Urban disaster risk management: Tackling earthquake risk

Event type: Conference

Title: Resilient Cities 2017 - 8th Global Forum on Urban Resilience & Adaptation

Date: 4-6 May 2017

Location: Bonn, Germany

GEM's role: Organizer - Panel I1: Urban disaster risk management: tackling earthquake risks.

Partners: Panelist

o Urban Risk Reduction process in Dhankuta, Nepal.

Nush Raj Shrestha, Senior City Manager, Dhankuta Municipality, Nepal

o Urban Risk Reduction process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Beto Dima, Deputy Director, FEPRA, Ethiopia (TBC)

o How is Quito planning to build resilience? (Ecuador).

David Jacome Polit, Chief Resilience Officer, Mayor’s Office of Quito, Ecuador

o A development aid pilot raises awareness for risk in Aizawl, India.

Georg Schwarz, Consultant Corporate Responsibility, Munich Re, Germany

o Implementing Resilience to Disaster through coordinated and inclusive governance.

Alessandro Attolico, Executive Director, UNISDR Advocate and SFDRR Local Focal Point for the

UNISDR “Making Cities Resilient”, Italy

o Use of EV and PHV for emergency electricity back up after earthquakes.

Takashi Otsuka, Director, ICLEI Japan Office, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability

Objectives:

Participants will leave the session with:

• A raised awareness and interest about the need for a global collaborative effort to assess urban risk due to earthquakes and other natural hazards.

• Feedback from potential beneficiaries describing their needs, expectations, and interest regarding urban risk reduction and disaster response planning.