The Economic Architecture of Urban Resilience: Integrating Sustainability, Innovation and Community into Urban Development
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper aims to show why sustainable urban development cannot be achieved without simultaneously linking financial mechanisms, innovation processes and active community involvement. Through field research in several Croatian cities – including Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar – the opinions, attitudes and experiences of a total of 800 respondents from the public, private and civil sectors were collected. The results clearly confirm that the greatest progress in quality of life, infrastructure resilience and economic vitality is achieved only when all three pillars are synchronized:• Finance (provided through city budgets, green bonds and public-private partnerships) offers long-term investment stability.• Innovation (ranging from digital platforms to circular business models) enables more efficient use of resources and faster adaptation to change.• The community (through the actions of local committees, associations and participatory budgeting) ensures legitimacy, local knowledge and social cohesion.
Author: Dijana Vukovic
Institution: University North
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7150711982