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This issue includes: Editorial - Voices & Ideas: - Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit - Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance - Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed - Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster -…
On April 17, 2023, the municipality of Pudahuel, Chile, was the first city worldwide to implement the Scorecard’s Addendum for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, developed by the NGO Inclusiva and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).  The application of the tool was conducted through a workshop facilitated by UNDR…
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PANAMA CITY, 22 December 2016 – A network of hundreds of cities across South America has pledged to step up regional efforts to reduce disaster risk and boost sustainable development. The 21st edition of the Mercocities Summit, held in Santa Fe, Argentina, put the focus squarely on the links between climate change, poverty and damaging development. “W…
The project: "Local Urban Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in Chile" (PULAC) supports the elaboration of local climate action plans in 3 Chilean municipalities located in the metropolitan area of Santiago: Renca, Independencia and Vitacura. With the enactment of Law 21.455/2022 in Chile, it is established that Chilean municipalities must deve…
This paper highlights resilient behaviour and responses taken by the community and some companies to cope with the difficulties arisen from the 2010 Maule earthquake in Chile, during the emergency period and the reconstruction process. It is based on recent publications from the authors as well as the revision and analysis of other case studies regardin…
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GRANADA, 1 June 2012 - UNISDR's "Making Cities Resilient" campaign received a significant boost today with the announcement that the Ibero-American Union of Municipalities (Unión Iberoamericana de Municipalistas (UIM) is now an official campaign partner. UIM which comprises a vast network of 3,000 members from over 20 countries in Latin America and Spa…
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BANGKOK, 10 April 2012 - Threatened by increasing and lethal seasonal floods, the 500-year old Malaysian port city of Melaka is making considerable efforts to reduce the disaster risks that it currently faces from such climate related catastrophic events. Located along the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, the city of Mela…
The event commemorates the occurrence of the 2010 earthquake (February 27, one year after). 80 most affected municipalities from the regions of Bio-Bio, of Maule and of L.G.B. O'Higgins are invited to exchange their experiences. The aim is to establish the maximum commitment by all stakeholders to accelerate the process of reconstruction including risk…
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Geneva/Santiago, 4 April, 2012 – Recently empowered by the Chilean Congress, local government bodies in Chile are using their increased autonomy to boost community resilience and address risk reduction. At the 6th Latin-American Congress of Cities and Local Authorities in Santiago, Chile, last week, under the theme, “Stronger local governments,” partic…
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR), a través de su Oficina Regional para las Américas y en Colaboración con la Asociación de Industrias Metalúrgicas y Metalmecánicas (ASIMET), tienen el agrado de invitar a las/os representantes del sector privado de Chile, a la reunión especial con la Sra. Margareta Wahl…
Stamford (USA), Puerto Montt (Chile) and Luanda (Angola) cities held workshops with multiple stakeholders to complete the United Nations City Disaster Resilience Scorecard. The workshops were notable in identifying both technical requirements, and also gaps in understanding and communications between different agencies. These gaps, if left unaddressed,…

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