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Architecture and Urbanism Urban resilience in civil engineering

Figure 2. Detailed methodology
Source: Diagram by the authors.

(31.2%), sustainability and energy efficiency (21.2%),
urban planning (24%), technology and innovation (13.4%),
and emergency planning (10.3%). Of the 292 articles,
resilient infrastructure emerged as the most frequently
covered topic, accounting for 31.2% of the total articles
(Figure 3). Within this context, a more detailed analysis
was conducted focusing on specific civil engineering
topics, which were distributed as follows: water resources
(44.4%), underground structures (16.7%), transportation
(33.3%), and electricity systems (5.6%) (Figure 4). Figure 3. Classification of articles in the areas of urban resilience
Source: Chart by the authors.
Incorporating the ISO 37123 framework into this analysis
adds an important dimension to understanding urban address them. The environmental and climate challenges
resilience. The standard provides a structured approach for currently facing the world require adjustments to urban
assessing cities’ capacity to adapt and recover, particularly infrastructure, which will have economic and political
in key areas such as infrastructure robustness, emergency repercussions globally. One of the most pressing issues
preparedness, and resource efficiency. The findings reveal associated with urban population growth is the proliferation
that while resilient infrastructure dominates the research of slums in developing countries. Proposed solutions
landscape, significant gaps remain in addressing critical include housing policies and investments in sustainable
systems, particularly underground structures and electricity urban development. Among the region’s most frequently
systems. These disparities align with previous observations analyzed in the reviewed studies, China and its provinces
of De Genaro Chiroli et al. (2023), who emphasized the emerged as focal points for case studies (Chen et al., 2020;
need for greater investments in disaster prevention and Sun et al., 2023; Xiang et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2021; Zhao
recovery strategies, particularly in underrepresented areas. et al. 2022). In densely populated areas such as China, India,
and São Paulo, Brazil, vertical urban expansion has become
3.1. Resilient infrastructure in the context of overall an essential strategy for urban growth (Da Silva et al.,
planning
2020). Engineers worldwide are developing sustainable
The mind map presented in Figure 5 summarizes key building methods to accommodate rapid urbanization
challenges and the corresponding measures proposed to while minimizing environmental impacts.

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