DIÀLEGS DREAM

Working within the framework of resilience means activating the evolutionary and adaptive capacity of systems, reducing their vulnerability through change and self-organization. This condition has placed resilience at the center of reflection among disciplines such as ecology, engineering, and sociology. Also, at the intersection of scientific research and design, since natural systems, human systems, and human-natural or socio-ecological systems are complex adaptive systems, which can only be explained through the ideas of ecological resilience. Resilient thinking has been described by authors such as (Walker & Salt, 2006) and has influenced the research line of several scientists related to urban and metropolitan planning. From this perspective, planning must include certain attributes of resilient thinking in order to improve the governance of socio-ecological systems (Ahern, 2011; Allan & Bryant, 2011; Norris, Stevens, Pfefferbaum, Wyche, & Pfefferbaum, 2008). These are: Diversity, or having different options to adapt to a wide range of circumstances; redundancy, or having multiple elements/components that provide similar functions in case others fail; multifunctionality, to support the diversity of responses required after a disaster; modularity, to allow individual modules to continue functioning in case others fail; network and multiscale connectivity, or the construction of resilient networks through redundant circuits; governance crossovers, which refers to redundancy in governance structures; and adaptability with innovation, to foster learning and experimentation in the development of norms at the local level. Moreover, within the context of planning, three dimensions of resilience must be addressed: the physical, environmental, and social dimensions.

The resilient thinking approach suggests including the seven attributes of resilience in planning instruments to achieve a more adaptable planning to unexpected changes, characteristic of socio-ecological systems. These attributes can be considered in one or more instruments, but the set of documents that make up a community's planning instruments should include them as much as possible. Similarly, the three dimensions of resilience must be addressed in urban planning in order to improve the community's recovery capacity.

The DIÀLEGS DREAM are a governance laboratory, a framework for reflection/action participated by representatives of administrations, politicians, as well as various economic and social agents, aimed at defining metropolitan actions from the perspective of resilient design. It is a creative action aimed at acquiring skills and generating new opportunities for self-organization.

The objective of the sessions is to explore, imagine, and debate, from a resilient thinking perspective, how it is possible to create favorable conditions that provide various solutions to the current and complex social, economic, and ecological needs. These conversations will also make it possible to highlight the compatibility and/or conflicts of actions, plans, and projects within the framework of strategic territories of the AMB.