International contributors from academia, research, policy and practice, use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends. Comparisons from five countries including Japan, the US, Indonesia, Slovakia and Germany, highlight the influence of significant disasters on spatial planning and spatial resiliency under different legal-administrative and cultural frameworks.

Contributions by: Teresa Sprague, Nadine Mägdefrau, Jaroslav Tešliar, Jozef Šulak, Ján Dzurdženik, Alena Kučeravcová, Donovan Finn, Neysa Setiadi, Jörn Birkmann, Matthias Garschagen, Gusti Ayu Ketut Surtiari, Togu Pardede, Michio Ubaura, Tamiyo Kondo, Kanako Luchi