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Urban Risk & Planning
Coordinating, collaborating and exchanging information to support DRR mainstreaming at city level, including urban planning and management
NYT: Quake-prone cities strive to get ahead of disaster
24 Feb 2010, New York Times
Andrew C. Revkin of the New York Times, reports how cities are coping with the risk of damage from earthquakes. He cites the example of Istanbul where experts the hope that the housing stock will be replaced before a quake hits...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 1.3 [PDF, 114Kb]Community Participation and decentralisation is ensured through the delegation of authority and resources to local levels
- Indicator 3.4 [PDF, 102Kb]Countrywide public awareness strategy exists to stimulate a culture of disaster resilience, with outreach to urban and rural communities
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Indicator 4.3 [PDF, 93Kb]Economic and productive sectorial policies and plans have been implemented to reduce the vulnerability of economic activities
- Indicator 4.4 [PDF, 101Kb]Planning and management of human settlements incorporate disaster risk reduction elements, including enforcement of building codes
- Séminaire méthodologique sur la prise en compte des considérations liées aux changements climatiques dans la planification urbaine (in French)22-26 Mar 2010, Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
- 2010 Wildland urban interface28 Mar - 01 Apr 2010, United States of America (Reno, Nevada)
- International workshop: After the cameras have gone - rebuilding sustainable communities in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake09 Apr 2010, United States of America (Boston)
- Disaster risk reduction in citiesUCL, United Kingdom (London)
- School of planning and architectureSPA, India (New Delhi)
- Master in civil engineering for environmental risks mitigationPolitecnico di Milano, Italy (Milan)
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Tsunami modelling of Manila Bay (the Philippines)May 2009, UNISDR
- African cities at risk due to sea-level riseNov 2008, UN-HABITAT
- Asian cities at risk due to sea-level riseNov 2008, UN-HABITAT
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
- 2007 Disasters in numbers2008, CRED; UNISDR
- UNISDR YouTube channelUNISDR
- Internship vacancy with UNISDRSwitzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
- Internship vacancy with UNISDRKenya (Nairobi), UNISDR
- Internship vacancy with UNISDRSwitzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
External Online Resources
- Biblioteca virtual portátil sobre riesgo urbano
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Confined Masonry Network
- CRID: Urban risk documentation collection (in English and Spanish)
- Cross-Cutting Capacity Development Program (3CD Program)
- Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) resources
- GFDRR: Safer homes, safer communities website
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- Megacities Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base (MDRM-KB)
- UK Climate Impacts Programme: Adaptation actions database
- UN-HABITAT: disaster assessment portal
- World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE)
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