Navigating Urban Dynamics: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Management

Abstract

The paper aims to look at how media and communication influence and are influenced by urbanity, more specifically, strategies for the sustainable and resilient management of cities. It uses both positivist and phenomenological approaches content analysis and case study research to evaluate urban problems and solutions. The research has two main goals: to evaluate the existing state of affairs of the urban dynamics due to multi-faceted growth and change using various case studies and collected data and to suggest and encourage efficient strategies for the management of the urban environment. The literature review was informed by the theoretical perspectives of sustainable development and urban resilience, as well as the functions of media in agenda setting, civic participation, and communication. Implications underscore the importance of communication dynamics to improve the responsiveness and sustainability of the world’s cities. This paper therefore underscores calls for media or communication either to solve or worsen urban challenges. It brings successful examples of how media could be beneficial in influencing urban governance. These findings have policy and planning implications for governments and city officials interested in designing interventions that may interest people and help to build up the social fabric of the city. This research is useful for directing change in urban policies toward a sustainable and resilient environment and highlighting the role of media and communication in urban management.