Building urban resilience: principles, tools and practice. Managing the risks of disasters in East Asia and the Pacific
Managing the risks of disasters in East Asia and the Pacific:
This report is divided into three major sections designed to give urban planners and practitioners an intuitive and easy way to build elements of resilience into their urban governance and city planning. It includes case studies and tables providing good practice examples and further details.
Chapter 1, principles of urban resilience, presents key guiding principles for resilient cities in the context of today’s urban development; risk, uncertainty and complexity; disaster risk management; social resilience; land use planning; urban ecosystems; urban upgrading; and incorporating resilience into the project cycle.
Chapter 2, tools for building resilience, focuses on the most common and effective tools and methodologies available and steps in using them. These tools include: risk assessment; risk-based land use planning; urban ecosystem management; urban upgrading; community and stakeholder participation; disaster management systems; data gathering, analysis and application; and risk financing and transfer approaches.
Chapter 3, the practice of urban resilience, provides guidance in identifying, planning and implementing urban investment projects, focusing on three major sectors. Water supply and wastewater systems details the importance of water and sanitation systems, including resilience to flooding – an increasing challenge to cities around the world. Energy and communications focuses on the national and sub-national energy systems. Transportation Systems discusses road, rail, air transportation, and how to enhance disaster resilience in these systems.
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