Building resilient and sustainable: a need to decompartementalise the researches

Abstract

For several years now, building resilient and building sustainable are two of the main challenges of urban planning in cities. Though, both challenges are usually treated separately at the operational scale, which may imply antagonisms or synergies. From a review of the literature, this paper highlights the fact that there is a need to “decompartmentalise” researches on resilience and energy efficiency to provide integrated professional tools for the design of future urban developments, especially in flood zones. In order to improve both resilience and energy efficiency, it appears that networks are key elements.