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Displaying 135 of about 176 resultsDebido al interés mostrado por Carlos García, alcalde de la ciudad de Mérida, en cuanto a sumarse a la Campaña Mundial “Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes, Mi Ciudad se está Preparando”, promovida por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción de Desastres (UNISDR), Abelina Caro, Promotora de la Campaña en Venezuela, estará haciendo una present…
The R!SE initiative is an ambitious global response to a daunting global challenge, a new way of collaborating, to unlock the potential for public and private sector actors who are ready and willing to make a step forward and take leadership on disaster risk reduction.
The overall goal of the initiative is to make all investments risk-sensitive. R!SE w…
The City of Hoboken is proud to announce the Hoboken Resilience Run, a 5K and Fun Run for post Hurricane Sandy recovery. The run, which will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013, is being organized in support of a global UN initiative – the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign, led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
In late October 2…
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…
More than 50 members of the city government, organisations of people with disabilities, and residents of communities in at-risk areas - such as Morros dos Macacos, Maré and Rocinha - together with students from the Benjamin Constant Institute, met on 9 October to assess the capacities of Rio de Janeiro's risk management system for the inclusion and empo…
Barcarena took another step towards building its local resilience and risk reduction plan by holding three participatory workshops, from 11 to 13 September, to complete the assessment of the city's disaster resilience capacities.To this end, Barcarena completed three addenda to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities, with technical support from UN…
UNDRR is providing support to the National Emergency System (SINAE) throughout the month of June 2023 to develop capacities for resilience action planning of the 11 cities that are part of the pilot of the MCR2030 initiative in Uruguay. On 13 June, officials and technicians from the 11 cities were trained through a virtual workshop on the inclusio…
This contributing paper summarizes the seismic risk analysis of Mexico City, based on a detailed database constructed with information provided by the city but also with tools such as geomatics and machine learning. The most unfavorable seismic scenarios and structural characteristics that decrease the resilience of the city are shown. The objectiv…
After going through a rigorous evaluation assessment, Recife, Brazil, has been recognized as the fourth Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Resilience Hub in the Americas and the Caribbean and the tenth at a global level. The announcement was made on January 10th, 2022.
Resilience Hubs are recognized for their commitment to building loca…
Interview with Veladio Erazo Masgo, Deputy Manager of Disaster Risk at the municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho
Question: What are the greatest challenges facing your city?
The biggest challenge that we face is the local authority engagement and increasing the knowledge of the importance of disaster risk reduction. Another challenge is how to shar…
La Isla Barrio stands in stark contrast to the popular images of palm-fringed beaches frequented by tourists visiting the Dominican Republic. La Isla is one of the many illegal settlements in Santo Domingo Este, the eastern municipality of the nation’s capital. This sprawling community of 300 homes has been constructed on steep hillsides which lead do…
The race is on for Caribbean countries to lock down comprehensive strategies designed to boost disaster risk reduction in the region where emergencies are likely to become increasingly deadly and complex as climate change starts to take its toll, say experts.
Despite logistical hurdles t…
This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies.
The book presents a selection of examples and experiences of disaster reduction t…
When drought shrank the Panama Canal's water levels earlier this year, measures kicked in to limit the amount of cargo allowed through the 80- km-long waterway, maintaining trade flows while helping protecting fresh water supplies for nearby communities.
Increasingly extreme weather makes it harder to predict water levels for the canal which is convers…
Recording of the session (in spanish): HERE
The COVID-19 pandemic, its impact and causality, has provided an opportunity to reflect on risk management and its importance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is undoubtedly a historic juncture that forces us to look in the mirror and examine old problems from new perspectives.
The le…