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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion
Category Safety
KPI Name Resilience Plans
KPI No. SC: SH: SA: 3A Type: Advanced Type: Sustainable

Definition / Implementation of risk and vulnerability assessments for disaster mitigation.
Description

Rationale / City shall report whether they have implemented risk reduction strategies in line
Interpretation / with Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015-2030.
Benchmarking The following elements should have been implemented:
a) city infrastructures and systems available for resilience;
b) risk and vulnerability assessments;
c) financial (capital and operation) plans to mitigate address the risks
and vulnerabilities; and
d) technical systems to implement the plans.
Vulnerability to heat, drought, flooding, earthquakes, typhoon, tsunami and other
natural hazards are to be investigated as part of disaster management planning.
Cities around the world face a growing number of natural and human-induced
disasters and risks. Two global frameworks provide a global landscape for actions to
address natural and human-induced disaster, namely the UNFCCC and UNISDR.
Under the UNFCCC, countries have agreed to undertake and communicate ambitious
actions to address climate change. Relevant information as shared by the countries
is available on the UNFCCC website. Under the UNISDR, Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) calls for national governments to adopt and
implement national DRR strategies with their own targets, indicators and
timeframes. Furthermore, various institutions take actions to support countries in
planning and implementing actions to address natural and human disasters.
Source(s) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Retrieved from
<http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/sendai-framework>

Methodology The indicator would involve a summation of qualitative data from various sources on
the presence of risk and vulnerability assessments, financial (capital and operating)
plans and technical systems for disaster mitigation addressing natural and human
induced disasters and risks in the cities. Possible categorization may be: plans
present and adequate; plans present and inadequate; or plans do not exist. The
second option could even be expanded further to provide level of inadequacy.
Unit Qualitative

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