Resilient Cities 2013 - 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation

Type: Meeting or Conference

Organizer(s): ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Date: 31 May - 02 Jun 2013

Location: Bonn (Germany)

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• Description

• Resilient Cities 2013 will be the global platform for learning, cooperation and networking on all aspects of urban resilience. There will be a renewed emphasis on the following topics:

  • Risk and vulnerability assessment
  • Adaptation and resilience planning and policy making
  • Multi-stakeholder and community-based collaboration
  • Governance
  • Implementing specific adaptation solutions
  • Financing resilience
  • Urban Food Systems

  The call for contributions is open until 30 November 2012.

• Target audience

• Diversity of thoughts and approaches is at the very core of the Resilient Cities congresses.

  Participants coming from a wide array of backgrounds are given the opportunity to take an active part in exchanging strategies and sharing experiences:

  • Mayors and Vice Mayors
  • Councillors, Commissioners and Governors
  • Chiefs of Sustainability Units
  • Heads of Policy Development
  • Directors of Urban Planning and Development
  • Disaster Risk and Emergency Managers
  • Directors of Resource and Environmental Development
  • Water and Sanitation Specialists
  • Global Climate Change and Adaptation Experts
  • Urban and Regional Planners
  • Senior Technical Advisors
  • Consultants
  • Civil Engineers
  • Senior Finance Analysts
  • Infrastructure and Utilities Managers
  • Professors and Academia: urban development, town planning and engineering
  • Private Sector Solutions Providers
  • Development Banks and Financial Institutions
  • International Organizations
  • Municipal Associations and Networks
  • Universities
  • Think Tanks

• How to register

• Register online.