Cities, settlements development post COVID-19: An urban planner's perspective

Changing scapes: COVID-19 will reshape urban planning and strategy  PIC:MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Changing scapes: COVID-19 will reshape urban planning and strategy PIC:MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Cities and Settlements Development Planning is shaped and influenced by different dynamics, being Social, Economic and Environmental factors, and linked by a robust Urban Governance system, to ensure these three dynamics function in a coherent manner.

These dynamics can be health-related pandemics like COVID-19, environment and climate related disasters like floods, political and civil unrest as well as the needs of the inhabitants in their everyday lives. 

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, is now dictating a different way of life, thus influencing a different approach towards global development. A common phrase says, ‘in every crisis we should be able to learn a lesson and also explore opportunities from that crisis.’

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