War, famine, fire, earthquakes and pandemics: crises have created, reshaped and revived cities around the world for millennia. They have forced governments to confront grave risks by developing resilience; transformed human relationships within cities; and influenced urban planning, design and governance. And as the global pandemic enters its second year, monumental questions are being asked about how Asia’s largest metropolises will respond to the most significant global event in recent history.
Since the turn of the century, Asia has urbanised at breakneck speed. Almost 46 percent of the population currently live in urban areas and more than half of the world’s megacities are now found in Asia Pacific, according to the United Nations. For millions, these places are beacons of hope—for employment, better lives, and brighter futures. Still, many remain socially and economically uneven and often haphazard and unplanned. Investment in public infrastructure, housing, health, education, and sanitation have failed to keep pace with the fastest urban population increase ever recorded. The pandemic has brought the costs of these urban governance failures into stark relief. Yet it also presents decision-makers with an opportunity to return to the drawing board and rewrite the future for millions. But where do they start?
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Singapore Starts To Swings
Generous stimulus has saved the Lion City’s economy from disaster, and a percolating post-pandemic boom looks set to send the residential sector into overdrive
Natural Highs
With people seeking safe ways of re-engaging with the outside world, the pandemic has steered investment in key ski markets back on-piste
It's In Hua Hin
A long-time favorite of Thai royalty and weekenders travelling from Bangkok, the famous beach town is adding some alluring new strings to its bow
Blues In The Blood
As China’s cities explode, its built heritage is often neglected. Hangzhou-based Bluetown Architects aims to redress that balance through its striking but functional work
Little Joy Soldiers
Real estate sales offices are reopening in Yangon, but banking problems, low confidence and oversupply mean a bleak outlook as the army seeks to entrench rule
Youth Movement
Young members of a storied family shift property development in Cebu forward with a smart, green commercial tower, rising tall above an heirloom estate
Gift From Above
Source Global is tapping into a renewable source— the sky—to supply drinking water to residential communities and commercial properties in Asia
Proptech Is Enhancing Efficiency And Human Experience
The pandemic has forced the real estate industry into a more meaningful embrace with technology after years of flirting with innovation
Legacy Of Handy, Individualistic Inventions
The global crisis has caused unprecedented pain, but its extraordinary nature has seen it spawn a legacy of handy, individualistic inventions
Wave Of Mutilation
Lockdown disruption, evolving working conditions and an exodus by offshore gaming operators have sent the vital office space sector in the Philippines into freefall