Resilient Urban Design Principles
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Collected by Chris Byrne, to discover a resilience pattern language [1]:
Resilient City Design Principles
URL = http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?id=11900
* Carbon Dependency Reduction * Systems Diversity * Systems Redundancy * Infrastructure Durability * System Feedback Sensitivity * Local Self-Sufficiency * Responsive to Natural Systems
Urban Design Principles
URL = http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?id=11928
* Density, Diversity and Mix * Pedestrians First * Transit Supportive * Place-Making * Complete Communities * Integrated Natural Systems * Integrated Technical and Industrial Systems * Local Sources * Engaged Communities * Redundant and Durable Life Safety and Critical Infrastructure Systems * Resilient Operations
Resilient Building Design Principles
URL = http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?pagepath=ResilientCity_Home&id=19153
* Use low carbon input materials and systems * Design and plan buildings for low external energy inputs for ongoing building operations * Design buildings for maximum day-lighting * Design for future flexibility of use * Design for durability and robustness * Design for use of local materials and products * Design and plan for low energy input constructability * Design for use of building systems that can be serviced and maintained with local materials, parts and labour