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Displaying 15 of about 143 resultsThe 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that struck most of coastal cities in Aceh has motivated a numerous changes in the world of disaster risk reduction including to the policies and regulations at local level in Aceh, Indonesia.
This paper is aimed at elaborating the changes of policies and regulations in Aceh captured and monitored during 12-year of the tsu…
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…
This study presents analysis of the six winning Hurricane Sandy Design Competition projects selected to demonstrate innovative approaches for rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Sandy in ways that will enhance physical, social, economic, and environmental resilience. Two years into implementation, these projects are providing important les…
This paper synthesizes collaborative research results on the economics of alternative strategies for building resilience of housing systems in response to current conditions and projected changes in climate. Research undertaken in Vietnam, India and Pakistan demonstrates cost-effective solutions for reducing risk from flooding, extreme storm events…
This paper aims to review and develop lessons learned from the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction Local Government Self Assessment Tool (LGSAT) experience in four cities. The capacity to understand, learn from and respond to or reorganize in the face of change is at the core of urban resilience to disasters, climate change and major shocks…
Da Nang, Viet Nam, is almost 100% reliant on the Cau Do Water Supply Plant for city water. There are currently several potential risks to the Cau Do supply, including particularly high risks to water inflow of the city, such as the deep erosion at Quang Hue and sedimentation at Ai Nghia, increasing salinity at the Cau Do intake, and the risk of broken s…
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 study examines the institutional networks required to link processes of community-level deliberation to city and national level processes of decision-making and implementation, in the context of urban governance, community development and climate change.
In 2010, the Philippine government introduced a resettlement programme to remove all informal…
This document introduces some activities Sendai City is carrying out to build a 'Disaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City', which will help the city to be prepared for future disasters and climate change. This strategy is guided by 3 key pillars: i) urban development; ii) human capacity building; and iii) sending out information and establis…
The Rockefeller Foundation's Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network initiative is a collective experiment with a range of activities that will together improve the ability of the cities to withstand, prepare for, and recover from the projected impacts of climate change.
The interventions in the city of Indore and Surat include:
raising aware…
This document is prepared with the aim of providing a framework for the development of a climate resilience strategy for the city of Surat. This document is aimed at city managers, while also providing information that can be understood by people at large. Lastly, this document is based on the current situation. We would like to highlight the need of th…
This publication aims at policy makers and leading engineers for formulating necessary policies and technical training for securing safety on non-engineered construction. The publication includes information and case studies as well as an overview of gaps in this subject, damage of the construction and engineering/social/academic approaches, d…
The Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Latin American and Caribbean Cities project is designed to inform policy making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities. The focus is on floods and landslides, which are two of the most common climate-related risks in cities across the Latin America and Caribbean region. This repo…
The aim of this assessment report is twofold, such that it: (a) maps the migration– environment nexus in Kenya by looking at human mobility due to environmental change; and (b) examines existing policy and legal frameworks and offers guidance in mainstreaming migration in Kenya’s national planning of different sectors and at different levels. One o…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled, 'First SFDRR Aligned National Disaster Management Plan'. In June 2016, India launched its first National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) with the aim of improving the country's resilience to disasters and reducing the loss of lives and assets. This issue highlights the importance of the NDMP and…