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Contents

Message from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General

for Disaster Risk Reduction

Why are cities at risk?

Natural hazards: an increasing concern for city planners

What drives disaster risk in urban settings?

Facts and �gures

What is a disaster resilient city

A checklist: Ten essentials for making cities resilient

Urban risk reduction as an opportunity – what are the bene�ts?

The Making Cities Resilient Campaign

Main objectives of the campaign

About the campaign partners

Mayors and local governments – the keys to building resilient cities

What can you do to make your city more resilient? Join the campaign!

How to nominate a city for the campaign

More information

Poruka Posebnog izaslanika Glavnog tajnika za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa

Zašto su gradovi izloženi riziku? Prirodne opasnosti: rastuća briga za osobe odgovorne za gradsko prostorno planiranje Što uzrokuje rizik od katastrofa u gradskim sredinama? Činjenice i brojke

Što je grad otporan na katastrofe? Popis: deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe Smanjenje rizika u gradovima kao prilika – koje su prednosti?

Kampanja „Za otpornije gradove“ Glavni ciljevi kampanje O partnerima kampanje Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti – ključ za izgradnju gradova otpornih na katastrofe Što možete učiniti kako bi vaš grad bio otporniji? Pridružite se kampanji! Kako nominirati grad za kampanju?

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Contents

Message from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General

for Disaster Risk Reduction

Why are cities at risk?

Natural hazards: an increasing concern for city planners


Facts and �gures

What is a disaster resilient city

A checklist: Ten essentials for making cities resilient

Urban risk reduction as an opportunity – what are the bene�ts?



About the campaign partners

Mayors and local governments – the keys to building resilient cities



More information

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This information kit outlines the characteristics

of a disaster resilient city and identi�es what

constitutes urban risk. It provides important facts

and �gures about disaster risk and describes the

Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2011. It

informs mayors, local governments and other

local actors about what they can do now to make

their cities safer from disasters and how to get

involved in the campaign.

Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the

Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction,

United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction

“I urge local authorities to

accelerate all efforts to

make cities safer to prevent

the loss of lives and assets.

I have been travelling to many places

around the world, witnessing for myself

how local governments can contribute to [..]

global challenges. It is not only the national

governments. It is not only the President or

Prime Minister or Government Ministers who can

address climate change, sustainable economic

development, poverty and disease. We need

support and participation of local leaders:

mayors, governors, county chiefs.”

Message from the United Nations

Secretary-General,

Mr. Ban Ki-moonIncheon, 11 August 2009

�

More than half of the world’s population now

lives in cities or urban centres. Urban settlements

are the lifelines of society. They serve as nations’

economic engines, they are centres of technology

and innovation and they are living evidence of

our cultural heritage. But cities can also become

generators of new risks: failed infrastructure

and services, environmental urban degradation,

increasing informal settlements and almost a

billion slum dwellers around the world. This

makes many urban citizens more vulnerable to

natural hazards.

The United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction is working with its partners to

raise awareness and commitment for sustainable

development practices that will reduce disaster

risk and increase the wellbeing and safety of

citizens - to invest today for a better tomorrow.

Building on previous campaigns focusing on

education and the safety of schools and hospitals,

ISDR partners are launching a new campaign

in 2010: Making Cities Resilient. The campaign

will seek to convince city leaders and local

governments to commit to a checklist of Ten

Essentials for Making Cities Resilient and to work

alongside local activists, grassroots networks and

national authorities.

UNISDR and its partners have developed

this checklist as a starting point for all those

who want to join in the campaign. Equally

important is that commitment to these Ten

Essentials will empower local governments

and other agencies to implement the Hyogo

Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building

the Resilience of Nations and Communities

to Disasters, adopted by 168 governments in

2005. Good urban and local governance is the

key to this resilience!

Urban risk reduction delivers many bene�ts.

