Phoenix Cities: Lessons on Resilience from Warsaw to Atlanta
Phoenix Cities: Lessons on Resilience from Warsaw to Atlanta

Summary/Abstract: The City of Atlanta and the City of Warsaw, Poland, have similar wartime histories separated by 80 years. These two “Phoenix Cities” have created new infrastructure, societies and cultural identities since their destruction and post-war rebuilding. Present-day metro Atlanta is larger than Warsaw, with a greater economic impact, but recent investments in Warsaw signal a possible trajectory for growth similar to what occurred in Atlanta over the past 45 years.Warsaw in 2015 – unlike Atlanta in 1970 – has many contemporary city/region models for successful economic development and growth management in Europe and abroad, including Atlanta. These models offer Warsaw the possibility of more resilient growth and alternate development decisions to those which currently undermine metro Atlanta. Warsaw is a dynamic and increasingly important region on the global stage. Economic growth to the next tier of global cities that excel in innovation and resiliency is within its grasp.

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