Building and land use regulatory implementation and compliance at the local level

This position paper was developed on behalf of the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR), an international partnership managed by the World Bank and funded by 25 global partners, to help high-risk, low-capacity developing countries better understand and reduce their vulnerabilities to natural hazards, adapt to climate change and address chronic risks. This paper advocates the need for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction to initiate a bold and coordinated international effort to reduce risks in the built environment.

This paper was primarily intended for the participants of a working session and a public forum, co-organized by UN-Habitat, UNESCO, the World Bank and ISDR. These events were held in Sendai, Japan, during the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in March 2015. Both events were dedicated to this topic.