ISO, governments, academia, consultants, innovators and non profits have been creating norms, standards or their own frameworks and tools to tackle Urban Resilience. HAZard URban study (HAZUR) was one innovative method for cities inspired by industrial safety approaches. Countries and regions develop legislation about requirements that need to be implemented by local administrations or private sector concerning security, risk management and resilience mesures. We are talking about local emergency plans, business continuity plans, SEVESO frameworks on high risk industries or food security plans for agro.food sector. Voluntary frameworks…

2021 have still been the year of resilience for all. In Europe, in Canada and worldwide. In Spain and Barcelona, we still need to work on many issues to contribute to build a resilient Europe but hopefully things are moving forward. Even though it has been a taught year for…

Después de 10 años de Smart City Expo World Congress en Barcelona el sector está evolucionando y adaptándose a una nueva era post Covid. Este año como Director Europa en Rezilio me uní en persona a la delegación canadiense con el apoyo de la Embajada de Canadá, el Bureau du…

Published: 29 September 2018 1. Introduction We already live in a world of cities, and that trend will continue in the future. Today, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050 [ 1]. Moreover, climate change will cause pressures and…

A l’heure où les aléas, “ naturels “ ou technologiques, coutent de nombreuses vies humaines et des milliards de dollars, (190 Md de moyenne annuelle pour les 10 dernières années), plusieurs tendances, liées entre autres aux effets du changement climatique, à l’étalement urbain, à la complexification technologique des territoires et…

In summer 2017 Barcelona was hit by a terrible impact. First responders were the urban services working together with emergencies, police and the people facing cascading failure events between city services. Mobility was affected and taxis were taking people outside of the area. Then, bars and restaurants offered food and…

(Article published in 2018) In Barcelona we have the 4YFN (Four Years From Now, the startup business platform of Mobile World Congress Barcelona), the Smart City Expo and the Resilience Week. They all talk about entrepreneurship, sustainability, technology, quantum computing… But after 2 years of experience as entrepreneur member of…

2021 ha seguido siendo el año de la resiliencia para todos. En Europa, en Canadá y en todo el mundo. En España y en Barcelona, todavía tenemos que trabajar en muchos temas para contribuir a construir una Europa resiliente, pero afortunadamente las cosas están avanzando. Ha sido un año de…

The present generation and the ones that follow will remember 2020 and 2021 as the years where we all learned what Resilience means to our societies. Professionals from all disciplines and fields are now trying to contribute to our local and global resilience by sharing knowledge, tools and technologies or…