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Urban resilience, no longer just a buzzword, is fast becoming part of the fabric of cities around the world, which need to ramp up strategies to ensure the wellbeing of their booming populations in the face of growing threats, experts say.Developing new technologies and flexible financing, and finding nimble ways to operate are needed for cities to take the lead in tackling diverse issues such as climate change, transport and housing.“Cities are so important as they’re the center of innovation on one side, and they’re also the concentrations of the largest populations,” said Arnoldo Matus Kramer, chief resilience officer for Mexico City, home to more than 21 million people.“The behavioral change we need... to be more resilient societies will come from cities.”Organized by the...
July 22, 2017
As threats grow, expanding cities push for stronger, safer societies
July 20, 2017
A critical look at NATO
July 19, 2017
Biharis and their sacrifices for Pakistan
July 19, 2017
The numbers just don’t add up
July 18, 2017
Qatar needs to come to its senses over Iran, Turkey designs
July 18, 2017
Losing Middle East, one great city at a time
A video clip, widely watched and exchanged in the social media, showed a young Saudi handing out water bottles and dates to passing cars, just before Iftar in Ramadan. A driver teased him: But I am Qatari! The boy declared spontaneously and wholeheartedly: Qatari and Saudi are one!Some Arab colleagues and friends ask me: Why did we have to confront Qatar this forcefully, even though it is a sister Arab nation?I told them, original Qataris are related to Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, including the ruling family which is part of Bani Tamim, in Najd. Some tribes, such as Al-Murrah, Ajman, Dawasir, Marikhat and Najdah, came from Saudi Arabia. Many families are Qatari-Saudi.In addition to strong social ties, the official doctrine of both countries is Hanbali. Wahhabi school of thought...
July 18, 2017
Qataris and Saudis are one!
July 17, 2017
Shameful conduct!
July 17, 2017
Tales of departures
July 16, 2017
Europe’s Brexit envy
