"Towards (R)evolving Cities: Urban Fragilities and Prospects in the 21st century" first questions how we perceive the ‘intelligence’ of a city. The New Frontier of development for urban civilisa-tions certainly includes digital and technological evolution, but it does not consider technology to be the final answer to all contemporary cities’ problems. The formidable challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have thrown existing urban fragilities into stark relief. At the same time however they have highlight-ed the potential of digital solutions for reaching a new level of interconnected civility.
