‘Digital twins’ can help create healthier cities after coronavirus
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation The use of new technologies, such as virtual reality, by planners to help design more sustainable and healthier cities has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts said on Friday. The respiratory disease, which has infected more than five million people worldwide, has already triggered the widespread use of robots, drones and […]
Coronavirus spotlights risks of swelling slums in Africa’s cities
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the risks of allowing Africa’s swelling ranks of city dwellers to crowd into slums without proper access to water, sewers, transport and other public services, urban experts have warned. Not a single African city ranks in the world’s 10 most populous urban areas today – but […]