BBC World Service South Asia

Business Daily

Factual: Money

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

Business Daily: Will cities ever be the same?

Bulletins

“Remote working” in the Indian Ocean

25/12/2020 GMT

Will cities ever be the same?

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Will cities ever be the same?

We take a look at the long term impact of coronavirus on cities around the world.

This year has seen our cities coming under pressure as they struggled to withstand the impact of the coronavirus. City centres were deserted as shops shut and people stayed away. But in some city streets there was a new community spirit as people faced the pandemic together and supported neighbours they'd never met before. In this programme, Tamasin Ford investigates what the future could be for our cities, and asks how they need to change if they are to survive, and even flourish. We hear from architect Siri Zanelli; the mayor of Bristol in the south-west of England, Marvin Rees; transport planner Susan Claris; Singapore-based Lauren Sorkin, the head of the Resilient Cities network; Liu Qian of Greenpeace in Beijing, and Rosamund Kissi-Debrah who has been a campaigner for better air quality since the death of her daughter from asthma in 2013.

(Image: Mumbai skyline in lockdown March 2020. Getty Images.)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Daily

Will cities ever be the same?

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service