When successfully applied as part of sustainable

urbanization, resilient cities help reduce poverty,

provide for growth and employment, and

deliver greater social equity, fresh business

opportunities, more balanced ecosystems, better

health and improved education.

I call on mayors and local governments to join

in the Making Cities Resilient Campagn 2010-

2011: My City is Getting Ready Campaign and

to consider how they can implement as many of

the Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as

possible. They are the closest institutional level

to citizens and are elected leaders, expected

to respond to the needs and safety of their

constituencies. Their participation and leadership

are vital. I also call on civil society, planners

and urban professionals from di�erent sectors,

national authorities and community groups to

help develop innovative solutions and to engage

with the local governments to reduce risk and

to encourage good governance by working

together.

The success of the campaign will be measured

by how many mayors and local governments

join and commit as Champions, Resilient

City Role Models and Participants; how many

lasting partnerships and local alliances among

citizen groups and grassroots organizations,

academia and private sector develop; how

many cities introduce new plans or changes

to reduce risk.

The tragic 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti’s

capital Port-au-Prince and other cities was a

wake up call, followed by the earthquake and

tsunami in Chile. Inaction is not an answer.

Is your city getting ready?

Sign up today to make

your city resilient

to disasters

Raising awareness activities in the Philippines.

Više od polovine svjetskog stanovništva danas živi u gradovima ili gradskim središtima. Gradska naselja su žile kucavice društva. Ona predstavljaju pokretačku snagu nacional-nog gospodarstva, tehnološka i inovacijska središta i živi dokaz našeg kulturnog nasljeđa. Međutim, gradovi mogu stvoriti i nove rizike: neuspjelu infrastrukturu i usluge, degradaciju gradskog okoliša, širenje bespravne gradnje i gotovo milijardu stanovnika sirotinjskih četvrti širom svijeta. Sve su to razlozi zbog kojih mnogi stanovnici gradskih sredina postaju izloženiji prirodnim opasnostima.

Međunarodna strategija Ujedinjenih naroda za smanjenje katastrofa djeluje sa svojim partnerima kako bi se podigla svijest i zala-ganje za održivu praksu razvoja kojom će se smanjiti rizik od katastrofa i povećati dobrobit i sigurnost građana – ulagati danas za bolje sutra. Nadovezujući se na prethodne kampanje s naglaskom na obrazovanje i sigurnost u školama i bolnicama, partneri ISDR-a pokreću novu kampanju u 2010: „Za otpornije gradove“. Kampanjom će se nastojati uvjeriti gradske čelnike i lokalne vlasti da se obvežu na popis od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe te da rade zajedno s lokalnim aktivis-tima, društvenim mrežama i državnim vlastima.

UNISDR je s partnerima sastavio ovaj popis kao polaznu točku za sve koji se žele pridružiti kampanji. Jednako je važna činjenica da će zalaganje za ovih deset glavnih točaka ojačati lokalne samouprave i druge agencije za provedbu Hyogo okvira za djelovanje 2005-2015.: Izgradnja otpornosti država i zajednica na katastrofe, koji je 2005. godine usvojilo 168 vlada. Dobra urbanistička i lokalna samouprava ključ je za stvaranje takve otpornosti!

Smanjenje rizika u gradskim sredinama donosi mnoge prednosti. Ako se uspješno primjenjuje kao dio održive urbanizacije, tada gradovi

Priprema li se vaš grad?otporni na katastrofe pomažu u smanjenju siromaštva, osiguravaju rast i zapošljavanje te pružaju veću socijalnu pravednost, nove poslovne mogućnosti, uravnoteženije eko-sustave, bolje zdravlje te bolji sustav odgoja i obrazovanja.

