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Displaying 60 of about 70 resultsThis Congress is held under the premise of an international platform for mayors, policy makers and experts to share knowledge and experiences in the joint pursuit of public policies development, government actions and solutions to protect, preserve and manage World Heritage Cities, and in this opportunity to promote discussion on the challenges posed by…
This document presents the experience of New Orleans in building city resilience through cultural heritage in response to the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the devastating consequences on the lives of the city residents.The document provides an overview of the various resilience planning frameworks and explores their connections to cultural heritage…
A national framework with commitment of the Government of Nepal for protection, growth, and promotion of national heritages and physical infrastructures. It is an integrated effort on reducing disaster risk in the days ahead through materialization of spirit of participation. In the process, sincere effort is made by defining five main priorities and as…
This report presents recommendations under the framework of the Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti, and details specific recommendations including the implementation of conservation plans, management plans, risk reduction plans and plans for sustainable tourism. Overall, it describes the current situation on Haitian cultural…
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Nel 2012 il sindaco di Venezia Giorgio Orsoni è stato nominato Campione Europeo della campagna "Facciamo diventare resilienti le città - Making cities resilient" dell'UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction), per il suo impegno nella promozione e lo sviluppo della resilienza delle città e della protezione dei be…
By Feargus O'Sullivan
Some of Paris’s most treasured landmarks are set to host the city’s new “urban forests.”
Under a plan announced last week by Mayor Anne Hidalgo, thickets of trees will soon appear in what today are pockets of concrete next to landmark locations, including the Hôtel de Ville, Paris’s city hall; the Opera Garnier, Pa…
This report describes a holistic approach to urban planning for sustainability and disaster risk reduction of historic settlements (an evolution from the conventional Master Planning approach). The idea is to mainstream culture (heritage) in larger urban development process. Cultural heritage in this context is understood in its wider scope (beyond monu…
INCHEON, 24 January 2018 – Every day when Purusotam Shakya steps into his office in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal’s bustling capital city, three words leap to the front of his mind: “Build Back Better”.
Mr. Shakya is the Director of Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s Disaster Management Department, and relishes his key role in the ongoing reconstruction o…
MOSCOW – 27 January 2017 – Russia’s oldest city and another that will host matches in the 2018 football World Cup are among the first six communities in the Russian Federation to join UNISDR’s Making Cities Resilient campaign.
Kazan, Almetyevsk and Naberezhnye Chelny in the Republic of Tatarstan, and Buynaksk, Derbent and Kaspiysk in the Republic of Da…
GENEVA, 3 June, 2016 - Officials in Paris have closed two of the world’s most famous museums as the River Seine rose above its preliminary alert level of five metres yesterday evoking fears of a repeat of the catastrophic floods of 1910, underlining the critical role of disaster preparedness plans.
Staff at the Louvre which houses the Mona Lisa were ev…
These easy look-up charts outline the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
The full chart outlines its scope and purpose, expected outcomes, goal, 7 targets, 4 priorities for action with supporting rationale, and 13 guiding principles.
The simplified chart outlines its scope and purpose, expected outcomes, goal, 7 targets, and lis…
Date: February 24, 2021
Time: 11:00 am (EST)
Plataform: Zoom. Registration link: https://undrr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsduGppzsjE9BmlsQJiD1PGX9xTvp69UmE
Event available in English and Spanish
In the Americas and the Caribbean, sustainable development is linked to the development of their cities. In an urban region, cities are the scena…
Aim and Objectives of the Conference
The conference will aim to promote a common understanding of the risks which World Heritage Sites currently face, and to discuss practical strategies to strengthen resilience and to reduce vulnerabilities.
Under the patronage of the President of the Lebanese Republic, and in collaboration with UNDP and UNISDR,…
Even though indigenous cultural values, practices and traditions lie at the heart of the social fabric of local communities around the world, these values are often overlooked or marginalized during disaster management initiatives. For holistic and sustainable disaster management and the positive recovery and growth of communities after a disaster, it i…
Historic cities are irreplaceable and highly complex cultural resources that have evolved over time and contain various heritage components such as traditional housing, urban spaces, ecological features and intangible components such as rituals and social activities.
However recent decades have seen unprecedented pace of urbanization. For the first tim…