Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

Pune, India
Population 5 million. Location: at the confluence of
three rivers: the Mutha, Mula and Pavana at 560 meters
above sea level. Risk profile: Flooding.
Saijo, Japan
Population: 114,625 Location: mountainous terrain in
Ehime prefecture. Risk profile: exposed to extreme
rainfall, typhoons, mudslides, landslides, and flooding.
Mumbai, India
Population; 19.7 million. Location: a coastal megacity
built on what used to be a group of 7 islands, many areas
are only 5m above low tide level. Risk profile: highly
exposure to coastal flooding. Mumbai is a Campaign
Role Model City under the theme: Flood Protection and
Urban Regeneration.
Makassar, Indonesia
Population: 1.4 million Location: southwest coast of
the island of Sulawesi, facing the Makassar Strait.
Risk profile: tsunamis and flooding.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Population: 9.8 million. Location: capital city, situated
in the northwest coast of Java, at the mouth of the Ciliwung
River on Jakarta Bay, which is an inlet of the Java
Sea. Risk profile: earthquakes and flooding.
Mashhad, Iran
Population: 2.42 million Location: 850km east of Tehran
at 950m elevation in the valley of the Kashaf River
between two mountain ranges. Risk profile: floods,
cyclones, earthquakes and drought. Mashhad is a
Campaign Role Model City under the theme: Disaster
Awareness and Education.
Venice, Italy
Population 263,996. Location: on a group of 118 islands
in the Venice Lagoon. Risk profile: highly exposed to
flooding as a result of low (and falling) elevation. Venice
is a Campaign Role Model City under the theme: Cultural
Heritage Protection.
Ancona, Italy
Population: 100,000 Location: Adriatic coast, 360 km2
south of Venice. Risk profile: most significant hazard
is landslides.
Narok, Kenya
Population: 60,000. Location: southern side of the Rift
Valley and has varied topography, with a predominantly
agricultural economy base. Risk profile: Flooding and
drought.
Kisumu, Kenya
Population: 200,000. Location: port city in western Kenya.
Risk profile: flooding is the most significant hazard.
Beirut, Lebanon
Population 1.5 million. Location: on a peninsula at the
midpoint of Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast. Risk profile:
exposed to earthquakes, floods, wildfires and landslides.
Byblos, Lebanon
Population: 100,000. Location: at the Mediterranean
coast at 24km from Beirut. Byblos, participated in a
city to city exchange programme with Venice, Italy
regarding “Protection of Cultural Heritage” under the
auspices of UNISDR “Making Cities Resilient” campaign
framework.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Population: exceeding one million. Location: capital
city, is situated in central Nepal bowl-shaped valley between
four major mountains, at high elevation (approximately
4600ft or 1400m). Risk profile: earthquakes and
landslides.
Telica, Quezalguaque and
Larreynaga-Malpaisillo, Nicaragua
Population: 71.000. Location: three municipalities are
in Telica basin of the Department of Leon with an extension
of 1,373 Km2. Risk profile: volcanic, seismic, hurricanes,
floods, epidemics, environmental risks linked
to gold mining and mono-agriculture.
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