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URBAN ANTHOLOGIES III The success sTories CASE STUDIES highlighTed All cities meet with crises. their way, so that the disruption how cities can innovate in the in urban Barcelona’s urban re-vitalization, increase in the budget share of Whether the city is large or and dislocation to people’s lives face of crisis and become more to Washington, DC’s experience health and education spending small, new or existing, in can be minimized. resilient. anThologies Touch in tackling human trafficking, from 13% to close to 40% over an advanced or emerging on 8 key Themes provide examples of the extent a decade. Similarly, the case economy, at some point all How cities respond to crises One of the most interesting of cooperation and partnership studies on how Shenzhen cities come face-to-face with often defines them. Many of the words for crisis is the Chinese needed across different and Dubai responded to rapid a crisis that will put them to the most vibrant cities today have word “危机”. On their own, the 1. Multi-pronged solutions stakeholders in the city. urbanization clearly demonstrate TACKLING SUDDEN SHOCKS TACKLING CREEPING CRISES test. The most resilient cities find met with a crisis of one form characters mean “danger” and are necessary the value of long term ways to innovate to overcome or another, and responded in a “opportunity” respectively. This 4. Working with the market commitment spanning decades. these crises. robust way that has influenced is an apt description of the Crises are often complex and can be effective TRANSPORTATION Sri Lanka + New Orleans Bogotá, Colombia where they are today. They aspirations for this volume. We complicated, demanding a 7. Local solutions become AND INFRASTRUCTURE Solutions For Safe(r) Houses Investing to Transform Transportation Crises come in many forms. did not let the crisis diminish hope this collection of case multi-pronged response that Cities have begun to learn to global when they are adapted (Low-Tech Construction Los Angeles, USA They could be economic, the city; instead they chose to studies will be a user-friendly spans regulation, incentives, work with the market to achieve locally and High-Tech Design) The Capital Of Car Culture Goes Green political, social or environmental be bold, finding the will and reference for mayors and urban investment and technology, optimal solutions. By innovating Tohoku, Japan Chicago, USA in nature. They could be local or determination to implement the leaders, that will help them to amongst others. Melbourne’s on this front, they can harness Many of the solutions came Learning from Crises Addressing Infrastructure Revitalization global, or both. They could be necessary measures to restore prepare their cities for crises, urban transformation, New York the efficiency of market about from a very specific Through Private Sector Investment sudden and devastating, or they normalcy. In many cases, they and when a crisis does come, City’s economic diversification, mechanisms to develop new response in a very local context. Partnerships could be creeping and insidious. re-invented themselves and to turn it into an opportunity and Singapore’s response possibilities, adding a powerful When sufficiently generalized, Their effects could be once- found new strengths, putting to innovate and build an even to the global financial crisis new tool for tackling crises. the lessons drawn from these off or chronic, with both short themselves on a firmer footing better city for their citizens. provide three examples of such The Chicago Infrastructure responses become transferable FINANCIAL AND FISCAL Singapore Porto Alegre, Brazil and long term ramifications. than before the crisis. multi-pronged strategies and Trust is one such example, to other urban settings Learning and Innovating Participatory Budgeting - An Inclusive Very often, they are a mix of the solutions. and Los Angeles’ drawing on worldwide. To be effective in During Financial Crises Approach To Municipal Fiscal above, creating complicated and The case studies in this third private capital for its initiatives these urban settings, care must Dubai, United Arab Emirates Management complex challenges for cities. volume of Urban Anthologies 2. Working across government in sustainable power and be taken to intelligently adapt The World’s Most Virtual City illustrate vividly this tremendous is imperative transportation is another. them to the local context. Human lives are always capacity of cities to overcome For example, if cities wish to inevitably disrupted. In extreme adversity. They come from all The tools for a multi-pronged 5. Communication is critical replicate Bogota’s bicycle and ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL New York City, USA Barcelona, Spain cases, they are even dislocated. around