Pozivam gradonačelnike i lokalne vlasti da se pridruže kampanji „Za otpornije gradove“ 2010. -2011.: Moj grad se priprema, i razmisle o načinima na koje mogu provesti što više od ukupno deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe. Oni su institucijska razina najbliža građanima te su izabrani da budu vođe, čime se od njih očekuje da odgovore na potrebe i sigurnost svojih birača. Njihovo sudjelovanje i vodstvo od su vitalnog značaja. Također, upućujem poziv civilnom društvu, osobama odgovornim za prostorno planiranje i urbanističkim stručnjacima iz različitih sektora, državnim vlastima i skupinama zajednice da pruže pomoć u razvoju inovativnih rješenja te da se uključe u aktivnosti lokalnih vlasti u svrhu smanjenja opasnosti i poticanja dobre uprave zajedničkim radom.

Uspjeh kampanje mjerit će se time koliko se gradonačelnika i lokalnih vlasti pridružilo kam-panji i obvezalo da će biti njezini zagovornici, uzorni gradovi i sudionici; koliko je stvoreno trajnih partnerstava i lokalnih saveza udruga građana i društvenih organizacija, akademske zajednice i privatnog sektora; koliko gradova je uvelo nove planove ili promjene za smanjenje rizika.

Tragični potres s katastrofalnim posljedicama koji je pogodio glavni grad Haitija Port-au-Prince i druge gradove, bio je znak upozorenja, a zatim je uslijedio potres i tsunami u Čileu. Pasivnost nije odgovor.

Skup informacija u ovoj brošuri ocrtava karakteristike grada otpornog na katastrofe



This information kit outlines the characteristics

of a disaster resilient city and identi�es what

constitutes urban risk. It provides important facts

and �gures about disaster risk and describes the

Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2011. It

informs mayors, local governments and other

local actors about what they can do now to make

their cities safer from disasters and how to get

involved in the campaign.

Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the

Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction,

United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction

“I urge local authorities to

accelerate all efforts to

make cities safer to prevent

the loss of lives and assets.

I have been travelling to many places

around the world, witnessing for myself

how local governments can contribute to [..]

global challenges. It is not only the national

governments. It is not only the President or

Prime Minister or Government Ministers who can

address climate change, sustainable economic

development, poverty and disease. We need

support and participation of local leaders:

mayors, governors, county chiefs.”

Message from the United Nations

Secretary-General,

Mr. Ban Ki-moonIncheon, 11 August 2009

�

More than half of the world’s population now

lives in cities or urban centres. Urban settlements

are the lifelines of society. They serve as nations’

economic engines, they are centres of technology

and innovation and they are living evidence of

our cultural heritage. But cities can also become

generators of new risks: failed infrastructure

and services, environmental urban degradation,

increasing informal settlements and almost a

billion slum dwellers around the world. This

makes many urban citizens more vulnerable to

natural hazards.

The United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction is working with its partners to

raise awareness and commitment for sustainable

development practices that will reduce disaster

risk and increase the wellbeing and safety of

citizens - to invest today for a better tomorrow.

Building on previous campaigns focusing on

education and the safety of schools and hospitals,

ISDR partners are launching a new campaign

in 2010: Making Cities Resilient. The campaign

will seek to convince city leaders and local

governments to commit to a checklist of Ten

Essentials for Making Cities Resilient and to work

alongside local activists, grassroots networks and

national authorities.

UNISDR and its partners have developed

this checklist as a starting point for all those

who want to join in the campaign. Equally

important is that commitment to these Ten

Essentials will empower local governments

and other agencies to implement the Hyogo

Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building

the Resilience of Nations and Communities

to Disasters, adopted by 168 governments in

2005. Good urban and local governance is the

key to this resilience!

Urban risk reduction delivers many bene�ts.

When successfully applied as part of sustainable

urbanization, resilient cities help reduce poverty,

provide for growth and employment, and

deliver greater social equity, fresh business

opportunities, more balanced ecosystems, better

health and improved education.

I call on mayors and local governments to join

in the Making Cities Resilient Campagn 2010-

2011: My City is Getting Ready Campaign and

to consider how they can implement as many of

the Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as

possible. They are the closest institutional level

to citizens and are elected leaders, expected

to respond to the needs and safety of their

constituencies. Their participation and leadership

are vital. I also call on civil society, planners

and urban professionals from di�erent sectors,

national authorities and community groups to

help develop innovative solutions and to engage

with the local governments to reduce risk and

to encourage good governance by working

together.

