World Urban Campaign : A RESILIENT CITY

Building cities able to withstand and recover from crises.
A Resilient City is one that can withstand and recover quickly from natural or human-made disaster. However, cities are increasingly vulnerable to multiple hazards that can hinder or derail development trajectories. Rapid urbanization, poor quality construction, unregulated expansion of urban settlements, weak governance capacities and climate change impacts are factors increasing cities’ exposure to multiple hazards and risks.

WHAT WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN PARTNERS DO TOWARDS A RESILIENT CITY

Learn about UN ISDR Resilient Cities Campaign

Good Practices

Learn here about good practices and actions towards a resilient city.

Enabling Legislation

Learn here about legislation towards a resilient city.

Tools and Methods

Learn here about tools and methods that enable urban policy-makers and practitioners to better plan, build, manage and measure impacts towards a resilient city.

Good Policies

Learn here about good policies that have shown successful results at the national, regional and city levels and enabled decision-makers to tackle urban challenges and deliver positive change to citizens towards a resilient city.

Globally, 80% of the largest cities are vulnerable to severe impacts of earthquakes, and 60% are at risk from storm surges and tsunamis, and all face new impacts of climate change;
Only 15% of low-income countries report success in using land use planning and urban development to reduce risk, and that information is not used for investment or planning decisions;
There are over 30 ongoing armed conflicts underway globally and hundreds of cities and settlements heavily damaged or destroyed.
Between 2002 and 2011, there were 4130 disasters recorded, resulting from natural hazards around the world where 1,117,527 people perished and a minimum of US$1,195 billion was recorded in losses;
Between 2000 and 2010, the total natural disaster-based damage is an estimated USD 760 billion in over 170 affected cities;

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