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Magazine: COVID-19, a risk context

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our global networks. A health crisis has shocked economies, policies, governance, trade, infrastructure. In short, it has changed today’s society and may well leave a significant mark on the shaping of

Participants in the COVID-19 "Towards Resilience of Cities" webinar
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COVID-19 trigger to re-examine resilience

The urban experience of COVID-19 is “a trigger for us to re-examine the meaning of local resilience,” said Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in a webinar with cities and local government
La importancia de preparación en las ciudades.
Op Eds

COVID-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics

Some 95% of COVID-19 cases have come from urban areas. Pandemic preparedness in cities and towns is more urgent than ever for reducing disaster risk, particularly in challenging situations where disease outbreaks could coincide with an extreme weather
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UNDRR GETI & ILO/ITC Curso a Distancia en Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres y Desarrollo Local Sostenible

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization

UNDRR GETI & WHO Webinar - Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic series - COVID-19: Responding, Re-opening and Recovery Towards Resilience of Cities (co-organized with UCLG & ICLEI)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Health Organization
United Cities and Local Governments
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
fotociudades
Updates

COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity for cities resilience

The spread of COVID-19 around the world has placed cities at center stage in the response to the virus and its unprecedented cascading effects, which have affected all sectors at all levels. As such, understanding the new reality must include

The cities of the Americas and the Caribbean facing COVID-19: Safe cities

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Online Workshop on Urban Risk-Informed Planning and Making Cities Resilient: Towards the development and implementation of local disaster risk reduction strategy

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul
Amadora COVID19 Operation Center
Updates

Opinion: An (un)expected crisis at the local level

THE CASE OF COVID19 IMPACT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AMADORA, PORTUGAL The Municipality of Amadora with 24 square kilometers of area and 180,000 inhabitants was the first municipality in Portugal with COVID-19 registered cases which were imported from Italy

Making Cities Resilient: Strengthening disaster resilience planning at the local level

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
SungKyunKwan University