Anne Maassen is the Urban Innovation & Finance Associate at the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She leads WRI’s work on the Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative, a partnership between WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and C40 Cities, funded by the Citi Foundation, focused on helping cities develop business models to accelerate the implementation of sustainable urban solutions.
History shows that when disasters and crises strike, cities often bounce back stronger and more resilient than before. The great Chicago fire famously gave rise to skyscrapers. Infectious...
传染病的爆发会对城市设计产生持久的影响，而其中一些已经在现代城市的氛围和功能中留下了不可逆转的痕迹。比如说，公园、宽敞的街道以及家庭浴室都是疟疾爆发留下的重要遗产。时至今日，它们已经完全融入日常生活，成为了现代城市中平平无奇的一部分。古往今来，城市总能从传染病最初的冲击中恢复过来，并在动荡的时期之后重获居民的信任。
Infectious disease outbreaks can have enduring influence on urban design and several have irrevocably shaped how modern cities feel and function. For example, parks, wide street design an...
The residents of Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city, are no strangers to crises.
Half a century ago, a lethal haze of smoke and fog, otherwise known as the Great Smog of 1952, covered London and killed as many as 12,000 people. More recently, in 2013, Ella Adoo-Kissi-...
During Caroline Owala’s childhood, flooding during rainstorms was a normal occurrence. “When it rained, it would be very difficult for us to even sleep because the flooding would get into...
City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the coronavirus pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from the ability to work from...
Warwick Junction’s maze of stalls, arches and bridges can elicit wonder in any first-time visitor to South Africa’s largest marketplace. The area’s nine distinct markets are wedged betwee...
Many cities are looking for a new future after the decline of traditional manufacturing industries. From the American Rust Belt to Europe’s industrial heartlands, mayors are striving to r...
Urbanization is changing the face of the planet—for better and for worse.
