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GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS & REPORTS

The TEN Essentials for Making Cities Resilient

An operational framework of Sendai Framework at local level.
The TEN Essentials for Making Cities Resilient

A Handbook For Local Government Leaders [2017 Edition]

A contribution to the Global Campaign 2010-2020. Making Cities Resilient – “My City is Getting Ready!”
Since the first edition of this Handbook, local governments all over the world have come up

Open Data Infrastructure for City Resilience

A road-map, showcase and guide that features over 25 examples of cities from around the world that are innovating with open data to manage their disaster risk and build their resilience
The Open Data Infrastructure for City Resilience is a roadmap, showcase and guide that features over

Local Government Powers for Disaster Risk Reduction

A Study on Local-Level Authority and Capacity for Resilience
In many instances, local governments lack financial and/or technical capacities to undertake disaster

Making Cities Resilient Report 2019

A Snapshot of how local governments progress in reducing disaster risks in alignment with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
During 2017-2018, 214 cities/municipalities from Asia (88), Americas (50), Sub-Saharan Africa (50), and Arab States (26) conducted

RESULTADOS DE LA APLICACIÓN DE LA HERRAMIENTA DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN PARA LA RESILIENCIA FRENTE A DESASTRES, NIVEL PRELIMINAR

A Snapshot of how cities in the Americas progress in reducing disaster risks in alignment with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (in Spanish)

Report on the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) Campaign: Comparing MCR and non-MCR cities

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Lessons learned from the Disaster Resilience Scorecard assessment and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) action planning

Contribution from the ‘Making cities sustainable and resilient: Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level’, supported by the European Commission.
ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Quick Risk Estimation (QRE)

A tool to identifying and understanding current and future risks / stress / shocks and exposure threats to both human and physical assets.
The Quick Risk Estimation (QRE) tool has been designed for the purposes of identifying and understand

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities

A tool for disaster resilience planning
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with the support of European Commission, IBM, AECOM

City-to-city peer review tool

Peer review of local civil protection mechanisms could offer an independent/ transparent assessment
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Public Health System Resilience Scorecard

An Addendum to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities
"Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Public Health System Resilience - Addendum" aims to strengthen and integrate coverage of the many aspects of public health issues and consequences of disasters that are not adequately emphasized in the original Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities ("the Scorecard").

The Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Industrial and Commercial Buildings

For use by building owners, operators and managers
The Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Industrial and Commercial Buildings enables the establishment of a baseline for the resilience of buildings and campuses allowing improvements to be identified and prioritized.
RISK MAPPING

DESINVENTAR

Inventory system of the effects of disasters
Until the mid-1990.s, systematic information about the occurrence of daily disasters of small and med...

OTHER RISK MAPPING TOOLS

Here you find other regional, national, and local tools for risk mapping.
1) National Risk Atlas of Mexico (Atlas Nacional de Riesgos)...

SEA LEVEL RISE FOR CITIES

Illustration of the scale of potential sea level rise
This web application comprehensively displays coastal vulnerabilities through display alongside popul...

COASTAL RESILIENCE MAPPING PORTAL

A decision support tool
Coastal Resilience is a tool that provides communities, planners, businesses, and officials a step-wi...

MODELING COMMUNITY EROSION

A prediction tool for the protection of key community infrastructure
Modeling Community Erosion from Climate Change enables community members and leaders to understand th...

URBAN HEAT RISK EXPLORER

A mapping tool to avoid urban heat risk
The Urban Heat Risk Explorer was created by The Trust for Public Land to help people better understan...

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE INFERENCE MEASUREMENT

A tool measuring community resilience
This is an application developed by the faculty and students in the Remote Sensing and GIS Lab from L...

DISASTER ALERT

A mobile app provides access to multi-hazard monitoring of and early warning for “Active Hazards” around the globe.
Disaster Alert is developed by the Pacific Disaster Center's World Disaster Alert. “Active Hazards” i...
PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE

Resilient Cities Connect

An online marketplace that provides access to cities, service providers and development partners
Cities cannot build resilience alone. Resilient Cities Connect therefore serves to bring together the...