Resilient cities governance when encountering external turbulence in the Greater Bay Area of China: An ESG perspective

¹ Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong, China
² Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, Shantou University, Shantou, China

^* Corresponding author: zrzhao@stu.edu.cn

Abstract

Since the 2020’s, a series of crises, ranging from public health issues to economic recession, countries around the world have been trying to assess the impact on the social environment, and countries and regions have also actively formulated and enacted plans and policies to improve urban governance and urban regulation after the crises. How such public health, economic, and social emergencies can evoke urban resilience and self-healing capacity after urban destruction. Based on the ESG concept, this essay establishes a new model of resilient urban development, including reconstructing the model of sustainable urban development from the aspects of energy, land, education, health, digital economy and finance, to cope with the devastation resulting from emergencies. This model will also redefine a theoretical resilience framework that can be in accordance with ESG principles, offering future researchers a new perspective to assess the vulnerability and recovery capacity of a specific city.