Thirty-five cities from Accra, Ghana, to Wellington, New Zealand, are being recognized by the New York-based Rockefeller Foundation for their ideas on physical, social and economic resilience.
The foundation announced the latest winners of its 100 Resilient Cities contest in conjunction with a summit Wednesday in Singapore. The foundation has committed $100 million to the effort, with the idea that the 100 eventual winners will become models for other cities.
Chosen from nearly 350 applications spanning over 90 countries, this year's winners are as far north as Montreal and as far south as Sydney. The United States is most represented, with six cities in the continental U.S. and one in Puerto Rico, but there also are multiple selections in China and India.
The foundation will finance a "chief resilience officer" position for each city to address challenges that could range from increasing threats of flooding to growing strains on health systems. The cities also will get technical help planning and implementing their strategies.
"Cities are learning that by building resilience, not only will they be better prepared for the bad times, but also life is better in the good times, especially for the poor and vulnerable," Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin said in a statement.
About 30 other cities were named last year, and more applications will be taken next year.
The cities newly announced as selections for the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative; others were chosen last year and will be in future.
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Accra, Ghana
Amman, Jordan
Arusha, Tanzania
Athens, Greece
Barcelona, Spain
Belgrade, Serbia
Bangalore, India
Boston
Cali, Colombia
Chennai, India
Chicago
Dallas
Deyang, China
Enugu, Nigeria
Huangshi, China
Juarez, Mexico
Kigali, Rwanda
Lisbon, Portugal
London, England
Milan
Montreal
Paris
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pittsburgh
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Santiago (Metropolitan Region), Chile
Singapore
St. Louis
Sydney
Thessaloniki, Greece
Toyama, Japan
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wellington, New Zealand