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Building Resilient Cities
The interconnections and interdependencies between different urban systems need to be considered, resources should be used carefully, and backup systems and redundancies must be built in order to develop resilient cities that are sustainable and equitable. Examples of such resilience measures include dismantling highways to create blue and green corridors, constructing thick walls with tiny openings or well-placed windows, and using networks like Resilient Cities Network and C40 to support cities.
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Extreme heat waves have significant mental health consequences that are often overlooked.
01:07 - 05:20 (04:12)
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Extreme heat waves have significant mental health consequences that are often overlooked. The poor, elderly, pregnant women, young children, and manual laborers are most vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat, which can range from reduced crop yields to increased mental health problems.
ChapterBuilding Resilient Cities
EpisodeA 3-part plan to take on extreme heat waves | Eleni Myrivili
PodcastTED Talks Daily
Building resilient cities means thinking about interconnections, resources, sustainability and equity.
05:21 - 14:07 (08:46)
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Building resilient cities means thinking about interconnections, resources, sustainability and equity. A paradigm shift towards sustainable urban design is needed to create a metabolic design revolution that is led by landscape architects.