Adaptable Cities, Pandemic Mitigation and Crisis Preparedness

This 18 months project funded by the British Academic aims to explore how cities have and can be adapted, proactively, within a very short timescale, as to immediately mitigate the impact of any future pandemics on people's health, wellbeing and local economies but also ensure their continuity as rich transactional spaces hosting all types of human, economic, financial and information flows.
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Research team: 

Professor Lauren Andres (lead), Dr. Paul Moawad, University College London;
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning/bartlett-school-planning
Contact: l.andres@ucl.ac.uk 

Professor Aya Sakai Tokyo City University; 
https://www.tcu.ac.jp/english/study/study_taxonomy/undergraduate/arc_urbandesign/architecture/
Contact: asakai@tcu.ac.jp
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​Professor Marcus Zepf, Université Paris-Est; Dr. Federica Appendino (ESPI- Paris)
https://www.eup.fr/
Contact: marcus.zepf@u-pec.fr