Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

ANNEXES
To what degree does
the private sector
participate in the
implementation
of environmental
and ecosystems
management plans in
your local authority
None found
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Install early
warning systems
and emergency
management
capacities
To what degree do local
institutions have access
to financial reserves
to support effective
disaster response and
early recovery
Cape Town, South Africa: resources for disaster response from central government
Cairns, Australia: all three levels of government provide funding for recovery; recovery
aided by multi-stakeholder community support sub-committee
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Public Assistance Department of municipal council funds relief
services
Makassar, Indonesia; Albay, Philippines: multi-stakeholder framework for recovery
To what extent are
early warning centres
established, adequately
staffed (or on-call
personnel) and well
resourced (power
back-ups, equipment
redundancy etc) at all
times
Chacao, Venezuela; North Vancouver, Canada; Pune, India; San Francisco, Philippines:
recently upgraded early warning networks
Mumbai, India: 35 automatic weather gauging stations
Ancona, Italy: sophisticated slope motinoring technology (landslides)
Baofeng, China: leadership group for meteorological monitoring established during
flood season
Albay, Philippines: computer modelling technologies for hazard monitoring
How much do warning
systems allow for
adequate community
participation
Ancona, Italy; Albay, Philippines: community participation in hazard monitoring
To what extent does
the local government
have an emergency
operations centre (EOC)
and/or an emergency
communication system
Makati, Philippines: Central coordination of early warning and emergency response is
undertaken by the Makati Command, Control and Communications Centre (C3)
Colombo, Sri Lanka: public assistance department provides relief services
Makassar, Indonesia: Emergency Response Unit; fast response team undertakes rapid
assessment on behalf of Disaster Management Agency
Cairns, Australia: State Emergency Services volunteers participate in emergency
response; public warnings via landline telephones through National Emergency
Warning System
Chacao, Venezuela: hazard warning information available live online to public
Siquirres, Costa Rica: national government policy requires all local governments to
have an Emergency Committee for disaster response
Albay, Philippines: dissemination of early warnings via distributed SIM cards to village
officials
San Francisco, USA: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activated in emergencies
Moshi, Tanzania: dissemination of warnings via cars with loudspeakers and local radio
stations
How regularly are
training drills and
rehearsals carried out
with the participation of
relevant government,
non-governmental, local
leaders and volunteers
Quito, Ecuador; Bhubaneswar, India: regular drills held at all levels of the city
Saijo City, Japan: drills held bi-annually since 2007
Cape Town, South Africa: school evacuation drills held regularly
Mumbai, India; Dubai, UAE: first full-city drills recently held
How available are key
resources for effective
response, such as
emergency supplies,
emergency shelters,
identified evacuation
routes and contingency
plans at all times
Albay, Philippines; Kisumu, Kenya: evacuation centres operate as community centres/
schools in normal times
Baofeng, China; Makassar, Indonesia: stockpiling of food and resources
Telica, Nicaragua: maintains an Economic Fund to respond adequately and quickly to
an emergency situation
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