“What is the operationality of the concept of resilience?” asked Chloë Voisin-Bormuth, Director of Research at the City Factory, on 12 February 2020 at the Abu Dhabi World Urban Forum. This question may come as a surprise: since many cities have come to Abu Dhabi to present their resilience strategies and the Rockefeller Foundation has announced the creation of its new network of resilient cities, the Global Resilient Cities Network, can there be any doubt that resilience is an effective driver for action? Certainly not, said Chloë Voisin-Bormuth: there is no doubt that the concept
