Smart Cities' Resilience and Small Business Continuity Strategies in Pandemic Times

Abstract

This chapter explains how smart cities can be resilient in pandemic times through small business continuity strategies. A review of definitions of smart cities and urban and business resilience is presented to understand smart cities' resilience. The City Resilience Index is introduced as a tool that cities can use to measure and monitor their resilience in which the economy and social dimension highlight business continuity as a factor in promoting a sustainable economy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses, as the engine of smart cities, have made their vulnerability to crises more evident and lack a roadmap or guideline to help them become resilient; for this reason, some business continuity strategies are proposed based on business paper reviews.

Citation

Vera-Castro, M., Alvarez-Risco, A. and Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S. (2023), "Smart Cities' Resilience and Small Business Continuity Strategies in Pandemic Times", Alvarez-Risco, A., Rosen, M.A. and Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S. (Ed.) Sustainable Management in COVID-19 Times (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 30), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-636120230000030004