Major public health emergencies pose a serious threat to human health and life safety and can have a significant impact on global economic development and social stability. As such, identifying the best methods for the quick response and management of public health events has always been a global government concern. Scholars have made valuable achievements in dealing with major public health events from multiple different disciplines, such as public administration, sociology, psychology, information science, and intelligence. The most direct impact of major public health events on human beings is the paralysis of urban order, and the governance level is closely related to the level of urban management. Therefore, the exploration of the association between major public health events and urban management from new perspectives represents a promising area of research for finding more effective coping strategies.

The concept of resilience first emerged from ecology in the 1970s. Resilient cities emphasize the need to take full account of various safety risks in urban planning and construction management, and to take effective adaptive action to avoid disadvantages. Resilient cities have the ability to cushion and adapt to external shocks, to rebound from changes and adverse effects, and to prevent, prepare, respond to, and recover quickly from difficult situations. Compared with traditional urban emergency response systems, resilient cities are more systematic and long-lasting and respect the evolution of urban systems. From the perspective of resilient cities, major infectious diseases are among the inducing factors that can cause urban vulnerability, which is defined as when the city and its constituent elements are vulnerable to influence and destruction by others and lack the ability to resist interference and restore the initial station. The social organization system, the level of economic development, the ability of emergency management, and the national awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation are fundamental factors that affect the spread of the situation and the speed of urban recovery. Major public health emergencies test the adaptability and resilience of cities around the world, and so the improvement of cities’ resilience in response to public health emergencies and other uncertain risks is a practical problem for the realization of sustainable development of cities. Therefore, it is urgent to study major public health problems from the perspective of urban resilience.

This Special Issue aims to collect original research and review articles that elaborate theories, research methods, and mathematical or empirical studies that are relevant to public health, safety, and resilient cities. These articles are expected to provide theoretical and/or practical implications.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Toughness of urban or regional spatial response efficiency
• Antecedents and consequences of resilient cities
• Urban or regional public health safety risk assessment
• New approaches to public health governance
• Reconstruction and optimization of governance system
• Pre-control emergency infrastructure optimization
• Collaborative governance processes and complex networks
• Monitoring early warning system and information dissemination platforms
• Industrial structure transformation and industry development
• Community governance and public policy management
• Prevention and prevention education
• Big data and information management
• Micro-behavior of government and non-governmental organizations and enterprises