Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs
As cities plan for post-COVID recovery, many questions preoccupy mayors, policymakers, planners, and developers. This article examines COVID-19’s impact on cities, drawing on local governments’ developing policies and responses to identify some of the emerging trends and trade-offs. Overall, city re...
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okr-10986-374732022-05-25T05:10:36Z Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs Wahba, Sameh N POST-PANDEMIC CITY RESILIENT RECOVERY LIVEABLE CITIES INCLUSIVE CITIES DENSITY URBAN PLANNING INFORMALITY REAL ESTATE MARKETS As cities plan for post-COVID recovery, many questions preoccupy mayors, policymakers, planners, and developers. This article examines COVID-19’s impact on cities, drawing on local governments’ developing policies and responses to identify some of the emerging trends and trade-offs. Overall, city recovery will likely involve some transformation to land uses and real estate markets, with increasing demand for urban amenities and nature, and with policies in support of affordable housing, slum upgrading and informal sector employment, to achieve more liveable and inclusive cities. This in turn will depend on the policies, planning, finance, digital infrastructure, and governance systems in place. While many city challenges predate COVID-19, they were exacerbated by the pandemic. The extent to which cities, and especially cities in the global South, will overcome such challenges will depend on political will and the implementation of targeted policies and low-cost investments in sustainability, liveability and inclusion. 2022-05-24T05:18:41Z 2022-05-24T05:18:41Z 2022-10-01 Journal Article Environment and Urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37473 en CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank SAGE Publications & Research :: Journal Article |
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POST-PANDEMIC CITY RESILIENT RECOVERY LIVEABLE CITIES INCLUSIVE CITIES DENSITY URBAN PLANNING INFORMALITY REAL ESTATE MARKETS Wahba, Sameh N Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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As cities plan for post-COVID recovery, many questions preoccupy mayors, policymakers, planners, and developers. This article examines COVID-19’s impact on cities, drawing on local governments’ developing policies and responses to identify some of the emerging trends and trade-offs. Overall, city recovery will likely involve some transformation to land uses and real estate markets, with increasing demand for urban amenities and nature, and with policies in support of affordable housing, slum upgrading and informal sector employment, to achieve more liveable and inclusive cities. This in turn will depend on the policies, planning, finance, digital infrastructure, and governance systems in place. While many city challenges predate COVID-19, they were exacerbated by the pandemic. The extent to which cities, and especially cities in the global South, will overcome such challenges will depend on political will and the implementation of targeted policies and low-cost investments in sustainability, liveability and inclusion. |
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Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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can cities bounce back better from covid-19? reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs |
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