Flooding has come out in the preliminary resilience assessment of the 100RC as a major issue faced by the growing city. Photo: The Star/A. Malek Yahaya
More than half of the world’s population live in urban areas today (54.5% in 2016), and the figure is estimated to reach 60% by 2030. With increasing internal and external pressures, making cities resilient has never been more crucial.
“One of the biggest challenges that some Malaysian cities face is rapid spatial expansion,” says Lauren Sorkin, regional director, Asia & Pacific, for 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), when we meet for a one-on-one interview in the midst of the 9th World Urban Forum held in Kuala Lumpur from Feb 7 to 13.
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