Research on the Mechanism of Digital Governance in Enhancing Urban Resilience: Analysis Based on Governance Practices in Typical Chinese Cities

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10.2991/978-94-6239-642-5_119How to use a DOI?

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Urban Resilience; Digital Governance; Multiple Case Study; Smart City

Abstract

This paper adopts a three-dimensional analytical framework of “foundation support - behavioral adaptation - system governance” as the main line to systematically explore how digital governance can enhance urban resilience. The study indicates that as cities face increasingly complex environmental, social, and technological challenges, digital technology has become a key driving force for improving the city's ability to resist recovery, adapt and adjust, and transform innovatively. Based on grounded theory, an analysis of 228 pieces of data from four cities - Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou - was conducted. The study found that digital governance, by strengthening technical foundations such as perception monitoring, data platforms, and intelligent algorithms, forms a digital base that supports urban operation; through promoting public participation, enterprise collaboration, and government process reconfiguration, it activates a collaborative network of multiple entities; and through institutional construction, policy guidance, and digital inclusiveness, it provides continuous and standardized institutional guarantees for resilience enhancement. The practices of these four cities demonstrate that digital governance not only improves the city’s rapid response and recovery capabilities in the face of emergencies, but also strengthens its flexible adaptability in the face of long-term changes, and promotes the transformation of urban governance models towards intelligent, platform-based, and innovative paths. This paper enriches the theoretical connotation of urban resilience in the digital era and provides practical inspiration for future smart city construction.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yihong Duan
AU  - Xin Guan
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/29
TI  - Research on the Mechanism of Digital Governance in Enhancing Urban Resilience: Analysis Based on Governance Practices in Typical Chinese Cities
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 11th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1128
EP  - 1143
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-642-5_119
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-642-5_119
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