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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Urban resilience in civil engineering

1. Introduction such as disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness,
and infrastructure robustness, ensuring that resilience
Civil engineering in the 21 century seeks to mitigate its strategies align with sustainability principles. For instance,
st
negative environmental and social impacts, including cities leveraging ISO 37123 data can develop integrated
habitat destruction, soil degradation, water and air approaches to traffic management, disaster response, and
pollution, and contributions to climate change. The global energy efficiency, directly supporting the achievement of
community faces an array of challenges, from climate change SDG 11 by reducing congestion, lowering emissions, and
and economic crises to pandemics. In this dynamic and mitigating vulnerabilities to climate-related risks.
complex context, urban resilience stands out as an essential
concept for ensuring sustainability and quality of life in Although the existing literature includes several studies
cities. Therefore, strengthening urban resilience has become related to this research topic, no systematic review has
a priority for planners, administrators, and communities been identified that specifically examines the intersection
around the world (Sharifi et al., 2024). Achieving resilience between civil engineering and resilient cities.
in urban areas requires a comprehensive, interdisciplinary In this sense, this research contributes to the field by
approach, integrating physical, social, economic, and addressing resilient urban infrastructure on a global scale.
environmental dimensions (De Genaro Chiroli et al., To structure the analysis, multiple criteria were defined:
2023; Qiu et al., 2022). In addition, active community (i) Urban resilience planning, encompassing four key
participation is fundamental to creating resilient solutions aspects related to city infrastructure: urban planning,
that meet local needs and priorities. Building resilient cities energy efficiency and sustainability, emergency
is not only a necessity for survival but also an opportunity planning, and technology and innovation
to foster innovation, social inclusion, and sustainable (ii) Civil engineering, categorized into four specific
development (Datola et al., 2021).
sectors: water resources, underground constructions,
Brazil has made significant strides in resilient urban transportation, and electricity systems
planning, with notable contributions from urban (iii) Sustainability perspectives, which examine: green
planners such as Jaime Lerner, who designed Vivapark, infrastructure and nature-based solutions (NBS).
a fully sustainable neighborhood in Santa Catarina. This Considering these multiple criteria, this research aims
development features a comprehensive infrastructure,
integrating recreation, commerce, education, and essential to address the following questions:
services while actively promoting biodiversity within the (i) To what extent can the implementation of resilient
urban environment (De Mello et al., 2022). As pressures infrastructure mitigate the impact of natural disasters
in urban areas?
on urban areas intensify due to population growth and (ii) What are the main strategies to promote sustainability
rapid urbanization, the urgency of implementing resilient
strategies becomes even more apparent. Addressing this and energy efficiency in urban development projects?
challenge requires research-driven solutions and creative (iii) Are there notable examples of cities that have
professionals who leverage the area’s natural conditions, successfully incorporated urban resilience approaches?
minimize energy consumption, enhance environmental (iv) How are cities integrating technological solutions to
quality both indoors and outdoors, utilize eco-efficient strengthen the safety and effectiveness of urban systems?
materials, incorporate technological innovations where (v) How should cities adapt to environmental and climate
feasible, and promote environmental education for all challenges while taking into account economic and
(Fiais & de Souza, 2017; Keeler & Vaidya, 2018). political implications?
Urban resilience is intrinsically linked to broader By integrating the resilience metrics provided by ISO
sustainable urban development goals. Frameworks such 37123 with innovative engineering solutions, this research
as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical frameworks and
(SDGs) emphasize the importance of creating inclusive, practical applications. It highlights how cities can leverage
safe, resilient, and sustainable cities (SDG 11) while these standards to evaluate progress, address existing gaps
addressing interconnected priorities such as climate in critical infrastructure, and develop strategies that ensure
action (SDG 13), clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), and long-term sustainability and resilience.
affordable and clean energy (SDG 7). To monitor and guide 2. Systematic review methodology
these efforts, international standards such as ISO 37123
provide valuable resilience indicators that measure cities’ A systematic review is a research method that examines,
capacity to adapt and recover from urban challenges. These organizes, and structures existing studies. It systematically
indicators enable cities to assess their performance in areas and meticulously analyzes all available evidence on a

Volume 7 Issue 3 (2025) 2 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.8088