TDLC Expert's Insight Video Series: What is a Healthy City? Exploring urban concepts through a health lens in a post-pandemic world with Maitreyi Bordia Das

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00:09 Hi,

00:10 everyone.

00:10 I'm Shoko from the Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank.

00:15 The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a good opportunity to reflect upon

00:20 what health means to our cities.

00:22 And today,

00:23 I'm here with Maitre Das,

00:25 who is a practice manager of the World Bank,

00:27 who will be giving us a little bit of food for thought on this topic.

00:31 If you enjoy quick conversations such as this one,

00:34 you can find more in TDLC's Twitter and Facebook page.

00:38 So without further ado,

00:40 Maitrey,

00:41 over to you.

00:47 We've been talking

00:48 about livable cities,

00:49 we've been talking about,

00:50 uh,

00:51 green cities,

00:51 we've been talking about just good cities for a very long time.

00:55 And the question often arises as to whether healthy cities is just

01:00 new jargon for something we've always been talking about.

01:04 And

01:05 By no means is healthy cities a new formulation,

01:08 because this formulation

01:10 goes back to

01:11 work that the WHO has done in the past,

01:13 but it's certainly a new formulation in the context of the pandemic,

01:18 where we're applying a public health lens

01:21 to the manner in which we're re-envisioning cities,

01:24 reimagining cities as the pandemic ends.

01:32 So,

01:32 building a healthy city is a process.

01:36 It is about a strong diagnostic.

01:38 It is about investing in data analysis analysis.

01:42 It is about

01:43 wide-ranging consultations so that we know what the citizens and residents want.

01:49 And then it is about the policies,

01:51 the programs,

01:52 and the implementation.

01:53 And finally,

01:54 it is about the monitoring and evaluation.

01:57 So,

01:57 a policy for a healthy city is not necessarily about health alone.

02:02 In fact,

02:02 it is not about health alone.

02:04 It is a multi-dimensional,

02:05 multi-sector,

02:06 multi-partner enterprise.

02:09 And as we go forward in building healthy cities,

02:12 we will have to consider

02:14 legislation,

02:14 regulation,

02:16 policies and programs.

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Hi, everyone. I'm Shoko from the Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank. The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a good opportunity to reflect upon what health means to our cities. And today, I'm here with Maitre Das, who is a practice manager of the World Bank, who will be giving us a little bit of food for thought on this topic. If you enjoy quick conversations such as this one, you can find more in TDLC's Twitter and Facebook page. So without further ado, Maitrey, over to you. We've been talking about livable cities, we've been talking about, uh, green cities, we've been talking about just good cities for a very long time. And the question often arises as to whether healthy cities is just new jargon for something we've always been talking about. And By no means is healthy cities a new formulation, because this formulation goes back to work that the WHO has done in the past, but it's certainly a new formulation in the context of the pandemic, where we're applying a public health lens to the manner in which we're re-envisioning cities, reimagining cities as the pandemic ends. So, building a healthy city is a process. It is about a strong diagnostic. It is about investing in data analysis analysis. It is about wide-ranging consultations so that we know what the citizens and residents want. And then it is about the policies, the programs, and the implementation. And finally, it is about the monitoring and evaluation. So, a policy for a healthy city is not necessarily about health alone. In fact, it is not about health alone. It is a multi-dimensional, multi-sector, multi-partner enterprise. And as we go forward in building healthy cities, we will have to consider legislation, regulation, policies and programs.

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