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European Cities: Building Better Urban Futures: From Responding to Crisis to Approaches for Better Urban Futures (Evidence Review).

 

From Responding to Crisis to Approaches for Better Urban Futures (Evidence Review) is part of a recent study for WHO RO-Europe

With their varied physical, economic, socio-cultural, and socio-political presence, European cities have always been highly distinguished urban environments expressive of heterogeneity, diversity of activities, entertainment, excitement, and happiness. They have been, and still are, places for the formulation of and experimentation with new values, social practices, industrial development, and innovative manufacturing. They produce, reproduce, represent, and convey much of what counts today as culture, social norms, environmental knowledge, science, public health, governance, and politics. Characterised by these elements, and while aspiring for resilience and a sustainable urban future, the European city continues to witness various forms of struggles and endures to experience a multitude of influences that include crises which are resulting from both natural and human induced hazards. Across the European continent, cities host the largest share of national populations, continue to accommodate growing communities, and are accountable for the economic, infrastructural, environmental and social contexts in which they live. These cities have already endured the test of time and have withstood significant urban challenges and the associated social and environmental ramifications. This review underscores urban challenges and health problems that emerge from crisis situations and how they were managed, while exploring how environment and health priorities, cities have envisioned as part of their urban resilience strategies, policies, and practices, are being shaped and developed.

Ashraf Salama interviewed about the role of architecture & urban planning post pandemic

Emerald Podcast Series: Architecture and Urban Design of the Post Covid-19 City. Daniel Ridge speaks with Ashraf Salama, about the role of architecture and urban planning in the context of the global pandemic.

Michael Crosbie interviews Ashraf Salama on possible outcomes in a post-coronavirus world.

Michael Crosbie interviews Ashraf Salama on possible outcomes in a post-coronavirus world.
How Might the COVID-19 Change Architecture and Urban Design? Ashraf M. Salama, a professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland, and the director of the Cluster for Research in Architecture and Urbanism of Cities in the Global South, has been following how these disciplines might be changing. He’s recently written a publicly peer-reviewed paper on some of his findings: “Coronavirus Questions That Will Not Go Away: Interrogating Urban and Socio-Spatial Implications of COVID-19 Measures.” I sat down with Salama to discuss some of the issues he raises, and what their implications might be for the built environment in the future (7 May 2020) (Feature image taken from CommonEdge by Andy Yueng, as part of his “Urban Density” drone series).

After coronavirus: how seasonal migration and empty centres might change our cities

After coronavirus: how seasonal migration and empty centres might change our cities
Salama, A. M. (2020). After coronavirus: how seasonal migration and empty centres might change our cities. The Conversation.

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