Collective engagement as a navigational framework for urban resilience

Collective engagement is an essential factor in building a resilient city. According to studies, while resilience strategies can lessen cities' vulnerability to disaster, their effectiveness depends on the cities' ability to execute them. Collective engagement helps to ensure the effective implementation of these resilience strategies. In this research, I examined collective engagement as a basis for strengthening, a city's resilience. Anchoring on the collective engagement urban resilience framework, I explore the links between collective engagement and urban resilience. Using an explanatory case study approach, I looked at the vertical, horizontal, and transverse links between collective engagement and urban resilience of two Dutch cities, Rotterdam and Dordrecht, and two Philippine cities, Marikina and Malabon. This research examines adaptive cycles in cities, including triggers, policies, and stakeholder collaboration. It contributes to the debate on cross-sector collaboration among stakeholders, which is essential for resolving issues and achieving common goals. • Collective engagement with respect to urban resilience requires stakeholders understanding their responsibilities in strengthening their adaptive capacities to adapt to disturbances and changes. • The collective engagement urban resilience framework exemplifies a transformational approach to disaster risk management and urban resilience research. • The governance and self-organization approaches to promoting urban resilience through collective engagement work best when implemented in parallel. • Information, social networks, and mutual adaptation of stakeholders' roles help cities build urban resilience. • Collective engagement and urban resilience is a continuous, complex, and dynamic process.