The Pandemic Presents A Once In A Generation Opportunity To Reshape The Future Of Work In Our Cities
The Covid-19 pandemic has reinvigorated debates about the challenges of living and working in cities. The pandemic has also revived the argument that urban areas could be transformed as a result of the economic and social upheaval. Patterns of rapid contagion and the difficulties of social distancing in densely populated areas raise questions about the safety and resilience of highly interconnected global cities.
Similarly, the shift to homeworking may hollow out urban communities and accelerate the demise of the city centre service economy that depends on bricks and mortar locations in areas of high commuter footfall.
But the pandemic also represents a once in a generation opportunity to make cities more inclusive, resilient and sustainable by prioritising social cohesion and ecological sustainability over economic growth.
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