“With over half of the global population living in urban areas, cities and urban local governments have been at the forefront of the pandemic. Cities have been left with an indelible mark, thereby making us rethink various social, cultural, economic and institutional...

"Cities accomplish many wonderful things - they enable people to exchange ideas, services and many other forms of collaboration. With an unexpected outbreak of coronavirus across the world in 2020, the lives - especially in cities, have come to standstill. In most...