Resilient Recovery Framework

Today’s new normal requires models of governance that mitigate risk and respond to evolving challenges.

The Challenge

The Resilient Recovery Framework focuses on how to shape a more resilient, equitable and climate-friendly recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in cities around the world.

We have seen that applying a resilient recovery lens allows stakeholders in cities to identify actions that promote multiple co-benefits to the urban environment, its systems and residents. This framework builds on the City Resilience Framework. It enables decision-makers to prioritize investments that support equitable, climate-friendly and resilient local economic development.

The framework is organized around four main dimensions that categorize a resilient recovery: equity-centered; risk-centered; systems-enabled; climate-focused.

Cities planning for recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic have the opportunity to prioritize investment initiatives and projects that can address a multitude of interconnected urban needs, and which balance human life, the natural and built environments.

For more information, please download the Resilient Recovery Framework here.

News and Resources

Speaker Series 2024 #7 | Urban Flood Resilience: Tackling flood risk and inequality in cities

Speaker Series 2024 #7 | Urban Flood Resilience: Tackling flood risk and inequality in cities

More than 200 million of the world’s poorest people are at risk from more severe and frequent flooding exacerbated by poor waste management. Mismanaged waste and water contaminate oceans, spread ...
Episode 23: Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health and equity featuring Buenos Aires and Yale

Episode 23: Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health and equity featuring Buenos Aires and Yale

The Urban Pulse program, a collaboration between the Resilient Cities Network and Yale University, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, explores the complex intersections between climate, ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Identifies Critical Gaps in City Responses to Climate-induced Health Threats

The Rockefeller Foundation Identifies Critical Gaps in City Responses to Climate-induced Health Threats

During New York City Climate Week, The Rockefeller Foundation released a three-step roadmap to help cities around the world more effectively plan for, and respond to the global health emergency ...