Futureproof City: Ten Immediate Paths to Urban Resilience

The Futureproof City creates adaptability and resiliency in the face of technological change, population explosion, global pandemic, and environmental crisis. This book brings to the fore new solutions and identifies ten key areas where governments, planners, investors, and individuals can refocus their understanding, priorities, and funding to better utilize limited resources.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 242 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Futureproof City is a visionary concept that aims to create adaptability and resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges arising from technological change, population growth, global pandemics, and environmental crises. A fundamental shift in the approach to conceiving, delivering, and managing city development is urgently needed to create better living environments. This book highlights numerous innovative solutions that are currently being proposed and piloted globally, identifying ten critical areas that impact the physical fabric of our cities. By refocusing understanding, priorities, and funding in these areas, governments, planners, investors, and individuals can effectively utilize the limited financial, natural, and time resources available. This book is a must-read for policymakers and professionals working in sustainability, development, technology, health and welfare, investment, and risk issues in cities today. It provides valuable insights and strategies for building resilient and sustainable urban environments that can thrive in the face of future uncertainties.

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367631956