The success of the campaign will be measured

by how many mayors and local governments

join and commit as Champions, Resilient

City Role Models and Participants; how many

lasting partnerships and local alliances among

citizen groups and grassroots organizations,

academia and private sector develop; how

many cities introduce new plans or changes

to reduce risk.

The tragic 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti’s

capital Port-au-Prince and other cities was a

wake up call, followed by the earthquake and

tsunami in Chile. Inaction is not an answer.

Is your city getting ready?


your city resilient

to disasters

Raising awareness activities in the Philippines.

i identificira značajke rizika u gradskim sredinama. Sadrži važne činjenice o riziku od katastrofa i opisuje kampanju „Za otpornije gradove“ 2010.-2011. Pruža informacije gradonačelnicima, lokalnim vlastima i drugim lokalnim subjektima o tome što sada mogu učiniti kako bi njihovi gradovi bili sigurniji od katastrofa te kako se mogu uključiti u kampanju.

Margareta Wahlstrom,posebna izaslanica Glavnog tajnika za smanjenje rizika od katastrofaMeđunarodna strategija Ujedinjenih naroda za smanjenje katastrofa

„Pozivam lokalne vlasti da ubrzaju sva nastojanja da učine gradove sigurnijima kako bi se spriječile ljudske žrtve i materijalna šteta.“

„Putovao sam na mnoga mjesta širom svijeta, svjedočeći o tome kako lokalne vlasti mogu doprinijeti [..] globalnim izazovima. To nije obveza samo državnih vlasti. Nisu samo pred-sjednici, premijeri ili vladini ministri oni koji mogu ukazati na klimatske promjene, održivi gospodarski razvoj, siromaštvo i bolesti. Tre-bamo potporu i sudjelovanje lokalnih čelnika: gradonačelnika, guvernera, šefova pokrajina.“

Poruka iz Ujedinjenih narodaGlavni tajnik,g. Ban Ki-moonIncheon, 11. kolovoz 2009.

Prijavite se danas da ucinite

svoj grad otpornijim

na katastrofe


Rapid urbanization has brought prosperity

and opportunity to many people. This is the

case where cities are well planned and well

governed, keeping up with needed expansion

in infrastructure and services. There are many

rapidly growing cities where vulnerability has

been reduced or controlled by good governance.

One of these, for example, is Curitiba in Brazil:

a city which has grown from a population of

around 150,000 in 1950 to 2.5 million today. It

has innovative environmental policies – including

�ood protection – and a high-quality living

environment. A second Brazilian city, Porto

Alegre, has grown sevenfold since 1950, and now

has 3.5 million citizens, with strong grassroots

organisations and the right to in�uence public

investment priorities. This deliberate policy of

citizen participation in local government has

paid o�, leaving the people of Porto Alegre with

comparable environmental indicators and much

the same life expectancy as city-dwellers in

Western Europe or North America1.

But these are the exceptions, the success

stories. The big picture is more alarming. When

combined with the impact of extreme climate

events and increased poverty – as many as a

billion people now live in urban slums and in

extreme poverty - the increased crowding of

cities has also created new stresses. More and

more people are settling in potential danger

zones such as on unstable hills, volcanic �anks

or earthquake faults, �ood plains and coastal

areas. They do so because planners and local

governments fail to provide alternatives, because

they cannot a�ord safer land, or because they

need to be closer to their sources of income.

Natural hazards should be of major concern to

urban planners and managers. The impacts of

these events are increasingly costly in terms of

lost lives and property.

