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Moving forward after the pandemic Insights from urban professionals on the impact of COVID-19, building resilience, and how cities will recover BY JUSTIN SWAN CITY OF OTTAWA As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, speculation of the long-term impacts of the pandemic on municipalities evolves along with it. Back in April, we issued a survey asking professionals, academics, and others involved with making cities better how they thought this would all play out. 120 people responded with a variety of insights. Here are the highlights.
Half of survey respondents think the pandemic will have a significant impact on city planning and operations over the next 5 years. Since March, we have seen local governments shift resources to help manage the pandemic efforts, and forecasts are showing significant financial challenges in the years to come if help is not forthcoming from higher levels of government. However, survey respondents suspect the longer-term effects will be less severe with only 13% believing the lasting impacts will be significant. Continued on page 19...
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