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 article was written for and published in Review 11, a publication of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP). This article explores climate change and action planning to …
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 disaster risk through urban land use management processes, urban planners need technical capacity to interpret disaster risk information and its potential implications for a city’s landscape. Planners may require political …
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 the Ten Essentials promoted in the Making Cities Resilient campaign, and is based on research from collaborating partners and participating cities.
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 so that local government leaders can undertake activities to reduce risk and build resilience. This contribution to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2020 was supported by numerous partners and local governments. …
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 2000s,” as part of the publication Urban Disaster Resilience and Security (Springer 2017). You can access the document at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-68606-6_4 The article explores the evolving concept of disaster risk management and climate resilience …
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, including CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer, contributed to this important book that explored the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral concerns. Please read …
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 article was written for and published in Review 11, a publication of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP). This article explores climate change and action planning to …
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 disaster risk through urban land use management processes, urban planners need technical capacity to interpret disaster risk information and its potential implications for a city’s landscape. Planners may require political …
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 the Ten Essentials promoted in the Making Cities Resilient campaign, and is based on research from collaborating partners and participating cities.
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 so that local government leaders can undertake activities to reduce risk and build resilience. This contribution to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2020 was supported by numerous partners and local governments. …
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 2000s,” as part of the publication Urban Disaster Resilience and Security (Springer 2017). You can access the document at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-68606-6_4 The article explores the evolving concept of disaster risk management and climate resilience …
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, including CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer, contributed to this important book that explored the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral concerns. Please read …