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Campaign topic continues to 2015
‘Making Cities Resilient’ Campaign
Luna Abu-Swaireh, UNISDR, February 2013
Urban settlements are home to more than 50% of the world’s population
• 2 billion new urban residents expected by 2030
UN World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision
2/3 cities in coastal areas or in river valleys
Urban risk is driven by each city’s unique exposure, vulnerability, and hazards
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Campaign Launched in May 2010
Global Launch: 30 May 2010, Bonn, Germany
Mayors from all regions symbolically signed up to the 10 campaign essentials
To date – 280++ municipalities from the Arab region have signed up to the Campaign and committed to strengthen resilience of their cities:1. (Syria) Aleppo and Homs2. (Jordan) Amman, Aqaba, Petra3. (Egypt) Alexandria, Cairo, Ismailia, Sharm Al-Sheikh4. (Comoros) Moroni,5. (Mauritania)Tevragh Zeina + 20 others6. (United Arab Emirates) Dubai7. (Yemen) Aden8. (Djibouti) Djibouti city 9. (Lebanon) Beirut, Byblos, Baalback, Tyre, Saida, Tripoli + 25110. (Palestine) Al Biereh, Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah
World Disaster Reduction Campaign – 2010-2015Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!
ObjectiveAchieve resilient, sustainable urban communities through actions taken by local governments to reduce disaster risk
Know Moreأكثر نعرف أن
Invest Wisely بحكمة نستثمر أن
Build More Safelyوأكثر أفضل نبني أن
أمانا
1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities.
على على منها والحد المخاطر لفهم والتنسيق تنظيم وجودوالتحالفات المدني والمجتمع المواطنين مشاركة أساس
من. الحد في دورها تتفهم اإلدارات جميع أن وضمان المحليةلها؛ واالستعداد الكوارث مخاطر
2. Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction. حوافز وتقديم الكوارث مخاطر من للحد مخصصة ميزانية وجود
وللمجتمعات المنخفض، الدخل ذات واألسر المنازل ألصحابالمخاطر من الحد في لالستثمار العام الخاص والقطاع المحلية
يواجهونها؛ التي
Ten-Point Checklist – Essentials for Making Cities Resilient
على المدن لتمكين العشر األساسيات قائمةالكوارث مخاطر
3. Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share risk assessments.
بالمخاطر المتعلقة للبيانات مستمر تحديث وجود . المخاطر تقييمات وإعداد التضرر وقابلية
التنمية وقرارات لخطط كأساس واستخدامهاالمدينة وخطط المعلومات هذه أن وضمان الحضرية،
تم قد وأنه السكان لكل متاحة الكوارث لمجابهةبأكملها؛ مناقشتها
4. Invest in & maintain critical infrastructure, such as storm drainage.
عليها والحفاظ التحتية البنية إلقامة استثمار وجودعند وتعديلها السيول مخرات مثل المخاطر من للحد
المناخ؛ تغير مع للتكيف الحاجة
5. Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities & upgrade as necessary.
الصحية والمرافق المدارس جميع سالمة تقييمإلى الحاجة دعت كلما المرافق لهذه مستويات ورفعذلك؛
6. Enforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens.
المقاومة البناء للوائح واقعي وتنفيذ تطبيقالستخدامات السليم التخطيط ومبادئ للمخاطر،
من. للمواطنين آمنة أراضي تحديد وكذلك األراضيالعشوائية األحياء وتطوير المنخفض، الدخل ذوي
ممكنا؛ ذلك كان كلما
7. Ensure education programmes & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities.
من الحد على والتدريب للتعليم برامج وجود ضمانفي الكوارث مخاطر
المحلية؛ والمجتمعات المدارس
8. Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards, adapt to climate change.
الطبيعية والحواجز الطبيعية البيئية النظم حمايةمن وغيرها والعواصف الفيضانات آثار من للتخفيف
. مع التكيف لها عرضة مدينتك تكون التي األخطارالجيدة الممارسات على البناء خالل من المناخ تغير
المخاطر؛ من للحد
9. Install early warning systems & emergency management capacities.
إدارة قدرات وتوفير المبكر اإلنذار نظم وضعاالستعداد تدريبات وإجراء المدينة، في الطوارئ
منتظم؛ بشكل للجمهور
10. After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected population are at the Centre of reconstruction.كارثة أي بعد الناجين احتياجات لتلبية ضمانات وجودتقديم مع اإلعمار إعادة عملية في أساسي ذلك وأن
أجل من المجتمعية ولمنظماتهم لهم الدعملالستجابة والمساعدات المتطلبات وتنفيذ التصميم
وسبل المنازل بناء إعادة ذلك في بما المالئمة،العيش .كسب
1370 local governments participate in the campaign in 77 countries
Participate, Get Ready and become a Role Model…
Partnerships in the Campaign
Building an alliance of local governments with relevant actors -community groups, academic institutions, business associations, NGOs and CBOs to ensure participation in planning and decision-making for risk reduction.
City associations/networks: UCLG, EMI, CityNet, Metropolis, ICLEINational Associations of Local Governments National Platforms and HFA focal points International partner institutions (UN agencies such as UN-Habitat,
UNDP, ILO, WHO, World Bank, UNICEF and IFRC) Civil society: Community-based organizations, NGOs, academic
institutions, business associations… Some regions have a network, task force or platform focusing on
urban disaster risk reduction (e.g. Asia Task Force on Urban Risk) Regional organizations Donors
Benefits for cities to join the campaign
Invitation to policy dialogues, learning workshops, &other campaign-related events at global & regional level.
Access to training, capacity development "Induction packages" for local governments on urban risk in collaboration with training centres and academia, promoting capacity development and learning opportunities for cities & local governments in each region.
High-visibility media events and communication tools.
Local Government Self-Assessment tool Mayors HandbookCity-to-City learning
Visibility and recognition of cities efforts-
benchmarked by other cities, globally.
The multi-stakeholder dialogue in the self-
assessment process encouraged discussions on
new DRR projects (access to tools).
Empowered community participation in
solutions
Open discussion of issues, national-local.
Best Platform for sharing, learning, exchange
ideas, recognize achievement- Global network
Voices From Cities
Tools• Handbook- Ten
Essentials (Why? What? How? Tools)
• LG Self Assessment Tool
• Website- resources, learning.
• Policy dialogues• Resilient cities report
Handbook
for Local Government Leaders
دليل قيادات الحكومات المحليةكيف نجعل المدن
أكثر قدرة على مجابهة الكوارث
Local Government Self Assessment Tool2011: Design-10 essentials, tested in 25 cities from 17 countries. 2012: Roll-out of LG-SAT – support local gap analysis and priority setting (and National HFA monitor)
Way forward – Issues to Consider
• Main concerns of local governments are budget allocations for DRR – “Governance”
• Effective local action requires besides financial resources also political authority and human capacity – “Capacity”
• Risk sensitive urban planning that integrate DRR solutions and practices in strategic plans, cities development plans, land use planning, infrastructure resilience, etc. – “Urban Risk Reduction”
• Promote 10 essentials and objectives of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign and monitor Progress
United Nations Office for Disaster [email protected]
www.unisdr.org/campaign
DRR is not a Luxury DRR is a No Regret Investment