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Prof. Dhakal delivers a key note speech titled “Urban resilience: Challenges and future pathways in Asia” at the 7th Asia Pacific Urban Forum (APUF7)’s Leaders Dialogue on Urban Resilience: Safeguarding and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs on Wednesday, 16 October 2019.
The keynote speech addressed four key questions:
• What are the current and emerging risks that cities face in the region?
• Why should we be concerned about urban resilience?
•What have been our past approaches to build urban resilience?
•What could be the future pathways to build urban resilience?
The Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7) was held from 15-17 October 2019 in Penang, Malaysia. Held every 4-5 years, the Forum is the largest regional gathering of urban stakeholders, engaging policymakers from local and national governments, financial institutions, civil society, the academia, the urban training-research community and private sector to discuss innovative solutions, identify common actions and objectives and strengthen effective partnerships to achieve sustainable urban development.