Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

Annex 4
Summary of activities from cities featured
Essential
1
Put in place
organization and
coordination to
clarify everyone’s
roles and
responsibilities
HFA Local
indicators
How well are local
organizations (including
local government)
equipped with
capacities (knowledge,
experience, official
mandate) for disaster
risk reduction and
climate change
adaptation
To what extent do
partnerships exist
between communities,
private sector and local
authorities to reduce
risk
How much does the
local government
support vulnerable
local communities
(particularly women,
elderly, infirmed,
children) to actively
participate in risk
reduction decision
making, policy
making, planning
and implementation
processes
City activities
Makassar, Indonesia: has a Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to command all DRR
efforts and coordinate between government department
Bhubaneswar, India: set up DRR institutions at city and ward level
Albay, Philippines: has central coordinating office for disaster preparedness, response
and recovery
Makati, Philippines: City-level DRM council has Barangay-level operating arms
Quezon, Philippines: City-level DRM council has Barangay-level operating arms
Dubai, UAE: creation of Crisis and Disaster Management team; developed
measurements of departmental readiness
Dubai, UAE: Crisis and Disaster Management team has representation from all major
utilities and agencies
San Francisco, Philippines: Purok structure for DRM (below Barangays) allows for
participatory risk governance
Colombo, Sri Lanka: task force for all actors involved in flood mitigation
Pune, India: flood risk reduction managed jointly by municipal government
departments and citizen groups
Cape Town, South Africa: multi-stakeholder input to DRM plans (dialogue facilitated by
LG-SAT); school awareness programmes in partnership with arts NGO
Johannesburg, South Africa: multi-stakeholder dialogue facilitated by LG-SAT
Overstrand, South Africa: partnership between government, NGOs and communities in
‘Working for Water’ programme
Albay, Philippines: consultation of scientific experts in risk planning
Kisumu, Kenya; Mumbai, India; Istanbul, Turkey; Makati City, Philippines; Dubai, UAE:
multi-lateral and bi-lateral support for DRM activities
Makassar, Indonesia: NGOs involved in community development projects; school
preparedness programme delivered in partnership with Indonesian Red Cross
Makati, Philippines: NGO partnership for squatter relocation programme; partnership
with Philippine Institute of volcanology and Seismology, and Kyoto University, Japan;
first response training delivered in partnership with Philippine Red Cross
Kisumu, Kenya: NGO partnership provided direct funding for DRR
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka: NGO partnership supporting development activities; partnership
with University of Salford
Cape Town, South Africa; Makassar, Indonesia; Makati, Philippines: CSR used for DRR
and disaster recovery
Chacao, Venezuela: network of 33 companies in risk management network
Tyrol, Austria: partnership with alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation
Technologies to facilitate DRM planning
Santa Tecla, El Salvador: citizen round tables fed into 10-year development plan
Makati, Philippines: citizen participation in city planning
Thimphu, Bhutan: public consultations held for 25 year Structure Plan
Albay, Philippines: community contributes to local risk mapping; community-based
early warning system
Tyrol, Austria: risk assessment combined expert and community knowledge
North Vancouver, Canada: local volunteer task forces identify ‘risk tolerance criteria’,
used in city DRR activity prioritisation
Bhubaneswar, India: volunteer residents trained in emergency response
San Francisco, USA: Neighbourhood Empowerment Network conducts community
consultations
Quezon, Philippines: ‘walk the fault’ participatory risk mapping
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