Chasing the nexus between resilience and mobility in contemporary metropolitan cities. Conceptual framework and interpretive keys

Since the very beginning of the 21st Century the policymaking sensitiveness and the scientific disciplinary debate about the evolution of contemporary settlement policies have mostly focused on the present and future role of urban and metropolitan areas as steady and at the same time flexible ramparts against the harmful effects of recurrent systemic crises. Within the contradictory kaleidoscope depicted by such a scenario, a multifaceted debate has been developed about the capacity of decision makers and their communities to set up virtuous policies and effective strategies in order to face, tackle, mitigate and manage the shocks of recurrent global crises, starting from a particular attention on the human settlement challenges and their undeniable entanglement with at least the key issues of resilience and mobility.