The aim of the project
The goal of the project is to develop an urban resilience index based on available data – for the purposes of developing urban research and promoting the issue of urban resilience among local decision-makers and communities. The 44 largest Polish cities, for which the first step has already been taken and MPAs, i.e. urban adaptation plans, were developed in 2017, and which are already taking important actions to adapt to climate change will constitute the test area for this tool.
What is the title resilience?
More and more people live in cities. They constitute the basis for the well-being and safety of their residents, as well as constitute a cause of civilization threats. Their complexity requires new, more advanced approaches to examining urban development. The impact of cities on climate change and the quality of life of their residents is a particularly sensitive issue. Cities are exposed to the risk of unexpected natural and anthropogenic events, such as floods, hurricanes, fires but also economic, political and humanitarian crises. Resilience means the ability to respond to these events, the ability to limit their negative effects while they occur, and the speed of recovery from these types of crises once they occur.
Composition of the team
- Project manager: Dr hab. Mariusz Sokołowicz, Associate Professor – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional Economics and Environment
- Dr hab. Elżbieta Antczak – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Spatial Econometrics
- Dr hab. Michał Mackiewicz, Associate Professor – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Economic Mechanisms
- Dr hab. Aleksandra Nowakowska, Associate Professor – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional Economics and Environment
- Dr Agnieszka Rzeńca – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional Economics and Environment
- Prof. Marcin Wójcik – Faculty of Geographical Sciences of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional and Social Geography
- Dr Karolina Dmochowska-Dudek – Faculty of Geographical Sciences of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional and Social Geography
- Dr hab. Iwona Wagner – Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection of the University of Lodz, Department of UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology and Applied Ecology
- Dr hab. Tomasz Jurczak – Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection of the University of Lodz, Department of UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology and Applied Ecology
- Dr Magdalena Michalak – Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Department of Regional Economics and Environment
IDUB "Interdisciplinary Research Grants"
This basic research competition is addressed to all researchers. The main objective of the competition is the cooperation of scientists from the University of Lodz who specialise in different fields and scientific disciplines. The application manager should be a person whose discipline is the leading one in the proposed project. The projects qualified for funding must be interdisciplinary in nature, and application for external funds will be one of the conditions for their settlement.