Thread by @IDFCinstitute

#YearInReview - We shared #ideas for better #cities (1/9)

1 - The future of cities post-pandemic
2 - Resilient dense cities
3 - Managing urban expansion
4 - Better data for policy making
5 - Financial capacity of Mumbai
6 - Costs of congestion in Mumbai
7 - Lessons from Japan

1. The future of cities post-pandemic (2/9)

The pandemic poses new challenges for cities. In @BBCTheRealStory, @VaidehiTandel discussed this with Edward Glaeser from @Harvard, Astrid Haas, Policy Director from @The_IGC and @ProfMCarmona from @ucl

bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

2. Resilient dense cities (3/9)

@nebuer42 and @VaidehiTandel argued that density is not to be blamed for the spread of #COVIDー19 in our cities, rather, these patterns emerged from multiple factors -@htTweets

hindustantimes.com/analysis/don-t…

3. Managing urban expansion (4/9)

@harshita_a94 @kadambari_shah @hvpachisia @plamsonhall discuss the issue of haphazard urban expansion in #India, which is often the result of archaic regulations of low #FSI, and rigid land use plans. - @UXO_India

idfcinstitute.org/site/assets/fi…

4 - Better data for policy making (5/9)

From economic growth to transportation, @harshita_a94 @kadambari_shah @hvpachisia argued that granular-level and new data sources are necessary to improve the quality of policies in cities. - @htTweets

hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-o…

5- Financial capacity of Mumbai (6/9)

Healthy and wealthy cities matter to drive economic growth. @IsalyneGe and @harshita_a94 wrote on how @mybmc can unlock the Mumbai's land revenue for long-term #investments and upgradation.

idfcinstitute.org/site/assets/fi…

6. Cost of congestion in Mumbai (7/9)

Our team used half a billion @Uber data points to estimate the environmental and economic #cost of road #congestion in the #city.

Use the webtool: urbanflux.org/mumbai_app/
Read the paper: bit.ly/37d0wkL

7. Lessons from Japan (8/9)

In @scroll_in, @harshita_a94 @kadambari_shah wrote a piece on their learnings from #Japan's urban principles that need to be improved in #India too.

scroll.in/article/970894…

Explore more about our team's work on cities, browse through our website (9/9)

idfcinstitute.org/projects/

CC: @pritika13 @VaidehiTandel @harshita_a94 @kadambari_shah @hvpachisia @plamsonhall @IsalyneGe @Rajesvari7 @NYUMarron @LSECities @NITIAayog @IGC_CtW @WRIRossCities @CityLab