CITYBUILDER Values: Community Resilience is Built Incrementally
Student fellow Kyaira Boughton breaks down one of CITYBUILDER's eight values in this ongoing series.
CITYBUILDER is built on our values. In this ongoing series, student fellows explore one of the eight CITYBUILDER core values.
Community Resilience is Built Incrementally
Adaptability isn’t something you pour with concrete. It doesn’t arrive with the ribbon-cutting of a mega-project or emerge fully formed from a master plan. It’s built slowly. Increment by increment, resilience is shaped by real people making real decisions over time. When done right, this kind of change doesn’t just add buildings. It builds trust. It builds flexibility. It builds a stronger future.
In an era of climate pressure, housing shortages, and shifting urban economies, resilience can’t be something we only plan for at scale. It has to be practiced locally, day by day, one small piece at a tim…
