Reconsidering Urban Resilience Assessments Towards Recovery During Conflict

The ARTUR Framework Applied to Ukraine

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https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2025.01.006

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urban resilience, digital tools, rapid recovery, war, Ukraine, urban systems

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In the face of global crises, resilience is a crucial approach to recovery. Urban resilience frameworks have proliferated in the last three decades, as support for policy-focused guidelines towards sustainable development. However, gaps in the adoption of urban resilience frameworks for local-level urban planning still exist. This study argues whether existing frameworks, despite addressing current global challenges such as climate adaptation or rapid urban growth, are suitable for contexts experiencing conflict. The methodological approach is guided by two themes: 1) How can an urban system be dissected into sub-components, to make it more relatable to resilience approaches? and 2) what qualities of resilience are needed for effective implementation? Both questions support the formulation of a novel urban resilience framework which is integrated into an adaptable digital instrument. A pilot conducted in two Ukrainian cities is presented as the implementation case. The outcome of this study summarises the learnings from implementation and highlights the relevance of integrating resilience assessments into digital platforms focused on local, decentralised planning contexts, to accelerate digital maturity and better prepare against future crises of unprecedented scale.

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Moleiro Dale, M., Vivanco, R., Makarova , N., Barski, J., & Noennig, J. R. (2025). Reconsidering Urban Resilience Assessments Towards Recovery During Conflict: The ARTUR Framework Applied to Ukraine. Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 9(1), 73–91. https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2025.01.006

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03-11-2025

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): Volume 9 / Issue 1 / September 2025 / The Future of Spatial Planning in Ukraine

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Copyright (c) 2025 Maria Moleiro Dale, Ramon Vivanco, Nataliya Makarova , Jan Barski, Joerg Rainer Noennig

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Author Biographies

Maria Moleiro Dale, HafenCity University Hamburg

Maria Moleiro Dale (M.Sc., B.Arch.) is research associate in the Professorship for Digital City Science at the HafenCity University (HCU) Hamburg. She leads multidisciplinary research and implementation projects on digital tools for planning. Moleiro holds a Master degree in Resource Efficiency for Architecture and Planning. Currently, she is a PhD candidate researching on urban resilience and its integration into digital urban planning platforms.

Ramon Vivanco, HafenCity University Hamburg

Ramón Vivanco (M.Sc.) is an architect specialising in urban resilience and sustainable development. He holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture from UTPL, Ecuador, and a Master’s in Integrated Urban Development and Design from Bauhaus University Weimar. With experience across South America, Europe, and the Middle East, his work blends architecture, urban planning, and mobility. Ramón focuses on using digital tools to address complex urban challenges and create adaptable, resilient cities, contributing to innovative, interdisciplinary approaches for sustainable urban futures.

Nataliya Makarova , HafenCity University Hamburg

Dr. Nataliya Makarova is originally from Ukraine and is a passionate epidemiologist, health services and preventive medicine researcher. She is currently involved in research on urban resilience in the context of the war in Ukraine, with the aim of developing adaptable approaches and tools to support Ukrainian cities.

Jan Barski, HafenCity University Hamburg

Dr. Jan Barski is a senior project manager and researcher at the HCU, with extensive experience in European projects. Jan has been involved in projects and applications that approached urban challenges from various angles, and is co-responsible for project cooperation of the Professorship Digital City Science. He co-manages the ARTUR project and supports the urban-resilience-focused research on Ukrainian cities. His other project involvement includes observation of the social impact of micro-mobility and logistics implementations.

Joerg Rainer Noennig, HafenCity University Hamburg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joerg Rainer NOENNIG is Professor for Digital City Science at the HCU HafenCity Universität in Hamburg and also directs the WISSENSARCHITEKTUR Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture at TU Dresden. He studied architecture at Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Polytech Krakow and Waseda University Tokyo. Noennig has worked at different Universities outside Germany, published several books and more than hundred scientific articles and essays, and was awarded with the Grand Prix of the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE).

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