In the �rst decade of the 21st century (2000-

2009), earthquakes accounted for nearly 60 per

cent of the people killed by disasters, according

to the Centre for Research on Epidemiology of

Disasters (CRED). Climate related disasters such as

�ooding, �ash �oods, tropical cyclones, drought,

wild�res and heat waves now a�ect more people

worldwide. Climate change is accelerating and

the melting of glaciers has severe consequences,

among them glacial lake outbursts and �ash

�oods. Sea level rise will put hundreds of cities in

low-elevation coastal zones, and low-lying small

islands, at risk of disaster, according to the Inter-

governmental Panel on Climate Change.

UN-HABITAT estimates there are 3,351 cities lo-

cated in low-elevation coastal zones around the

world. Of the top 30 cities, 19 are in river deltas.

The top ten, in terms of population exposed to

coastal �ood hazard, are Mumbai, Guangzhou,

Shanghai, Miami, Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata,

Greater New York, Osaka-Kobe, Alexandria and

New Orleans.

An overview of natural hazards and urban concernsNatural hazards a�ect cities in di�erent ways but there is potential for disaster as city authorities

struggle to manage overcrowding, rapid urbanization, and environmental degradation.

EarthquakeUrban concerns: Many densely built and populated cities lie on earthquake belts. Non-engineered and

poorly-built or badly-maintained buildings cannot withstand the force of seismic shocks, and are more

likely to collapse. Most earthquake deaths are due to building collapses.

LandslideUrban concerns: A growing number of badly built or makeshift homes that have sprung up on or below

steep slopes, on cli�s or at river mouths in mountain valleys, combined with poor drainage or slope

protection, means that more people are exposed to catastrophic landslides, triggered by rainfall

saturation or seismic activity.

Volcanic EruptionUrban concerns: Settlements on volcano �anks or in historic paths of mud/lava �ows put millions of

people at risk. Adequate early warning systems and constructions to withstand ash and lahar �ows are

concerns for urban and rural areas near volcanoes.

TsunamiUrban concerns: Many cities have been built along tsunami-prone coasts. Adequate construction, early

warning systems and evacuation plans are primary measures to address these.

Tropical CycloneUrban concerns: Many urban areas are exposed to cyclones, strong winds and heavy rain. Wind resistant

constructions, early warning systems with advice for households to lock up windows and secure

property and, if necessary, evacuate are primary measures (see also �ood).

Flood Urban concerns: Flash �oods are a growing urban hazard because concrete and compacted earth will

not absorb water, because open spaces have been colonised, because engineering works have diverted

river �ows, because city drainage systems are inadequate. Housing on river banks or near deltas, may

be badly built or dangerously sited.

FireUrban concerns: Urban �res stem from industrial explosions or earthquakes. Accidental �res are

serious, especially in informal settlements. Fire risks are increasing due to high density building, new

construction materials, more high-rise buildings, and greater use of energy in concentrated areas.

Uncontrolled wild�res can reach urban areas.

DroughtUrban concerns: Drought is an increasing slow onset disaster that triggers migration to urban areas,

putting pressure on housing, employment, basic services and the food supply from surrounding

countryside. Many slums in Africa are �lled with rural families driven from their villages by prolonged

drought or con�ict.

1 Menegat, Rualdo (2002), “Environmental management in Porto Alegre”, ��, Vol. 14, No. 2, October, p 181–206.

2 Chafe, Z. (2007) “Reducing natural disaster risk in cities”, in �� , World Watch Institute,

Washington, D.C.

