Reframing Cities for Resilience with Arun Jain

Embracing uncertainty to build healthier, more resilient urban futures.

In times of profuse change, where hyperconnectivity and fast-shifting influences are radically changing how we live, consume, work and play. Urban designer and strategist Arun Jain therefore argues that the first step toward adaptive and resilient futures is making a fuller spectrum of the complexity of cities comprehensible to all. Drawing upon diverse disciplines like cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology, economic theory, behavioural sciences, systems thinking and technology. In his recently published book ‘Reframing Cities for Resilience – Embracing Complex & Uncertain Futures’, he challenges the traditional realms in which urban design and planning operate, asserting that not only must we do better, but that we can. Jain’s narrative underscores how we must better embrace uncertainty to make our cities vibrant, comfortable, healthy and inclusive while also being resilient and adaptive. A book with an essential message for urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and postgraduate students in these fields.

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In his recently published book ‘Reframing Cities for Resilience – Embracing Complex & Uncertain Futures’, he challenges the traditional realms in which urban design and planning operate, asserting that not only must we do better, but that we can. Jain’s narrative underscores how we must better embrace uncertainty to make our cities vibrant, comfortable, healthy and inclusive while also being resilient and adaptive. A book with an essential message for urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and postgraduate students in these fields.

Together with Arun Jain Urban Designer & Strategist

Arun Jain is a multidisciplinary urban designer and strategist with over four decades of experience across professional practice, academia, institutions, city executive roles, and the UN. His professional contributions span 165 cities across 46 countries impacting over 90 public and private sector urban development projects.