By Efrat Makin-Knafo, Chief Resilience Officer, Head of the Resilience & Social Equality Authority and Mayor Advisor for Gender Equality, and the Resilience team, Tel-Aviv-Yafo municipality. The global coronavirus pandemic has created a deep social and economic crisis that affects the entire population. …

In February of 2020, during the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF) in Abu Dhabi, Visa and the Resilient Cities Network announced their partnership to help cities develop their digital infrastructure that can build and further resilience across Latin American cities. Digital transformations have gained relevance as an enabler of resilience…

Jesús Rios, Chief Resilience Officer of Colima, discussed the city’s projects amid the crisis. LA Network initially published this interview, and it is part of a collaboration with the Global Resilient Cities Network. Located in central Mexico, the municipality of Colima’s early preventive measures against the risks of the COVID-19…

By David Groisman, Chief Resilience Officer of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Economist, and specialist in public policies and urban resilience, and Agustin Botteron, Head of the Resilience Office of Santa Fe, Argentina, Civil Engineer (UTN-FRSF), MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Tufts University), with a specialty in water resources. The COVID-19…

Eugene Zapata-Garesché, Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Global Resilient Cities Network Around the world, cities continue to be magnets for people. In Latin America alone there are more than 55 cities with a population of 1 million or more, including some of the largest in the…

Developing resilient cities provides a window of opportunity for high-quality urban development in China. Against the complicated backdrop of intertwined shocks and stresses, urbanization in China has entered Phase 2.0, a critical stage for transformation and upgrading. During this critical period, promoting the development of resilient cities is of great…

Braulio Eduardo Morera, Director of Innovation & Project Development at Global Resilient Cities Newtork First published on The Manchester Briefing — Lessons on COVID-19, №10 Introduction Planning is a frequent activity for local government. Communication campaigns, budgets, land-use plans, and climate mitigation strategies are just some examples of complex programmes of…

Sharelle Polack, Programme Lead, Urban Governance for Nutrition, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Braulio Eduardo Morera, Director, Innovation and Project Development, Global Resilient Cities Network, Alex Ryan, Manager, Global Resilient Cities Network and Laura Platenkamp, Senior Associate, Urban Governance for Nutrition, GAIN, share their point of view on the…

On 26 and 27 May, the Chief Resilience Officers of Europe and the Middle East (EME) held their first-ever virtual regional convening. 28 CROs and teams from 17 different cities joined the two-part event remotely, initially intended to be hosted in Malmo in conjunction with the European Urban Resilience Forum…