PD 01 - Healthy and Resilient Cities

Two transformative agendas come together at the city level - the new urban agenda and implementation of the sustainable development goals. Many global health actors have recognized that cities play an increasingly important role in ensuring health and well-being and responding to chronic stresses and acute shocks. A central question is how we can best achieve urban resilience, so that individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city are motivated to survive, adapt, and grow.