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Displaying 120 of about 465 resultsThis report presents an executive summary of the different stages of the process of implementation of the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) study and the final recommendations for adaptation measures to flood and heat wave events in Cần Thơ. Stakeholders were asked to provide input and feedback on the assumptions, decisions, data, and adaptation opt…
The catalogue of Nature-based solutions for urban resilience has been developed as a guidance document to support the growing demand for NBS by enabling an initial identification of potential investments in nature-based solutions. The document is structured as follows: Chapter 2 describes generic principles for integrating NBS into urban environments. C…
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia; ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, South East Asia; and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Singapore are jointly organizing the KASpaces Regional Webinar on ''Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities'' from 16th to 18th November 2021 between 10.00 a.m. to 1.00…
FRIAR 2022 is the eighth conference of this successful series. The conference started at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London in 2008 and was reconvened in Milan in 2010, Dubrovnik in 2012, Poznan in 2014, Venice in 2016, A Coruna in 2018 and online in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 2012 a parallel seminar on the Design, Construction,…
Following two disasters, the city of Kraljevo, Serbia established a new disaster risk reduction framework, calling for the local community to take a more active role.
In 2010, Kraljevo was hit by a 5.4. magnitude earthquake, and the impact on the city was devastating. Almost 16,000 individual residential buildings and 8,262 collective housing facilitie…
In this report, flood adaptation measures were analyzed for the municipality area of San Pedro Sula (in selected districts) based on cost-efficiency criteria for adaptation/risk reduction. A total of 22 measures (12 options of measures distributed in different locations) were successfully assessed using the modelling platform CLIMADA. The main findings…
This paper provides unique insight into the disaster planning and management that was undertaken by the City of Cape Town government in response to its most severe hydrological drought on record. Disaster planning for slow-onset city-wide shocks will be become increasingly necessary, particularly as cities face increasingly severe climate hazards.…
Cities are leading the way on climate action — but they need funding to realize sustainable infrastructure projects.
The snapshot below presents infrastructure projects in cities around the nation pending public or private investment, most of which respond to years of deterioration and the need for enhanced climate and environmental resilience. Address…
Heavy rain and flooding are currently making headlines - as they did last winter. Floods like these, but also rising sea levels and storm surges, together with storms, represent the greatest natural hazard in terms of economic damage and can also threaten life and limb. SaferPlaces, a new web service for flood prevention, will help cities and municipali…
This introductory course familiarizes development practitioners with contemporary concepts and practices in disaster management and discusses the paradigm shift from re-active to pro-active approaches in this cross cutting field of development.
Urbanization is the defining global phenomenon of this century. For the first time in history, more than half the worlds population lives in urban areas. Between 2000 and 2030, in developing countries, the urban population is expected to double, and entire built-up areas are projected to triple if current trends continue. This rapid demographic an…
Urban heat islands occur when human activity and construction create higher temperatures in urban areas than the surrounding landscape. Global warming heralds more heat waves, exacerbated by heat islands and posing severe health risks to residents.
By Nimi Princewill
Residents of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during the months of March to November. In mid-July, however, the major business district of Lagos Island experienced one of its worst floods in recent years.
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Every year!!!! Same same in Lagos!! Nothing is ever done…
The Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative responds to the growing need to boost resilience at the local level. Crises such as COVID-19 and climate change remind us that managing disaster risk is everyone's business, in which local governments play an instrumental role. Building resilience of local governments through robust risk governance s…
Building on the first season of the Virtual Dialogues on Resilient Infrastructure, the second season will focus on sector specific aspects, with sessions covering urban, water, energy and transport. Each session will be jointly organized with respective sector groups from ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department.
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