The City in an Era of Cascading Risks: New Insights from the Ground

本書提供了因 COVID-19 而改變的多元城市政治與社會經濟景觀的獨特視角，並旨在提供改善城市韌性的方法，特別是在後疫情時代，採用全球視角。

本書分為三個部分，共有十七章。它探討了 COVID-19 對城市規劃、建設和維護的影響；考量城市韌性及城市面臨的各種風險；並從多元的社會經濟和政治視角檢視城市發展。本書匯集了來自中國、非洲國家（安哥拉、布隆迪、喀麥隆、肯尼亞、摩洛哥、尼日利亞）、加拿大、義大利、波蘭和法國的多學科作者的研究成果。這份手稿提供了全球視角，因為來自非洲、中國以及一些發達國家（如法國和南韓）的城市被用來收集有關城市發展和風險的數據和資訊，包括對 COVID-19 及其他疫情的過去、現在和未來的應對，以及城市的韌性。

本書對於城市研究者、城市規劃者、城市政策制定者、公職人員、以及對於多元社會經濟和政治城市進行全面比較的本科生和研究生來說，都是一項寶貴的資產，旨在提供獨特的全球和後疫情視角，以改善城市的韌性。

John Zacharias is Chair Professor at the College of Architecture and Landscape at Peking University, Beijing, China where he leads a laboratory investigating urban policy. He is an urban planner by training. He was recruited by China in the Thousand Talents Programme in 2012. His published works can be found in leading journals in the urban planning, environmental psychology, transportation and urban policy fields.

Mr. Claude Meutchehe Ngomsi is the Regional Adviser in charge of Central Africa Region, Mauritania, Guinea and Madagascar as Programme Management Officer at the Regional Office for Africa (since January 2020). He previously served as Human Settlements Officer in charge of Francophone countries in Africa (November 2015-December 2019). He has more 20 years of experience in international urban development, housing, and crime and conflict prevention. He led the formulation of the Rwanda National Urbanisation Policy between 2013 and 2015, and the modernization of the Ouagadougou Municipal Police by establishing the Urban Safety Observatory in Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso (2010 to 2013). He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Geography and Crime Prevention (University of Yaoundé I) and a master's in Human Geography.

Liqin Zhang is a professor at China's University of GeoSciences (China), expertizing in land cover change, land use planning and management, as well as tourism plan and management. She received her second Ph.D. of urban geography at the University of Ottawa (Canada), specializing in urban and regional studies, particularly on topics related to urbanization, social ecology, urban land growth and sustainability. Professor Zhang has led and co-led over forty transdisciplinary research and training projects funded from Canada and China. She published many articles and chapters in well-known academic journals and professional books. She works as co-founder and publication chair of ICCCASU (www.icccasu2021.org). She is currently the executive editor-in-chief and founder of Sci-Hall Press, an open access academic publisher (www.sci-hall.com).

Elizabeth Wamuchiru, PhD, is currently a lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is a trained and experienced urban and regional planner both in the academics and in practice. She holds a degree in Urban and Regional Planning (University of Nairobi); Master degree in Urban and Regional Planning (University of Nairobi); Master degree in Human Settlements (KU Leuven, Belgium); and a PhD in Planning (TU Darmstadt, Germany). Her research interests mainly focus on urban infrastructure systems, mobility studies, community participation, urban housing, informality and inequality debates. Her recent research focus on policy-practice agenda for disability-inclusive urban transport system in Accra and Nairobi; and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the Global South.

Dr. Huhua Cao is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He specializes in urban studies, particularly on topics related to city, population, mobility and environment, from an international perspective. In recent years, Dr. Cao's research has focused on engaging urban indigenous and ethnic minority peoples in urban contexts. Professor Cao has directed various national and international transdisciplinary research and training projects. He has also written numerous books, articles, chapters and reports while collaborating with academics, professionals, and politicians all over the world. Since 2015, as the founding co-president, Dr. Cao has led a joint initiative with The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat): The International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU). ICCCASU is an international think-tank for sharing the latest research and best practices on sustainable urban development, focusing a triangular dialogue that altogetheraccounts for more than 30 percent of the world's urban population (www.ICCCASU2020.ORG or www.ICCCASU.ORG).

約翰·扎卡里亞斯（John Zacharias）是北京大學建築與景觀學院的講座教授，負責一個研究城市政策的實驗室。他的專業背景是城市規劃。2012年，他被中國的千人計畫招募。他的研究成果發表在城市規劃、環境心理學、交通運輸和城市政策等領域的主要期刊上。

克勞德·梅特切赫·恩戈姆西（Claude Meutchehe Ngomsi）先生是負責中非地區、毛里塔尼亞、幾內亞和馬達加斯加的區域顧問，擔任非洲區域辦公室的計畫管理官（自2020年1月起）。他曾擔任負責非洲法語國家的居住安置官（2015年11月至2019年12月）。他在國際城市發展、住房以及犯罪和衝突預防方面擁有超過20年的經驗。他在2013年至2015年間主導制定了盧旺達國家城市化政策，並在2010年至2013年間通過建立布基納法索瓦加杜古的城市安全觀察站來現代化瓦加杜古市警察。他擁有城市地理學和犯罪預防的博士學位（雅溫得大學）以及人文地理學的碩士學位。

張麗琴（Liqin Zhang）是中國地質大學的教授，專長於土地覆蓋變化、土地使用規劃與管理，以及旅遊規劃與管理。她在加拿大渥太華大學獲得城市地理學的第二個博士學位，專注於城市與區域研究，特別是與城市化、社會生態、城市土地增長和可持續性相關的主題。張教授主導和共同主導了超過四十個由加拿大和中國資助的跨學科研究和培訓項目。她在知名學術期刊和專業書籍上發表了許多文章和章節。她是ICCCASU的共同創辦人和出版主席（www.icccasu2021.org）。目前，她是Sci-Hall Press的執行主編和創辦人，這是一家開放存取的學術出版社（www.sci-hall.com）。

伊莉莎白·瓦穆奇魯（Elizabeth Wamuchiru）博士目前是肯尼亞內羅畢大學城市與區域規劃系的講師。她是一位受過訓練且經驗豐富的城市與區域規劃師，無論是在學術界還是實務界。她擁有內羅畢大學的城市與區域規劃學位；內羅畢大學的城市與區域規劃碩士學位；比利時魯汀大學的人居環境碩士學位；以及德國達姆施塔特工業大學的規劃博士學位。她的研究興趣主要集中在城市基礎設施系統、流動性研究、社區參與、城市住房、非正式性和不平等辯論上。她最近的研究重點是針對阿克拉和內羅畢的殘疾人友好城市交通系統的政策實踐議程，以及新冠疫情對全球南方的影響。

曹虎華（Huhua Cao）博士目前是加拿大渥太華大學的教授。他專注於城市研究，特別是與城市、人口、流動性和環境相關的主題，並從國際視角進行探討。近年來，曹博士的研究重點是促進城市原住民和少數民族在城市環境中的參與。曹教授主導了各種國內和國際的跨學科研究和培訓項目。他還撰寫了大量書籍、文章、章節和報告，並與全球的學者、專業人士和政治家合作。自2015年以來，作為創始共同主席，曹博士領導了一項與聯合國人類住區規劃署（UN-Habitat）合作的聯合倡議：加拿大、中國和非洲可持續城市化國際會議（ICCCASU）。ICCCASU是一個國際智庫，旨在分享可持續城市發展的最新研究和最佳實踐，專注於三方對話，涵蓋超過30個國家。