner (TU Wien, Institute of Spatial Planning, Research Unit Urban and Regional Research), Ms Valeria Fedeli (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies)

08/07/2025, 11:20

SS 06 | Metropolitan Resilience: Challenges, Fields of Action and Answers

Oral

In the current polycrisis context, resilience has taken a prominent spot as a prime objective on the political agenda. In spatial planning, the concept has also received increased attention in the past two decades as a planning rationale for designing “future-fit” spatial structures and planning procedures. In that regard, the metropolitan region is particularly cited as a promising scale for...

1987. Planning and Housing Policy: in defence of resilient metropolitan regions

Sónia Alves (ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association), Valeria Fedeli (Politecnico di Milano)

08/07/2025, 11:30

SS 06 | Metropolitan Resilience: Challenges, Fields of Action and Answers

Oral

Over the last decade the affordability of housing has become a major policy issue and increasingly a concern for governments as house prices have risen dramatically with respect to wages. Whilst land is limited in supply and fixed in space, the quantity of credit and investment has expanded over time. The high liquidity has driven property prices at a much faster rate than rises in incomes,...

2002. It Takes a Metropolis and Even a Megalopolis to Become Resilient: Lessons from Bologna and Marmara

Alessandro Delpiano, Dr Görsev Argın Uz (Marmara Municipalities Union)

08/07/2025, 11:40

SS 06 | Metropolitan Resilience: Challenges, Fields of Action and Answers

Oral

This presentation will explore two distinct yet complementary case studies that exemplify unique and synergistic approaches to urban resilience: the Metropolitan City of Bologna in Italy and the Marmara Region in Türkiye, a megalopolis comprising six metropolitan areas. It will deal with complex problems like including rapid urbanization, climate change, widening social and economic...