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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) NOTE – 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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