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Safety and Food Security
Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG
Natural Disaster-Related
Deaths (per 100 000 0.00
inhabitants)
Disaster-Related
Economic Losses 0.00 %
(relative to City GDP)
Resilience Plans Yes
Population Living in
Disaster Prone Areas 0.00 %
Emergency Service
Response Time 6.07 Minutes
Fire Service (per 100 000
inhabitants) 59.68 FTE
Traffic Fatalities (per 100
000 inhabitants) 2.42
Police Service (per 100
000 inhabitants) 78.80 FTE
Violent Crime Rate (per
100 000 inhabitants) 828.00
Local Food Production Not Reported
Ålesund is situated in a relatively stable climatic region, with only a small minority of its inhabitants
living in a zone subject to natural hazards. Even though the region’s exposure to extreme natural events
is limited, and risk and vulnerability plans for disaster mitigation exist, it is recommended that Ålesund
brings its existing assessments and plans in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) 2015–2030, which focuses on the implementation of the following elements:
a) city infrastructures and systems available for resilience;
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