In normal times, cities are an engine of prosperity. In these strange times, they are also an engine of pandemic. Vaidehi Tandel joins Amit Varma in episode 191 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss how important cities are to civilisation, and how Covid-19 will affect the way we live.  Also check out: 1. COVID-19 a Grim Reminder for Govts -- Vaidehi Tandel. 2. Don’t Blame Dense Cities. They Have Been Resilient -- Reuben Abraham and Vaidehi Tandel. 3. Why India Has the Fastest-Growing Cities -- Kadambari Shah, Vaidehi Tandel and Harshita Agarwal. 4. Cities and Pandemics Have a Long History -- Edward L Glaeser 5. A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanisation in Poorer Countries -- Edward L Glaeser. 6.  Cities After Coronavirus: How Covid-19 Could Radically Alter Urban Life -- Jack Shenker.   7.  Spatial Economics: The Declining Cost of Distance -- Karen Harris, Andrew Schwedel and Austin Kimson.   8. Triumph of the City-- Edward L Glaeser. 9. Order Without Design – How Markets Shape Cities -- Alain Bertaud. 10. The Importance of Cities -- Episode 108 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Reuben Abraham & Pritika Hingorani.) 11. The Seen and the Unseen episodes with Alex Tabarrok on FSI and Rent Control. 12. Urban Governance in India -- Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 13. Taking Stock of Covid-19 -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 14. The Nuances of Lockdown -- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani). 15. India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19 -- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 16. Fixing Indian Education -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 17. What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been -- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 18. Rajesh Jain and Dhan Vapasi -- Episode 94 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajesh Jain). 19. Publish and Perish -- Agnes Callard. 20. Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams -- Ellen Barry. 21. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State -- Amit Varma.

