Conceptual Background: Resilience and Urban Management

To comprehend the improvement of individual resilience in urban management in China, this chapter lays the theoretical foundation of the study by reviewing the literature on resilience and urban management. Resilience theory is explained as the foundation of this research. The theory of human–environment interactions is adopted to explain why the personal perceptions and cognitions can be explored as potential determinants of individual resilience. Furthermore, social learning for resilience nurturing is adopted to explain why and how the responses from urban management can make people more resilient.