Digital technologies hold immense potential to enhance a city’s resilience by enabling efficient responses to various challenges.
To harness this potential, effective planning, design, and deployment of digital systems are crucial. Local governments play a pivotal role in shaping a digitally-enabled, resilient city through policy frameworks and operational strategies. Private sector partners are essential collaborators in realizing this vision.
Cities must strike a delicate balance between the vulnerabilities inherent in digital systems and the opportunities they bring. Unregulated digital assets across various sectors can create blind spots, amplifying the impacts of shocks. Local governments act as facilitators and convenors, bringing stakeholders together to foster more coordinated planning, decision-making, and standardized digital protocols.
The “Digital Cities, Resilience Cities: Delivering urban resilience through digital solutions” report with Arup sheds light on the pivotal role of digital technologies in shaping the future of cities. The report sets out a series of recommendations for cities and city-regions, recognizing the varying degrees of power and opportunity they possess based on their geographic context.