the world, representing solution typically do not fall bus rapid transit success, they Economic Recovery Through Diversification Adjusting For New Global Opportunities As the majority of the world’s cities of different sizes and under the remit of any single Crises responses can only would have to set up local Melbourne, Australia population now live in cities, and stages of development. The government agency. The case be effectively implemented organizations that “support From Urban Decline to the World’s as that proportion continues to crises tackled and the tools studies clearly demonstrate if those responsible for them efforts to promote active Most Liveable City rise rapidly in the decades to employed cut across many how important it is for different in the public, private and transport policies.” Shenzhen, China come, it becomes even more dimensions. While these may agencies to work together people sectors understand Responding to the Challenges important that cities develop be a diverse set of case studies, quickly and effectively, and to why they are doing it and what 8. Technology plays an of Rapid Urbanization the capacity to prepare for and they are all similar in one very use their different experiences they need to do. Constant increasingly significant role Washington DC, USA resolve any crisis that comes important respect: they all show and perspectives to develop communication is thus critical. Combatting Human Trafficking joint and robust responses to Singapore’s comprehensive As technologies become Through Innovation and Impact crises. public communications during more advanced and reliable, the SARS crisis built confidence and as the costs of deploying 3. Working across the city and trust in the tough measures them become lower, cities are HEALTH Singapore Melbourne, Australia expands possibilities taken; similarly Melbourne’s increasingly using technology AND ENVIRONMENT Fighting SARS From Heat Island to “A City In the Forest” extensive public engagements to assist them in responding Seattle + Naples For a city to effectively tackle ensured stakeholders’ buy-in for to crises. The case studies Tracking Trash the severity of a crisis and the the Urban Forest Strategy. on safer disaster housing speed at which it unfolds, even and trash tracking offer new working well across government 6. Sustained efforts ensure and interesting innovations; agencies may be insufficient. success technology has also played a It will also have to enlist the significant role in several other efforts of many stakeholders, Regardless of whether the crisis case studies such as their use in from businesses, to non- is short or long term, success understanding human trafficking governmental organizations, in restoring normalcy to a city mechanisms (Washington, to non-profits, to community in times of crisis is only ensured DC), designing urban solutions organizations, and even to the if the efforts are sustained. (Melbourne), and developing citizens themselves. Most of Porto Alegre’s commitment SARS thermal scanners the case studies, from Bogota’s to participatory budgeting, for (Singapore). transport transformation, to example, contributed to the authorS ADDITIONAL AUTHORS 00 Victor Vergara and Mark Hirschboeck rob Adams Abha Joshi-Ghani Mats Williamson co-authored Participatory Budgeting Director, City Design Vice-Chair — Director, Thematic Executive Vice-President Innovation: City of Melbourne, Knowledge and Learning Skanska AB Federica Ranghieri URBAN Australia World Bank Sweden and Mark Hirschboeck from Crisis to Opportunity www.melbourne.vic.gov.au Washington DC, USA www.skanska.com co-authored Learning from Crises www.worldbankgroup.org ANTHOLOGIES III Christina Bain and Louise Shelley co-authored Combatting Human Trafficking through Innovation and Impact Rosemary Feenan John Alschuler Adele Naudé Santos Scot Wrighton co-authored The World’s Most Chairman Vice-Chair — Architect, Urban City Manager Virtual City, Responding HR&A Advisors Designer and Dean Lavasa Corporation Limited to the Challenges of Rapid USA MIT, School of Architecture India Urbanization and Adjusting www.hraadvisors.com and Planning — USA www.hccindia.com for New Global Opportunities sap.mit.edu Hardik Bhatt co-authored Addressing infrastructure revitalization through private sector investment partnership Poon King Wang and Jun Jie Woo Samer I. Asfour Konrad otto-Zimmermann Nancy Kete co-authored Fighting SARS Director, Economic Secretary-General Managing Director, Resilience and Learning and Innovating during and Social Affairs Directorate ICLEI, Local Governments Rockefeller Foundation Financial Crises The Royal Hashemite Court for Sustainability — Germany USA Matthew Claudel Twitter: @ICLEI_SG Jordan www.rockefellerfoundation.org co-authored Tracking

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