Further, it presents a comprehensive urban resilience approach used to support city management in the recent outbreaks in Chinese cities, which can be applied in cities around the globe to strengthen their resilience and maximise the practicality of urban resilience and minimise urban vulnerabilities during disease outbreaks.
Ali Cheshmehzangi, urbanist/urban designer by profession, is Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He is also Director of the Urban Innovation Lab, which is pursuing two on-going projects on ‘integrated urban information modeling’ and ‘resilient city strategies’. Ali has four other published books: Identity of Cities and City of Identities; Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change; Eco-Development in China (Springer Award 2018); Designing Cooler Cities.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction: The City during Outbreak Events.- How cities cope in outbreak events?.- Preparedness through Urban Resilience.- Responsiveness through City Management.- Managing the City in Need, Saving the City in Need.- Conclusions and Lessons learnt: for ‘the City in Need’.