Reframing Cities for Resilience with Arun Jain

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Arun Jain discusses his book 'Reframing Cities for Resilience: Embracing Complex & Uncertain Futures'. Explores the impact of hyperconnectivity and rapid changes on urban living. Challenges traditional urban design and planning approaches. Emphasizes the need to understand the complexity of cities for adaptive and resilient futures. Draws upon disciplines like anthropology, biology, economics, behavioral sciences, systems thinking, and technology. Addresses urban challenges such as transportation, housing affordability, healthcare, and education. Discusses the necessity of adaptive governance in urban development. Aims to make cities vibrant, comfortable, healthy, inclusive, resilient, and adaptive. Suitable for urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and postgraduate students. Provides insights into the complex dynamics of cities.