Making Cities

Resilient Campaign

Integrating Resilience
Into Public
Administration

Dr. Ezri Hayat

Lecturer in Construction Management
Teesside University
 Disaster risks in
cities
• Rapid urbanisation and increased density
• Weak urban governance
• Unplanned urban development
• Lack of available land for low-income
citizens
• Inappropriate construction
• Concentration of economic assets
• Ecosystems decline
Making Cities
Resilience campaign
• UNISDR (now UNDRR) initiative
• Raise awareness by urging local government to act
• Know more
• Invest wisely
• Build more safely
• First round campaign 2010-2011
• My City is Getting Ready, World Disaster Reduction 2010-2011
• Between 2010 to 2020
• Over 4,300 cities signed up to the MCR Campaign
What is a
disaster
resilience City?
 • Organizing policy dialogues, workshops
and other events
Making Cities • Organizing city-to-city learning and study
tours with role model cities,
Resilience • Promoting and facilitating access to
campaign existing tools and resources
• Developing and contributing to high-
visibility initiatives
 Ten Essentials for Making
Cities Disaster Resilient
• Essential 1: Institutional and Administrative Framework
• Essential 2: Financing and Resources
• Essential 3: Multi-hazard Risk Assessment- Know your Risk
• Essential 4: Infrastructure Protection, Upgrading and Resilience
• Essential 5: Protect Vital Facilities: Education and Health
• Essential 6: Building Regulations and Land Use Planning
• Essential 7: Training, Education and Public Awareness
• Essential 8: Environmental Protection and Strengthening of Ecosystems
• Essential 9: Effective Preparedness, Early Warning and Response
• Essential 10: Recovery and Rebuilding Communities
How to Implement the Ten Essentials for
Making Cities Resilient

Organizing
Diagnosis
and Developing a
and Monitoring
Preparing to Safe and Implementin
Assessment and Follow
Incorporate Resilient City g the Plan
of the City’s Up
the Ten Action Plan
Risk
Essentials
Impacts
 Comparing
MCR and non-
MCR cities
Comparing
MCR and non-
MCR cities
What’s
next?
 • UNISDR 2010, 2010-2015 world disaster
reduction campaign kit, available at
https://www.undrr.org/publication/making-c
ities-resilient-my-city-getting-ready-campaign
-kit
References • UNISDR 2012, How To Make Cities More
Resilient - A Handbook For Local Government
Leaders
• UNISDR, 2020, Making Cities Resilient (MCR)
Campaign: Comparing MCR and non-MCR
cities