India smart cities COVID-19 response
Government Response to COVID 19
COVID-19 has engulfed almost the entire world, challenging governments to act in ways normally reserved for war, depressions, and natural disasters. Governments at different levels across the world are taking extreme measures to limit loss of human lives and minimize economic disruption. In the rapidly developing crisis, faced with a plethora of information from multiple sources including social media, citizens look to their governments for credible information, guidance, and leadership to keep them safe and healthy and avoid economic hardship. The figure1 below models the COVID-19 crisis over time across the three overlapping phases governments are expected to encounter: Respond, Recover, and Thrive.
Focus of this case study compendium
The objective of this document is to share the knowledge with other cities and make them aware of some of the measures adopted by these cities to contain the spread of COVID -19 or to prepare themselves to face future crisis. It is to be noted that the above cities are selected based on the alignment of their initiatives with the chosen themes. Hence, the above list of the city should not be considered a comprehensive list of cities taking such measures to fight with COVID-19; there may be several other cities with similar or better measures.
