Dhaka ranks 2nd least resilient city in world

News Desk :
Dhaka ranked as the second least resilient city in the world, in accordance with a report released by The Economist.

In the report titled “Resilient Cities Index, A global benchmark of urban risk, response and recovery”, Dhaka was ranked according to four categories – Critical infrastructure, Environment, Socio-Institutional and Economic.

The report, which ranked 25 cities across the world, painted a gloomy picture of the world ravaged by devastated climate challenges in the form of extreme weather events – hurricanes to flooding, wildfires and heatwaves.

Dhaka came in 24th, with Lagos coming in last.

New York was placed first, making it the most resilient city, followed by Los Angeles, London and Singapore.

Bangkok and New Delhi came in at 20th and 21st.

The report, however, mentions that the findings did not take into account emerging risks such as cyber-attacks, which are becoming both more prevalent and dangerous as technological dependance deepens.
Although Dhaka’s performance in some metrics were among the lowest, it did excel in others.

Below is a breakdown of the findings.

Critical infrastructure
Highly-populated emerging economic cities like Dhaka have the most significant challenges in maintaining their infrastructure in the next 50 to 100 years, the report said.

The need to deliver functional infrastructure to manage and cushion their growth is critical in facing the challenges of the future.