Future Proofing Cities

I love the term Atkins has come up with that defines our future engineering challenges - - Future Proofing Cities.  Atkins has authored a noteworthy report, Future Proofing Cities, that provides an excellent introduction and summary of the social, economic, political, environmental, and technological problems that we face in the century of mass global urbanization.

From the report: 

"As well as specific hard infrastructure investments to manage risks such as flooding, attention is needed by these cities to manage climate risks at the strategic level. For example, greater attention to diversifying the urban economy away from climate sensitive sectors, effective management of land in climate vulnerable areas, and public health measures and hazard planning in the event of climate related disasters. Attention should also be given to greening policies and green infrastructure programmes which can be used to tackle climate risks as well as other risks such as carbon emissions."