City Hall has appointed London Assembly member Fiona Twycross as a new Chief Resilience Officer to lead a “resilience strategy” for London, which will focus on infrastructure’s capacity to handle the capital’s growing population and transport and housing needs.
Other cities involved in the two-year, 100 Resilient Cities project include Singapore, Kyoto and Buenos Aires.
Other cites in the project include Singapore and Buenos AiresTwycross, Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for fire and resilience, said: “London faces huge pressures in the future, including the impact of Brexit on our economy, a severe lack of affordable housing and the challenges of tackling serious violence on our streets.”