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Displaying 15 of about 240 resultsThis compendium showcases Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implemented in urban areas in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. 15 case studies are shared and have been arranged according to the IUCN categorisation of NbS approaches. This compendium will be useful for governments at all levels and is intended to support key actors and institutions to plan, impl…
Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…
This briefing aims to reconceptualise resilience with more emphasis on rights and justice for urban citizens, and less focus on infrastructure as the object to be made resilient. A justice orientation draws on theories that consider justice to include: the fair distribution of social and material advantages; meaningful participation in decision-making p…
The study attempts to explore the causes influencing the water logging disaster in Dhaka and understand its impacts on quality of life in order to utilize the scope of urban and landscape design at its fullest capacity to water logging disaster risk reduction as well as increase the quality life for city dwellers.
An accelerated wave of urbanizat…
This SOP is prepared to make the inspection of housing reconstructions and retrofits easy and systematic for safer and strong construction on the basis of Grant Distribution Guidelines 2015, for reconstruction of houses that were damaged by the Nepal earthquake of April 25, 2015.
To facilitate all the stakeholders- home owners, beneficiaries, loca…
This document provides a description of each of the activities in the core socio-technical assistance package, which is required to complement the financial assistance and support households through the 2015 Nepal earthquake reconstruction process.
The overall objective is that all affected households reconstruct or rehabilitate their homes a…
Urban planners seeking to enhance resilience contend with the complexity of interdependent systems and severe gaps in data and information. This complexity-capacity gap is most evident in smaller, rapidly growing cities. Experience in Africa shows these are also the cities where most risk is accruing and where the majority of population growth is felt.…
This report outlines a five stage future proofing approach to help cities develop programmes of investment which meet their multiple objectives and utilise and build on the institutional capacities they have available.
The foundation for the work has been an integrated assessment of the risks, vulnerabilities, and capacities of 129 cities across 20 cou…
The resilience strategy is a tactical roadmap for building resilience in the city. The strategy articulates the city’s resilience priorities and specific initiatives for short-, medium-, and long-term implementation. The main purpose of the resilience strategy is to trigger action, investment, and support within the city government and beyond to build a…
This policy brief outlines why supporting local climate action in Bangladesh is critical to achieve national and international climate change and development commitments. It discusses existing national policies and tools that support local resilience, and recommends how national government can accelerate local climate action. Some of the observations in…
This publication discusses the need to rehabilitate natural systems with nature-based solutions as key for building sustainability and resilience in urban areas. It summarizes in case studies the experience of three Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) towns—Battambang, Dong Ha, and Kaysone Phomvihane.
In this context, green infrastructure is understood as n…
Kathmandu is the world’s most seismically at-risk urban area. As a result, beginning in November 2012, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the World Bank launched the Open Cities Kathmandu Project. Through this project, university students, volunteers, and government officials were trained to digitally map their communiti…
This document adresses the issue of climate compatible development in the context of rapidly growing cities across the African continent, where two key features are widespread: informality and deeply entrenched inequality. As informality comes in many forms, including settlement on unplanned land without public services and bulk infrastructure; unr…
This study provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, and focuses on specific challenges or achievements within the housing sector that are of particular concern to Kyrgyzstan, such as seismic hazard assessment for the construction of high-rise buildings. It is intended to be a tool for the Government to analyse its policies, strategies, ins…
Cahier des changements climatiques, édition spéciale, Octobre 2010 (in French):
Ce numéro vise à sensibiliser le public urbain sahélien sur les risques liés aux changements climatiques. Il prend en compte les lourdes conséquences des événements climatiques extrêmes (inondations et vagues de chaleur notamment) intervenus dans plusieurs villes sahélienn…