cultivating “civity” enhancing city resilience with

Cultivating “Civity” Enhancing City Resilience

with Bridging Relationships and Increased Trust

Palma Joy Strand

Creighton Law School

“City”

“City”

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Complex Adaptive Systems

City-System

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=lodhMFViLEOPlM&tbnid=RaXfSuU_yHq2qM:&ved=0CAgQjRw4Lg&url=http://aminotes.tumblr.com/post/6245963398/geoffrey-west-on-why-cities-keep-growing&ei=NDU7U7uSK8fLsAS3ioHIDQ&psig=AFQjCNHKP8LNGH3RSQgPuXGx3UnLxrd6Yg&ust=1396475572772430

“We are the city.”

Geoffrey West

Resilience:

“the ability to change or adapt in response to stresses and strains.”

Pendall, Foster & Cowell

http://www.transitiontownsca.org/page/permaculture-principles-and

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=lgUhuDU8tVU21M&tbnid=LTDGE8oMnK28gM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/one-year-later-superstorm-sandy-underscores-need-for-a-resilient-grid&ei=6Do7U43VCa3gsATzq4Eg&bvm=bv.63934634,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNHHPckOMm5_d2s_9JGK17OkpZdB-Q&ust=1396477029569666

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Social Networks

Weak-Tie, Small-World Networks

Civity

Building “Bridging”

Relationships

Bridges across demographic divides

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4982034696/in/set-72157624812674967

Bridges between

jurisdictions

Bridges across sectors

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=mVFFlnt8dWXT3M&tbnid=n28XUgk5eO746M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.leadershipboise.org/&ei=0EE7U9D3OeLLsASG-4DwBw&psig=AFQjCNH2ZvsX-YounTJvMVQwoVEjsp7uHQ&ust=1396478787302648

Bridging among issues

http://pushnow.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d2fbf53ef0120a96fc212970b-pi

Nurturing Trust

“Creativity comes from trust.”

Rita Mae Brown

Community gardens

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=_Jfl9VZYGodUvM&tbnid=zgfaYRDwTzhKrM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/community-garden.htm&ei=22k8U7DXF67W2QW6i4GIBA&psig=AFQjCNFtSychrED27jQPQvr2N7bgJjvPvg&ust=1396554576166255

Trust in bridging relationships

The Village Square

Civity entrepreneurs

“We have met the enemy, and he is us”

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