Urban Futures

Uncertainty is the "new normal" for cities of the future. At this juncture, our cities (both in the developed global North and in the developing and rapidly urbanizing global South) are at the crossroads of unprecedented challenges and cautious choices. Cities worldwide are also bound by the general guidelines of the Sustainable Development Goals guiding our collective urban futures. No matter how much we think of our urban futures as a "collective", questions of structural inequalities in economic opportunities, access to basic services, escalating vulnerabilities to climate change risks and justice compel us to look for grassroots, local responses and solutions. The Urban Futures series attempts to draw the contours of our collective urban futures, identifies and articulates the pressing challenges cities face globally. It provides a starting point to some of the responses that we could adopt for a better and a more inclusive future.

The series covers a wide range of interdisciplinary themes including urban design, urban digitization, governance and data city, technology, social inclusion, social infrastructure and public health, city life and public spaces, consumption and culture, urban planning, mobility, environment, public infrastructure, sustainable development, localization of SDGs, women and urban development, urban economy and work, and peri-urban development.

Binti Singh

KRVIA, Mumbai, India

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