In normal times, cities are an engine of prosperity. In these strange times, they are also an engine of pandemic. Vaidehi Tandel joins Amit Varma in episode 191 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss how important cities are to civilisation, and how Covid-19 will affect the way we live. Also check out: 1. <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-a-grim-reminder-for-govts-to-improve-sanitation-housing-in-cities-to-prevent-pandemics-science-wont-be-enough-8281721.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.firstpost.com/india/coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-a-grim-reminder-for-govts-to-improve-sanitation-housing-in-cities-to-prevent-pandemics-science-wont-be-enough-8281721.html&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHl6Ag1HyXYMCjlKI-tVljTK7hMQw">COVID-19 a Grim Reminder for Govts</a> -- Vaidehi Tandel. 2. <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/don-t-blame-dense-cities-they-have-been-resilient/story-4HJrLnUyT0N3UdzI6y4mWI.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/don-t-blame-dense-cities-they-have-been-resilient/story-4HJrLnUyT0N3UdzI6y4mWI.html&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNFtjTO3apio2TlyAxTpp0wRFPk0jg">Don’t Blame Dense Cities. They Have Been Resilient</a> -- Reuben Abraham and Vaidehi Tandel. 3. <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/why-india-has-the-fastest-growing-cities-11580053066942.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/why-india-has-the-fastest-growing-cities-11580053066942.html&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNFz_dN9jbRtXtGlOBG2s-LzVhR5UA">Why India Has the Fastest-Growing Cities</a> -- Kadambari Shah, Vaidehi Tandel and Harshita Agarwal. 4. <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/cities-and-pandemics-have-long-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.city-journal.org/cities-and-pandemics-have-long-history&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHYiuxigTufs1r2UDKqAaAgqwvB_w">Cities and Pandemics Have a Long History</a> -- Edward L Glaeser 5. <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w19745.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nber.org/papers/w19745.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNG8vEpDblKB1L6-Jd6j65rGXgIHGw">A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanisation in Poorer Countries</a> -- Edward L Glaeser. 6.  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/life-after-coronavirus-pandemic-change-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/life-after-coronavirus-pandemic-change-world&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNG9cv4nF8q2QnFYCBx2MFJfOOG7vw">Cities After Coronavirus: How Covid-19 Could Radically Alter Urban Life</a> -- Jack Shenker.   7.  <a href="https://www.bain.com/insights/spatial-economics-the-declining-cost-of-distance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bain.com/insights/spatial-economics-the-declining-cost-of-distance/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNGKcViZlTM7T7JGsNWaqGZlkg02Og">Spatial Economics: The Declining Cost of Distance</a> -- Karen Harris, Andrew Schwedel and Austin Kimson.   8. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Triumph-City-Urban-Spaces-Human-ebook/dp/B004T1900M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=edward+glaeser&qid=1600573068&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Triumph-City-Urban-Spaces-Human-ebook/dp/B004T1900M/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dedward%2Bglaeser%26qid%3D1600573068%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHzqjSDOdTs0kZ0Dculx0FhQcdJaA">Triumph of the City</a> -- Edward L Glaeser. 9. <a href="http://amazon.in/Order-without-Design-Markets-Cities/dp/0262038765/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=alain+bertaud&qid=1600573112&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://amazon.in/Order-without-Design-Markets-Cities/dp/0262038765/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dalain%2Bbertaud%26qid%3D1600573112%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHoRWpcWx1TiN7NpLvGayb3ntjwgA">Order Without Design – How Markets Shape Cities</a> -- Alain Bertaud. 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/2/18/episode-108-the-importance-of-cities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/2/18/episode-108-the-importance-of-cities/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHEH0iWD6ArajamozJgxXlmfrtHfA">The Importance of Cities</a> -- Episode 108 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Reuben Abraham & Pritika Hingorani.) 11. The Seen and the Unseen episodes with Alex Tabarrok on <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/27/episode-11-fsi-floor-space-index/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/27/episode-11-fsi-floor-space-index/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHdJSSa171Sc_WuW_41da0skSn5qQ">FSI</a> and <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/17/episode-14-rent-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/17/episode-14-rent-control/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNEPmL6PmqzJsjFsSLz3OZar-dL1_g">Rent Control</a>. 12. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/8/13/episode-31-urban-governance-in-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/8/13/episode-31-urban-governance-in-india/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNEMdKIDXkdsCNDDlI6rCyEu_FU_uQ">Urban Governance in India</a> -- Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 13. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNFusRmZqEOXKPJBKQwI2PkuI8lWMQ">Taking Stock of Covid-19</a> -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 14. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNFsKge1Snd2h42COyBWQbqPiGAumg">The Nuances of Lockdown</a> -- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani). 15. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNGhjhR0gUR3PrRvVeLgY2TcxqLuHA">India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19</a> -- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 16. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/9/episode-185-fixing-indian-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/9/episode-185-fixing-indian-education/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNGIFDYjqxM53IU80gi-FoqwaPdTAw">Fixing Indian Education</a> -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 17. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/30/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/30/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNEGzwlpmhiJQ5ncy81Sy4I1YleW-g">What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been</a> -- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 18. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/11/11/episode-94-rajesh-jain-and-dhan-vapasi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/11/11/episode-94-rajesh-jain-and-dhan-vapasi/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNELHgGqyfgyxKsybXltQv7jglQwuA">Rajesh Jain and Dhan Vapasi</a> -- Episode 94 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajesh Jain). 19. <a href="https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/publish-and-perish-agnes-callard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/publish-and-perish-agnes-callard/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNHYFt18mllGsMQUHCHNt8a9MPiZCA">Publish and Perish</a> -- Agnes Callard. 20. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/world/asia/bangalore-india-women-factories.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/world/asia/bangalore-india-women-factories.html&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNFDet6oA5L1Je1jHADEUxtinyllFw">Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams</a> -- Ellen Barry. 21. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/&source=gmail&ust=1600659927075000&usg=AFQjCNEKL5rhWC3fdJVcF97vAKVUua7GbQ">We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State</a> -- Amit Varma.

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In normal times, cities are an engine of prosperity. In these strange times, they are also an engine of pandemic. Vaidehi Tandel joins Amit Varma in episode 191 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss how important cities are to civilisation, and how...

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