Enhancing resilient sustainable cities: public perspectives of urban resilient design

Resilient design contributes to sustainable urban development. This study investigates the public perception of a public space with resilient design characteristics and explores the effectiveness of these characteristics. In-depth interviews with 14 participants and on-site tours were conducted. This study also conducted a thematic analysis of the public perception of urban resilient design characteristics based on the landscape perception theory. It found four themes related to resilient design perception – meanings of place; function and needs; space form and use patterns; and it also revealed the relationships between the characteristics. The insights optimise the consideration of resilient design and have important significance for resilient design in cities. This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ .