Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

Acknowledgements
UNISDR would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who has participated in the development of this report. An
extensive number of city representatives, partners, and experts made this report possible, responding to interviews,
questionnaires and requests for information. In particular, we would like to thank the International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED), which ISDR commissioned to carry out the research and analysis that form the
content of this report. The sources and methodology they used can be found in Annex 1. See Annex 2 for a full list of all
cities cited in this Report.
Project coordinator: Helena Molin Valdés, UNISDR
Authors: Cassidy Johnson (University College London), Sophie Blackburn (IIED)
Co-authors: David Satterthwaite, David Dodman (IIED), Helena Molin Valdés,
Tricia Holly Davis (UNISDR);
Editor: Patricia Bittner
Production: Tricia Holly Davis, Ana Maria Castillo
Design: Ramon Valle
Reviewers: Dan Lewis, Raf Tuts, Ansa Masaud, and Ko Takeuchi (UN-Habitat); Mohamed Boussraoui (UCLG);
Violeta Seva (Makati City, Philippines); Daniel Kull, Dan Hoornweg (World Bank); Glenn Dolcemascolo,
Margareta Wahlström (UNISDR)
Contributors from UNISDR: Youcef Ait-Chellouche; Sandra Amlang; Oscar Ebalu; Kiki Lawal; Mariana Osihn; Ragy Saro;
Luna Abu-Swaireh; Paola Albrito; Berta Acero; Abhilash Panda; Dr Melissa Permezel; Dizery Salim; Hang Thi Thanh.
This report was developed through funding by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
Additional resources were provided by the donors to the ISDR Trust Fund that has enabled UNISDR to support the
Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
Read more about the key partners in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign on page 80.
“ UCLG is trying to bring the topic of disaster risk reduction on the
top of the agenda of local and regional authorities by mobilizing
its members around the world and organizing with partners such
as UNISDR regional workshops to raise awareness among local
governments. There is no time to lose. The loss of more lives and
property are at stake. As Istanbul’s experience shows, urban settlements
must be transformed, but this process must happen
with input from community members. Disaster risk reduction is
not just top-down; it’s also bottom-up. ”
Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG
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