Opinion: Redesigning The COVID-19 City
Pedestrian streets. Vertical gardens. Arenas overhauled for social distancing. Robert Muggah and Thomas Ermacora envision how urban centers will adapt to pandemic life.
Robert Muggah is a principal of the SecDev Group and cofounder of the Igarape Institute. His latest book, Terra Incognita, co-authored with Ian Goldin, focuses on the systemic threats facing our world.
Thomas Ermacora is a city futurist, regeneration architect and technology investor, co-author of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world's bustling cities to a screeching halt. The outbreak has revealed how urban centers are the front and last lines of defense against infectious disease outbreaks. They are also the key to leading national and global recovery.
The pandemic hit some cities harder than others. It is exposing the that stratify our societies, especially inequalities in income,
