Alexander Mirescu speaks on Resilient Infrastructure at Future Cities Summit Canada

Future Cities Summit Canada brought together dozens of Canadian, US-American and global municipalities, mayors and councilors, governmental agencies, international practitioners in urban policy and experts in sustainability and urban resilience to share experiences, best practices and new visions of an urbanizing world. Resilient/City CEO, Dr. Alexander Mirescu, led the Summit Workshop on Future-Planning: Infrastructure & Investment, which focused on the necessity of bringing sustainable and resilient mechanisms into the design phase of urban infrastructure, such as transportation (bus rapid transit, light rail lines, motorways and streets, right of way). Considering how much municipalities spend on critical infrastructure, it is project-critical to include storm water capture and flood mitigation into these efforts as a way to extend life cycles, reduce expensive asset loss and disruption from floods and offer residents reliable municipal services even in times of stress.