Sydney Global: Edward Glaeser on survival of the city- living and thriving in the age of isolation
EVENT DATE
Tuesday 12 October
TIME
09:00am-10:00am
LOCATION
Online
Cities stand at a crossroads. During the global COVID crisis, cities grew silent as people worked from home - if they could work at all. Normal forms of socialising ground to a halt. How permanent are these changes? Advances in digital technology mean that many people can opt out of city life as never before. Will they? Are we on the brink of a post-urban world?
Hear from one of the world’s great urbanists on how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only accelerated, how the key to post-COVID recovery is lifting restraints to new business creation and why a great rekindling of entrepreneurial imagination is needed.
City life will survive but individual cities face terrible risks, argues Edward Glaeser in his new book, "Surviving the city: living and thriving in the age of isolation."
This free event is hosted by our partners at the Committee for Sydney.
