Abstract
Cities are particularly exposed to hydro-climatic hazards, now exacerbated by anthropogenic global warming. As both major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerable territories, cities are called upon to be drivers of mitigation and adaptation, as underlined by the 6th IPCC assessment report. Having been sustainable, cities are now called upon to be resilient. This new conceptual framework, which feeds the discourse of urban players, certainly offers interesting operational perspectives. However, it tends to mask the often long-standing, and in part inherited, tensions at play within urban areas and between these areas and their peripheries. Beyond the umpteenth tale of the eternal city and a " urban marketing " argument, what can this resilience frame of reference contribute?
