Urban resilience: post covid strategies
- Vol.19(2), Apr-June
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022
- 86-98p.
The emergence of COVID-19 throughout the world emphasizes the need to assess the pandemic resilient urban form to prevent infectious disease transmission. According to the lessons of the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic’s unprecedented impact on every aspect of urban life has provided compelling data and information about how to improve crisis responses and recovery strategies. The paper aims to showcase that COVID-19 presents an opportunity for cities to learn from their experience in combatting the pandemic to be better prepared for future emergencies and revisiting the URDPFI Guidelines and Model Building Bye Laws duly highlighting the need for resilient cities.