Urban areas must invest in ecosystems, not just in roads, pipes and homes.
Akanksha Khatri, head of nature and biodiversity at the World Economic Forum, makes the case that cities must lean into nature if they have any hope of thriving in the future. She goes through a series of strategies and prompts us to ask what we can do at the local level. Khatria argues that to “achieve resilience, ecosystems must be part of urban infrastructure.”
Please read here and consider how these same ideas can shape our planning process.