Ebru Gencer collaborated with ISOCARP President Ric Stephens and Erik Johanson from the Southern Pensylvania Transportation Authority for an article on the role of planning to increase resilience to climate change. The…
Category: Publications
Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use – Guidance Notes for Planners
CUDRR+R partnered with Asian Development Bank for the report “Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use – Guidance Notes for Planners.” Read the full publication: here. In order to reduce…
Local Government Powers for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Study on Local-Level Authority and Capacity for Resilience
This is the first baseline study that identifies the types of authorities and capacities local governments have to undertake DRR actions and build urban resilience. The study develops benchmarks for…
How to Make Cities More Resilient: A Handbook for Local Government Leaders
The 2017 edition of the Handbook for Local Government Leaders provides essential steps, tools and practical examples for Making Cities Resilient. It is developed to support public policy and decision-making…
Towards Climate Resilient Development in the USA
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer and Wesley Rhodes have just published a new article titled “Toward Climate Resilient Development in the USA: From Federal to Local Level Initiatives and Practices since the…
Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities
Urban Climate Change Research Network’s (UCCRN) Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC 3-2) was released at the IPCC Cities Science Conference in Edmonton, Canada. More than 300 scientists,…
Policy Briefs for Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America
CUDRR+R and partners IIED-AL and ALTERRA have issued Policy Briefs for Climate Resilient Urban Development for the Cities of Dosqeubradas, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Santo Tome, Argentina as…
Planificación participativa para la resiliencia al clima en ciudades de América Latina: los casos de Dosquebradas (Colombia), Santa Ana (El Salvador), y Santo Tomé (Argentina)
New publication from CUDRR+R and partners IIED-AL and ALTERRA about the results of the Participatory Decision-Making for Climate Resilient Development Project published at the Special Issue of Medio Ambiente y…
Participatory planning for climate resilient and inclusive urban development in Dosquebradas, Santa Ana and Santo Tomé
New publication of the Participatory Planning for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development in Latin America project is available at Environment and Urbanization’s 30 year special issue on Climate Change and…
Participatory Planning Project Investigative Report
Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America Initiative published the final investigative reports of their funded projects. Please read our report: Planeamiento Participativo para la Resiliencia al Clima en ciudades de…