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Sustainable Urban Resilience Strategies for Disaster-Prone Communities

Explore key policy goals, urbanization challenges, and resilient city principles for enhancing community resilience in the face of disasters. Learn about potential downsides, financial strategies, and social resiliency initiatives in the context of sustainable development. Discover recommended actions for promoting environmental, financial, and social resiliency in urban areas.

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Sustainable Urban Resilience Strategies for Disaster-Prone Communities

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  1. Urban Resiliency In Sustainable Development May 17th, 2010

  2. Question In your opinion, which of the following goals of public policy is most important to local community’s resilience in the face of a disaster? A. Robust local economic/commercial activity B. Equity of social and physical infrastructures C. Community cohesion and social integration D. Clear plans for disaster response

  3. Disaster Resilient Societies • Cities are engines for development, prosperity, innovation and hope, and therefore they will soon be home to two thirds of the global population. • Nevertheless, they are also home to one billion poor people living in informal settlements and slums, often at high risk of exposure to natural hazards.

  4. The “Upside” of Urbanization -- for Growth Structural: Massive shift from agriculture to manufacturing and services yields productivity gains

  5. The “Upside” of Urbanization -- Sustainability • Achieving urban density is a key policy measure to promote environmental sustainability • On average, cities do not perform well; cities are dense and energy consumption is high, but growing with limited public transit options-main problem

  6. Potential Downside: Housing Affordability Share of Rent and Utilities in Total Household Expenditure at high and low income household level

  7. Potential Downside: Congestion Urban transport options have not kept pace with urban growth Meters of High Transit Capacity per capita Source: TRACE Studies and Database, 2012

  8. Potential Downside: Emissions Economic growth and car ownership rates are linked

  9. Potential Downside: Unsustainable Path

  10. Potential Downside: Loss of Green Space Consumption of land is critical problem – planning is key Many Turkish cities are down here. Provisioning for green space:increasing urban land values are placing new pressures on city officials to develop land Many Turkish cities have low Green Space/person ratios. Strengthened land use planning can improve this

  11. Potential Downside: Consumption of Fuel High Petroleum Intensity

  12. How Can Cities Become More Resilient?

  13. Key for Success Key issues for sustainable and Resilient Cities • Strong city leadership, visionand long term detailed strategies • Stable local political environment and support • Holistic approach and multi-sectorial in city planning • Financing the innovative projects and ideas that are financially affordable • Implementation, enforcement and management

  14. Together to Shape Sustainable and Resilient Cities Principles • Aim with sustainable development and city/neighborhod based approach • 5 year implementation plans along with strategic 20 year plan • Individual projects Vs. strategic planning Methods • Defining sustainable cities, capacity development for strategic plan • Monitoring and evaluation of the planning and implementation • Lifecycle cost planning for the prioritized investment.

  15. RECOMMENDATIONS Three dimensions of Sustainable Development And Resiliency

  16. Environmental Resiliency Potential areas in Iran • Energy Productivity and Innovative Energy Methods • Water Management and water consumption • Resiliency against Natural Disaster • Smart city Transportation • Solid Waste Management

  17. Financial Resiliency Potential areas of intervention Iran • Multi-year investment plans • Improvement of financial gap between generations • Long term financial planning (IB, IBRD and other international credits) • Development of lifecycle costs for investments • Improvement of municipal finance • Costs savings using efficient and productive energy • IRR of investments

  18. Social Resiliency Potential areas for iran • Community based activities and involvement especially in city development practices • Development of social sustainable needs from elderly and youth perspective • Creation of mechanisms for feedback from community • Service for people with disability

  19. The Principal Causes of Vulnerability of I.R. Iran • Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization, • Weak economy and lack of government funds to support mitigation programs in cities, towns and villages • Lack of seismic rehabilitation programs for upgrading all highly vulnerable public buildings and multiple family residential buildings, • Inexpensive and poorly constructed private dwellings that often fail even in the absence of earthquakes

  20. The Principal Causes of Vulnerability of I.R. Iran • A tendency in general population to ignore the earthquake hazard due to more immediate and basic needs, • Lack of enforcement of existing building codes, • The degradation of the region's environment resulting from the mismanagement of natural resources, • Lagging and misguided investments in infrastructure.

  21. Moving Forward THANK YOU

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