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Want to build sustainable, resilient cities? Start with quality infrastructure

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Submitted by Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez On Thu, 01/28/2016
co-authors: Philip E. Karp [1]

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Rapid urbanization has put considerable pressure on developing countries to deliver more infrastructure - and, preferably, to deliver it fast and in a cost-effective way. But this sense of urgency should not lead cities to compromise on quality, or to focus only on the upfront cost of building infrastructure rather than to consider the full cost of construction, operation and maintenance over the entire lifecycle of a project.
 
To discuss some of the key infrastructure challenges faced by its client countries, the World Bank recently hosted its first International Conference on "Sustainable Development through Quality Infrastructure” [4] in Tokyo, Japan. But what exactly do we mean by "quality infrastructure", and what role can it play in creating resilient, sustainable cities?

  • Tags:
  • Sustainable Communities [5]
  • resilience [6]
  • Disaster Resilience [7]
  • Disaster management [8]
  • Sustainable Development [9]
  • infrastructure [10]
  • Water [11]
  • Urban Development [12]
  • Transport [13]
  • Energy [14]
  • Disasters [15]
  • Climate Change [16]
  • East Asia and Pacific [17]
  • Japan [18]

Source URL (modified on 01/29/2016 - 00:08): https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/want-build-sustainable-resilient-cities-start-quality-infrastructure

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[1] https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=pkarp24
[2] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/introducing-our-new-sustainable-communities-blog-series
[3] http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/sustainable-communities
[4] https://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catalogue/ICSDQII_2016_01/
[5] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/sustainable-communities
[6] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/resilience
[7] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/disaster-resilience
[8] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/disaster-management
[9] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/sustainable-development
[10] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/infrastructure
[11] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/topics/water
[12] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/topics/urban-development
[13] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/topics/transport
[14] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/topics/energy
[15] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/tags/disasters
[16] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/topics/climate-change
[17] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/regions/east-asia-and-pacific
[18] https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/category/countries/japan