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Better Cities May 2021
Better Cities, a monthly e-newsletter, updates friends and partners about the Centre’s work. The newsletter reaches an international audience of readers from government, media, academia, private sector and non-governmental organisations.
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Better Cities | May 2021
Active Citizens Shaping Cities
Seoul Plan: A New Era of Citizen Participation
Since 2011, the residents of Seoul have been directly involved in land use planning. Learn more about how the city is using participatory planning in its 2030 and 2040 Seoul Plans and why cities should involve citizens in the shaping of built environments.
A neighbourhood-level participatory planning workshop in Seonyugol, Seongbuk-Gu.
12 min read
Register for World Cities Summit 2021 is Now Open
Sign up for free access to the World Cities Summit 2021’s series of virtual events happening from 21 to 23 June. Join global leaders from the public and private sectors as well as academia in discussions on how cities can adapt to a disrupted world.
Healthy Cities, Healthy Citizens
How can cities shape their social, natural and built environments for the health and well-being of their citizens? Speakers including CLC’s deputy director of research, Elaine Tan, share ideas from Singapore at this webinar on health-promoting cities organised by the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
Urban Solutions #18 | Building Community Resilience for Future Epidemics
Beyond physical infrastructure and good decision-making, varied social ties and the collective actions and behaviours of people can build up a community’s resilience to future pandemics and other shock events.
Volunteers ensure elderly residents in Kenyan villages are well taken care of during the pandemic.
12 min read
Urban Solutions #18 | Reframing Public Spaces as Civic Goods for Resilient Cities
Beyond disaster responses and protective infrastructure, access to public space and amenities such as walking paths are also essential for improving community resilience and quality of life.
“Human parking spaces” in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco.
12 min read
Urban Solutions #18 | Landscape as an Opportunity in the Time of Crisis
Faced with Bangkok’s land subsidence and rising sea levels, landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom and her team at Landprocess designed a park to address the city’s urban flood crisis.
Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Bangkok.
7 min read