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District of North Vancouver "to be among the most sustainable communities in the world"
DNV Natural Hazard Management Program "to manage natural hazards and risks in a proactive, balanced and integrated manner, utilizing best practices and excellent communication"
North Shore Emergency Management Office "A disaster resilient North Shore"
- understand hazards & risks
- educate & communicate
- reduce risk
- provide tools for staff
- develop relevant policies
- enhance response capacity
- natural hazards management program
- natural hazard development permit areas and guidelines (bylaw)
- risk tolerance criteria policy
- publically accessible hazard database and mapping
- incentive program for property owners to upgrade storm drainage systems on private property
- staff and public training program for emergency readiness
- Rapid Notify - public notification system
- emergency services volunteer management
- partnership with Natural Resources Canada to assess and mitigate earthquake risk
- Resilient Communities working group (part of Canada's National DRR Platform)
- land-use guide working group
- Canadian Risk and Hazard Network
- Role Model City - Making Cities Resilient campaign
- Regional Emergency Planning Committee
- Disaster Response Routes working group
- Regional Sea Level Rise Collaborative working group
- earthquake preparedness for industry and commerce
mitigation of effects of:
- earthquakes
- landslides
- forest fires
- floods
climate change adaptation planning
http://www.dnv.org
http://www.dnv.org/hazards
http://www.nsemo.org
- land use policies are in place to ensure that new development and renovations are built safer than in the past
- annual budget assigned to natural hazard management
- community leaders well-versed in disaster risk reduction issues and priorities
- education sessions for staff, integrated approach to implementing policies related to disaster risk reduction
- completed detailed risk assessments and community hazard, risk and vulnerability mapping for earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, landslide/debris flow, flooding (major rivers only; small creeks still to be assessed in 2014)
- landslide and debris flow monitoring system in place
- vulnerability of entire bulding stock (private and public) and infrastructure
- provincial tsunami early warning system in place
- public notification system in place
- hazard/risk reports and maps are publically accessible online and at public libraries
- emergency preparedness information available online and through free public workshops
- education sessions for real estate community to ensure that knowledge about living in hazardous areas is passed to new owners
- structural mitigation measures have been implemented to reduce the effect of debris fows in the urban area
- vegetataion management projects have been completed to reduce the liklihood and spread of forest fires and windstorms in the wildland-urban interface area
- drainage improvements have been made to improve drainage in landslide prone areas
- flood protection works have been installed
- critical infrastructure protection/strengthening for forest fires, earthquake
- staff are trained to work in municipal emergency operations centre
- protocols in place for downed powerline/tree response, river rescue, hazardous materials, mutual aid agreements with neighbouring municipalities
- communication systems have been upgraded
The District of North Vancouver was the first Canadian municipality to join the Making Cities Resilient Campaign. We have been actively working to encourage other Canadian cities to join. We represent local government on the Resilient Communities working group (part of Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction). District of North Vancouver is a UN Role Model City and the recipient of the 2010 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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