Making Cities Resilient: From awareness to implementation

Helena Molin Valdes; Dilanthi Amaratunga; Richard Haigh

doi:10.1108/17595901311299035

Making Cities Resilient: From awareness to implementation

Helena Molin Valdes, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

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Abstract

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) campaign on Making Cities Resilient.

Design/methodology/approach
– An opinion piece written by the Director a.i. of UNISDR and the Editors of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment.

Findings
– The campaign will continue and the focus will shift to more implementation support, city‐to‐city learning and cooperation, local action planning and monitoring of progress in cities.

Originality/value
– Continued advocacy will seek to commit more cities and increase the support by national governments to support city resilience and local capacities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-8
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901311299035
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Making Cities Resilient: From awareness to implementation

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