Development Matters in Urban Recovery

Walking through the streets of the area affected by the Beirut blast, a curious stranger might struggle to find traces of the explosion, almost a year and a half after the largest non-nuclear blast in history, the neighborhoods seem like they are recovering. Or that’s what you might think. In this episode, we explore with Roland Nassour, our Urban Planning Specialist, the context-specific vulnerabilities that exist in an urban setting and the actions needed towards a holistic recovery on the neighborhood level. More details on UNDP's urban recovery approach in this blogpost: https://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/blog/2022/beyond-the-emergency-response---a-neighborhood-approach-to-recov.html