…s report, the manufacturing sector, which had already seen the slowest year-on-year growth rate since 2012, was hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to a global drop in manufacturing production of 8.4 per cent in 2020. Alongside job losses and declining income for workers, the pandemic has significantly disrupted global supply chains and severely affected small-scale industries. Less technology-intensive industries have also take…

…lue green spaces, and engagement of communities and civic-led initiatives. – Organizing and delivering open public spaces and affordable housing as well as public services such as education, arts and culture, transportation, emergency services, waste management, and water supply. – Studies that combine sustainable cities and communities with concepts such as the silver economy, longevity economy, social economy, circular economy, green economy, an…