The risks associated with urban development in a climate-disrupted and a dynamic digital world are well known, and solutions that can reduce these risks abound. However, the actions that enable – or impede – these solutions vary from region to region and city to city. Hence, timely discussion to deploy these actions by governments, corporates, and communities is crucial.

In this City Dialogues, we will explore the multifaceted value of resilience through various lenses, including: economic benefits, social equality, environmental sustainability, public-private partnerships, innovation & technology, and more. Effective resilience strategies necessitate the integration of both ‘hardware’ – investment in robust, state-of-the-art infrastructure – and ‘software’ or ‘orgware’ – the capacity to adapt to new challenges, foster innovation, and establish new partnerships.

This dialogue aims to illuminate how these elements interplay to enhance urban resilience amidst rapid, and often disruptive, change.