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Cities can use AI and satellite imagery for rapid data collection to prevent illegal structures and ensure sustainable urban planning.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
Seoul has achieved prosperity, low carbon emissions, and disaster resilience by investing in green spaces and private sector growth.
A national standardized spatial data infrastructure offers insights for sustainable and resilient land resource management and smart city planning.
Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Enhance legal frameworks, manage funds separately, and clarify liabilities to prevent future crises.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Progressive urban governance and planning reforms are required for cities to deliver the economic and social benefits of urbanization.