This week’s Manchester Briefing details some COVID-19 topics that are being worked on across three research areas: Communities; Systems; Recovery, Renewal, Resilience Frameworks. The briefing summarises six research topics and details how these aim to enhance understanding of Recovery, Renewal, Resilience in the context of COVID-19.
The authors explore the considerations and requirements that must underpin effective COVID-19 recovery planning in the Gambia, and propose strategic interventions, much of which will be applicable to the recovery of other Least Developed Countries.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
From 2010 to 2015, Canaan was perhaps the urban settlement with the fastest exponential growth in the Western hemisphere. Technically, Canaan is not a city—at least not in the administrative sense of the term. Nor is it simply a slum on the outskirts of
Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning (Elsevier)
This paper aims to explore how insights from the philosophical and social science literature can be incorporated into the definition of resilient infrastructure so that considerations of social justice can be accounted for and addressed more adequately
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (Taylor & Francis)
This assessment report addresses protection issues, vulnerabilities and the needs of return migrants and their communities, and the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic recovery in Nepal.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the City of Houston will receive $50,095,000 in funding to support long-term recovery efforts following 2021 Winter Storm.
This study has contributed to the identification and analysis of urban recovery issues with the hope that its findings will further guide conceptual discussions and identified key issues to be hindering urban recovery.
