Building Urban Resilience - Singapores Policy Response to Covid-19

This is one of the first few books to discuss the Covid-19 crisis as an urban phenomenon and illustrates this through the case of Singapore and its pandemic response efforts.

List of contents

1. Global City in a Global Pandemic: Sheltered Port in Stormy Seas 2. Urban Policy and Pandemics 3. Till Sickness do us Part: Social Distancing and the Circuit Breaker 4. Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure and Capacity 5. Ground-Up Urban Interventions and Adaptations 6. Rethinking the City: Emerging Urban Plans 7. Conclusion

About the author

J.J. Woo is Senior Lecturer at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He has previously held faculty and research positions at the Education University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His research focuses on policy design, urban governance, and crisis management, with a strong focus on global cities in Asia. Dr Woo is the author of several books on economic policy and crisis response in Asia. His research has also been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals.
Debbie Loo is an architect by training with a background in professional practice, urban studies research, and teaching. She has worked on numerous built projects in Singapore, most notably Pinnacle @ Duxton, an international award-winning public residential project. She has held research roles in urban studies think-tanks, such as the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and SUTD-MIT International Design Centre. Her research interests include ageing urbanism, urban policy, and heritage conservation.

Product details

• Authors: Debbie R. Loo, J.J. Woo, J.j. Loo Woo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9780367696191
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69619-1
• No. of pages: 86
• Series: Routledge Research in Sustainable Planning and Development in Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, South East Asia, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Public ownership / nationalization, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Urban communities / city life