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There is a need for cities and organisations to actively invest in and implement resilience plans to ensure that we are equipped to deal with the future.
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Key challenges exist for city officials, business leaders, investors, transportation and utilities operations and other asset owners to ensure that we, as an urban society are better equipped and can deal with these shocks and stresses specifically in the face of increasing urbanisation.
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Additionally, while it is acknowledged that there are deep uncertainties in predicting climatic events, with the right data, such as understanding the performance of green infrastructure which is a major contributor to resilience across cities worldwide, we can understand how a city’s adaptation efforts are improving the quality of life in areas.
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“This means we need an approach to collect contextualise, analyse and visualise data that is decision useful for climate resilience. Data that allows those who plan, build or design a city to have the right data, to make the right decisions for a resilient future.”
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