In the case of natural disaster, both private and public companies plan for resilient infrastructure to plan for disruptions. The Philippines is taking this planning a step further, by building an entire backup city housing crucial governmental institutions and shelter for up to 1.2 million people over 9,450 hectares (a space larger than Manhattan), according to CNN.
The new project, named New Clark City, not only aims for disaster resiliency to typhoons, floods and earthquakes, but also will strive to be pollution free by reducing traffic in favor of pedestrian access, and using green energy and building practices.
“When we build this city, we are building for people, we’re not building for cars. It’s a big difference,” Vivencio Dizon, president of Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the company spearheading the project, tells CNN. The city will also be built using lahar, a recycled volcanic byproduct from a local volcano.
Although construction has already begun on the city, it is projected to take approximately 30 years to complete.
Source:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/new-clark-city-philippines/index.html
