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Building resilient, sustainable and secure cities for a post-COVID19 world 1 May 2021
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Around 55 per cent of the world’s population live in cities and by 2050 this is expected to increase to 68 per
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Cities also account for more than 70 per cent of all carbon emissions. Most cities are vulnerable to at least one type of natural disaster and face climate challenges, such as air pollution and heatwaves, on top of the associated health problems. The risk of �oods in coastal cities has also increased due to rising global sea levels. Cities continue to face numerous security challenges and emerging threats with many having been targets of terrorist attacks. The digitalisation of buildings and infrastructure also blurs the lines between the physical and virtual worlds. Increasing dependency on smart technologies and interconnectivity is likely to increase cities’ vulnerability to cyber-attacks and privacy breaches. Emerging hybrid threats such as bioterrorism also pose a serious risk. COVID-19 presents cities with an opportunity to apply lessons learned from the disruptions and build resilience against future risks. What might a post-COVID-19 city look like? Ideally, it would be resilient, wellprepared to absorb and recover from stressors. Cities can build resilience by designing plans and protocols to deal with their unique vulnerabilities. Within local communities, resilience means cohesion and neighbourliness, where people help one another during emergencies. Resilience can also be strengthened through local empowerment, capacity-building
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What Will the Future of Susta inable Cities Look Like
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“We are coming within measurable distance of the elimination of all divergent races, all animals except stock and vermin, all uneconomic plants excepts crops and weeds and the dedication of all economic minerals; in fact, the spoliation of all resources to end in an ant-like existence and the elimination of the soul”….
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