Introduction to Crises, Crisis Management and Resilience in the Built Environment

In our increasingly more complex and uncertain society, possible crises have grown in numbers and become more systemic in their nature (UNDRR 2022). In parallel, due to continuous urbanization, cities and built environments are becoming a more central part of societies and therefore crucial also for crisis management and resilience development (Al-Humaiqani & Al-Ghamdi 2022). Hence, there is a growing body of theoretical and empirical literature concerning how to manage crises and develop resilience in built environments. This chapter is an introduction to the conceptual and practical understanding of crisis management and resilience development and their applicability in cities and built environments and creates the foundations for the following chapters.