As Fang Zhao – professor of innovation and strategy at Staffordshire Business School – puts it, “covid-19 has changed the whole concept of urban safety.” Digital security is now an even higher priority as more work and commerce have moved online those responsible for infrastructure safety have to adjust to dramatic changes in travel patterns and where residents consume utilities agencies responsible for personal security need to address a large, lockdown-driven shift in crime patterns and the priority that urban residents and officials assign to environmental security has risen markedly as covid-19 serves as a stark warning of unexpected crises. Stopping there, though, would miss most of the picture. In such circumstances, health is an obvious place to begin a discussion of urban security in 2021. This has enhanced the disease’s opportunities to spread, but also comes at a time when healthcare systems have a greater capacity to respond. Lars Weiss, Lord Mayor, City of CopenhagenĪlice Xu, Head, Connected Communities/smart City Programme, City of Torontoįang Zhao, Professor, Innovation and Strategy, Staffordshire Business SchoolĬovid-19 is the first global pandemic to strike humanity since we became a predominantly urban species. Sameh Wahba, Global Director, Urban, Disaster, Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyĪdie Tomer, Fellow, Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, Brookings InstitutionĪurel von Richthofen*, Senior Researcher, Cities Knowledge Graph, Singapore-ETH Centre Lauren Sorkin*, Acting Executive Director, Gloal Resilient Cities Network Gerald Singham, Chairman, National Crime Prevention Council, Singapore Tolullah Oni, Urban Health Physician and Epidemiologist, University of Cambridge Kimihiro Hino, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of TokyoĮsteban Léon, Head, City Resilience Global Programme, UN-Habitat
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