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Better Cities Jan 2022
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Better Cities | Jan 2022
Communities Building Resilience
Building Community Resilience for Climate Change
Engaging communities to have a greater stake in their shared future can contribute to building resilience. Former CLC Visiting Fellow, Herbert Dreiseitl, shares his experience in partnering CLC to change beliefs and bring about collective community action in Cambridge Road.
Community interventions like this green corridor allowed Cambridge Road residents to collectively address local issues and build social ties with one another.
5 min read
Catch Up on WCS 2021 and Save the Date for WCS 2022
Don’t miss any of the exciting discussions from WCS 2021. Hear from global city leaders and experts on how cities can adapt to a disrupted world through our WCS Sessions, Special Addresses, Virtual Site Visits and more at our WCS YouTube Channel.
Save the date for WCS 2022 from 31 July - 3 August 2022 at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
Housing a Nation: Towards a More Inclusive and Sustainable City
CLC Chairman Dr Cheong Koon Hean distils the key success factors in developing affordable housing through the case of Singapore’s public housing development at the 8th International Forum on Housing and Urban Finance.
HDB flats along the Punggol Waterway, Singapore. Source: Hanum Putri / Shutterstock
15 min read
Urban Solutions #19 | Putting Cities at the Heart of Recovery
The Coalition for Urban Transitions’ Catlyne Haddaoui and Freya Stanley- Price argue that national governments must not miss this opportunity to invest in cities and let them drive the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A COVID-19 public notice in London, England. Source: Andy Rain / EPA-EFE
12 min read
Urban Solutions #19 | The Built Environment, Disrupted
See how the built environment sector is adapting to disruptions from climate change, an ageing workforce, resource scarcity and the COVID-19 pandemic to build cities that are more sustainable and resilient..
An aerial view of Sanya Mangrove Park. Source: Kongjian Yu / Turenscape
5 min read