Organizational Resilience In Smart Cities A Comparative Analysis Of Dubai's Experience And Several Global Centers

Abstract

Modern cities face increasingly daunting challenges, such as rising climate change impacts, urbanization, and complex risks that need imminent sophisticated models of risk management and resilience.

To this end, Resilience Centres comprise a holistic intervention that combines creative governance, urban planning, and digital technologies to enhance city responses and make cities more resilient in times of crisis.

The present study aims to provide an analysis of the experiences of the DRC, a unique Arab case, in which the institutional structure, technical tools, areas of work, and consistency with the National Climate Change Plan and the Dubai Urban Plan 2040 are examined.

Analysis of the literature review and benchmarking processes based on selected international cases (in Lisbon, Portugal; Daegu, South Korea; and Harris, USA) has been correctly included.

The study recommends that the Dubai Centre serve as a progressive model for activating the institutional resilience concept in an innovative city context, given its role in promoting coordination among different parties, utilizing data for decision support, and driving climate readiness. However, the research identified institutional, technical, and societal barriers that must be overcome if its effectiveness is to be sustainable.

The study presented several practical recommendations on how to establish resilience centers in the Arab situation. It advocated for incorporating the resilience system into the state’s strategic planning and associating it with climate justice and multi-level governance in the Arab world, as enhancing resilience is no longer a choice for cities to survive in a world that is increasingly volatile and unpredictable.