Making Cities Resilient: from awareness to implementation
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
ISSN: 1759-5908
Article publication date: 22 February 2013
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.
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Citation
Molin Valdés, H., Amaratunga, D. and Haigh, R. (2013), "Making Cities Resilient: from awareness to implementation", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901311299035
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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