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Building Healthier Cities Post-COVID-19

Mustapha Kamal, Urban Planner and Founder, Arkitek Mustapha Kamal

27-Jan-21 16:00

Building Healthier Cities Post-COVID-19

With cities being home to more than 50% of the world’s population, the role of good urban planning in ensuring residents’ wellbeing is more important than ever. Has the COVID-19 pandemic put the agenda of ‘healthy cities’ to the test? We check in with urban planner Mustapha Kamal to find out how we can learn from this pandemic to build healthier and more resilient cities.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek, Teo Xing Yu

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Health & Living,  COVID-19,  Urban Design,  Urban Planning,  Healthy Lifestyle,  Non-communicable Diseases,  City


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