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  1. Can China’s zero-COVID Policy Stand Up to the Test?

    Can China’s zero-COVID Policy Stand Up to the Test?

    June 23, 2022

    Virologist Feng Gao is head of the Institute of Molecular and Medical Virology at Jinan University in southern China’s Guangzhou, and an emeritus professor at Duke University in Durham in the United States. Gao has been researching pathogens for nearly 40 years and is currently working on vaccine development for the coronavirus and HIV. Here he discusses his experiences with COVID-19 in China and the United States*. Interview by Yvaine Ye How has the outbreak of the Omicron variant affected you? I came back to China from the States in February 2022 after...

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  3. Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    May 30, 2022

    In advance of delivering a keynote speech at our Urban Recovery Plans event with the Greater London Authority and the London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) on 7 June at 3 pm BST, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, writes for IPPO Cities. Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard The context for London’s recovery is extremely challenging, with growing pressures on the cost of living for many Londoners, especially those on the lowest incomes. This crisis has exposed long-standing inequalities in our society; disproportionately affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...

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  4. Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    May 24, 2022

    Idoia Postigo, General Director of Bilbao Metropoli-30, writes for IPPO Cities on the emotional life of the city and calls for a more holistic urban planning. Idoia Postigo Living in an urban environment is one of the defining characteristics which unites many of the planet’s inhabitants at the present time. The city represents the daily environment in which an increasing proportion of people live each year. However, of the estimated 107 billion people who have existed in the history of mankind, only a few have lived in the city, with the urban...

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