Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities
Selected from applicants spanning 94 countries, the latest batch of the world’s “most resilient cities” will be unveiled by the non-profit 100 Resilient Cities project in Singapore on Wednesday.
The chosen 35 cities will be those that have, in line with the ambitions of this Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative, “demonstrated a dedicated commitment to building their own capacities to prepare for, withstand and bounce back rapidly from shocks and stresses”.
These “shocks and stresses” may vary widely between the chosen cities, ranging from natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods to long-term challenges such as social cohesion, access to healthcare, levels of violence and the free movement of people and goods for economic prosperity....