Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

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Table of Contents Acknowledgments........................................................................................ 3 Foreword ..................................................................................................... 4 Introduction................................................................................................. 8 • Background and rationale....................................................................................................... 8 • Aim and structure of the report...............................................................................................9 • About the Making Cities Resilient Campaign...........................................................................9 • What do we mean by a resilient city ..................................................................................... 11 • Characteristics of the cities showcased in this report............................................................12 Chapter 1: Enabling conditions for building resilience ..................................16 • Leadership and political will.................................................................................................. 17 • Sustainability at local level....................................................................................................18 • Engage in high impact activities early on ............................................................................. 20 • City-to-city learning and international support..................................................................... 20 • Integrating disaster risk reduction as a cross-scale and multi-sector issue.......................... 22 • Addressing existing infrastructure deficits............................................................................ 22 Chapter 2: How the campaign is enabling cities to boost disaster risk reduction................................................................................ 26 Chapter 3: Key trends In resilience building in cities..................................... 32 • Early versus advanced resilience-building activities............................................................. 33 • Level of socioeconomic development................................................................................... 34 • City size and economic base................................................................................................. 37 Chapter 4: How are local governments building resilience.......................... 38 • Essential 1: Institutional and administrative framework......................................................... 39 • Essential 2: Financing and resources.................................................................................... 47 • Essential 3: Multi-hazard risk assessment- know your risk.................................................... 49 • Essential 4: Infrastructure protection, upgrading and resilience.............................................51 • Essential 5: Protect vital facilities: education and health...................................................... 53 6 | Making Cities Resilient Report 2012
• Essential 6: Building regulations and land use planning........................................................ 53 • Essential 7: Training, education and public awareness.......................................................... 55 • Essential 8: Environmental protection and strengthening of ecosystems.............................. 59 • Essential 9: Effective preparedness, early warning and response...........................................61 • Essential 10: Recovery and rebuilding communities.............................................................. 63 Chapter 5: Looking forward: What are some possible approaches to measuring resilience in cities................................................................ 66 • What do local governments see as the key indicators for building resilience in their city............................................................................................ 67 • How to measure resilience accumulated through the process of urbanization and city bulding ................................................................................................................... 72 • Measuring resilience through urban planning and its implementation.................................. 73 • Measuring financing of disaster risk reduction and budgets for DRR.......................................74 • Next steps............................................................................................................................ 75 Chapter 6: Conclusions of the report ........................................................... 76 Campaign partners .................................................................................... 80 Acronyms. ................................................................................................ 82 Annexes . ................................................................................................ 83 Annex 1 a. List of references....................................................................................................... 84 b. Methodology of the study .......................................................................................... 89 c. Interview questionnaire for Mayors and city officials................................................... 89 Annex 2 Terminology....................................................................................................................91 Annex 3 HFA Local Government Self-Assessment Tool................................................................. 93 Annex 4 Summary of activities from cities featured..................................................................... 98 Annex 5 Timeline of Making Cities Resilient Campaign activities ................................................106 Making Cities Resilient Report 2012 | 7
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