Promoting Land Use and Spatial Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction

Increased intensity of climate hazards coupled with rapid urbanization are likely to lead to increased strain on the capacity of local governments as they try to address the vulnerabilities of the urban population, particularly the urban poor. The Sendai Framework and the New Urban Agenda recognize the unprecedented threats from natural and human-made disasters and underscore the importance of having vulnerability and impact assessments to inform plans, policies and programmes that build urban resilience.

The session will present good practices that address the challenges surrounding the incorporation of risk reduction in existing land-use planning and management practices at the local level. Practical recommendations will be made on how to ensure that local governments have access to aerial, space-based and in situ information, tools and capacities necessary to develop and implement risk-sensitive land-use planning. The importance of building knowledge of the importance of land use plans and policies that support DRR with government officials, civil society, communities and volunteers, as well as the private sector will be stressed, and in particular the need to leverage on existing technical and scientific capacity to consolidate existing knowledge to support the development of such plans and policies will be highlighted.

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Promoting Land Use and Spatial Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction