Daniel Stevens Director of Emergency Management

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pacific Northwest Disaster

Resilience Symposium

Portland, Oregon

July 24-25, 2017

Defining Disaster

Resilience

Vancouver - Geography

City of

Vancouver

Vancouver - Geography

City of

Vancouver

City of Vancouver

• 114 km2 (44 sq mi)

• 604,000 people

• Largest city in the province of

British Columbia, and the eighth

largest in Canada

Metro Vancouver (region)

• 2,877 km2 (1110 sq mi)

• 2.5 million people

• Metro Vancouver is the third

largest metro region in Canada

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Resilience

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The capacity of individuals,

communities, institutions, businesses,

and systems within a city to survive,

adapt, and grow no matter what kind

of chronic stresses and acute shocks

they experience.

• 100 Resilient Cities definition

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Resilience

Community

Wellbeing

Time

Lowest

acceptable

level of

wellbeing

Disaster/Shock

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How do we get there?

Community Resilience

Shift to Resilience Thinking

Community-led Response

Disaster Support Hubs

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Disaster Support Hubs – Community Planning

Who’s in your kit?

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Run Your Resilientville Workshop

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Outcome – A Basic Plan

Moving Forward

Plan B.

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Earthquake Preparedness

Strategy

Climate Change

Adaptation Strategy

Greenest City Action Plan

Digital Strategy

Transportation 2040

Healthy City Strategy

Housing Vancouver Strategy

Vancouver Economic

Commission

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Vancouver’s strategies

Resilience

Earthquake Preparedness

Strategy

Climate Change

Adaptation Strategy

Greenest City Action Plan

Digital Strategy

Transportation 2040

Healthy City Strategy

Housing Vancouver Strategy

Vancouver Economic

Commission

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Vancouver’s Strategies and Action Plans

Community