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.