Reconciling Urban Resilience and Increasing Digitization-Exploring Opportunities and Threats in Jeddah
摘要
Urban cities undergo many significant transformations with population growth that lead to the increment of goods and services production, which result in the urban shocks and stresses. As a matter of fact, urban resilience embodies a city's capacity to absorb and face these challenges in order to transform them sustainably through the best practices. Such strategies, including digitization or using technology, can enhance and fortify urban resilience, notably in big or major cities like Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This study aims mainly to establish a comprehensive strategy that can assist in addressing Jeddah's environmental vulnerabilities, digitalization, planning, and development which are mainly required to enhance future resilience and sustainability of the city. Employing qualitative research and thematic analysis, the study identified environmental potential threats which include: climate change, heatwaves, flooding, pollution. Such threats play a major role in hindering and affecting Jeddah's resilience. Recommendations include leveraging digital technologies such as geographic information systems and building information management systems.