Why Are Cities at Risk?Natural hazards: an increasing concern for city planners

Zašto su gradovi izloženi riziku?Prirodne opasnosti: rastuća briga za osobe odgovorne za gradsko prostorno planiranje

Ubrzana urbanizacija donijela je prosperitet i prilike mnogim ljudima. Ovo je slučaj gdje su gradovi dobro planirani i dobro vođeni, u korak s potrebnim širenjem infrastrukture i usluga. Mnogo je gradova ubrzanog rasta čija je osjetljivost smanjena ili pod kontrolom zahvaljujući dobrom upravljanju. Jedan je od njih Curitiba u Brazilu, grad čiji je broj stanovnika narastao s oko 150 000 u 1950. godini na današnjih 2,5 milijuna. Ovaj grad ima inovativnu ekološku politiku koja uključuje zaštitu od poplava te visoku kvalitetu životnog okoliša. Drugi brazilski grad, Porto Alegre, sed-merostruko je narastao od 1950. godine, a sada ima 3,5 milijuna stanovnika, s jakim društvenim organizacijama i pravom utjecaja na javne in-vesticijske prioritete. Ova se smišljena politika sudjelovanja građana u lokalnoj vlasti isplatila, pružajući građanima Porto Alegrea uspore-dive pokazatelje zaštite okoliša i isti očekivani životni vijek kao kod stanovnika gradova zapadne Europe i Sjeverne Amerike1.

Međutim, ove su uspješne priče iznimke. Cjelokupni je kontekst krajnje zabrinjavajući. U kombinaciji s utjecajem ekstremnih klimatskih događaja i sve većim siromaštvom – čak mili-jarda ljudi danas živi u siromašnim gradskim četvrtima u krajnjem siromaštvu – povećana gustoća naseljenosti u gradovima stvorila je nove probleme. Sve više i više ljudi naseljava se u potencijalno opasnim zonama kao što su klizišta, vulkanski obronci ili rasjedi, naplavne nizine i priobalna područja. Prisiljeni su na to jer im osobe odgovorne za urbanističko planiranje i lokalna samouprava nisu pružili alternativu te zato što ti ljudi sebi ne mogu

priuštiti sigurnije okruženje ili moraju biti bliže svojim izvorima prihoda.

Prirodne opasnosti trebaju biti od velike važnosti za urbaniste i rukovoditelje. Utjecaji ovih događaja sve su skuplji u smislu znatnih ljudskih žrtava i materijalne štete.

Prema podacima Centra za istraživanje i epidemiologiju katastrofa (CRED) u prvom je desetljeću 21. stoljeća (2000.-2009.) u potresima živote izgubilo gotovo 60 % svih poginulih u prirodnim katastrofama. Klimatske katastrofe kao što su poplave, bujične poplave, tropski cikloni, suša, požari i toplinski valovi danas utječu na sve više ljudi diljem svijeta. Klimatske promjene ubrzavaju i otapanje ledenjaka, što uzrokuje teške posljedice među kojima su izlijevanje ledenjačkih jezera i bujične poplave. Porastom razine mora stotine će se gradova naći u obalnim zonama niske nadmorske visine, a malim otocima na nižoj nadmorskoj razini prijeti katastrofa, prema podacima Međuvladinog panela o klimatskim promjenama.

UN-HABITAT procjenjuje da se 3 351 grad u svijetu nalazi na obalnim područjima niske nadmorske razine. Od prvih 30 gradova na ovom popisu, 19 ih je se na deltama rijeka. Prvih deset, u smislu stanovništva izloženog opasnosti od priobalnog poplavljivanja su: Mumbai, Guangzhou, Šangaj, Miami, Ho Ši Min, Kalkuta, šira oblast New Yorka, Osaka-Kobe, Aleksandrija i New Orleans.

1 Rualdo Menegat (2002.) „Upravljanje okolišem u Porto Alegreu“, Okoliš i urbanizacija, godina XIV., br. 2., stranica 181.-206.



Rapid urbanization has brought prosperity

and opportunity to many people. This is the

case where cities are well planned and well

governed, keeping up with needed expansion

in infrastructure and services. There are many

rapidly growing cities where vulnerability has

been reduced or controlled by good governance.

One of these, for example, is Curitiba in Brazil:

a city which has grown from a population of

around 150,000 in 1950 to 2.5 million today. It

has innovative environmental policies – including

�ood protection – and a high-quality living

environment. A second Brazilian city, Porto

Alegre, has grown sevenfold since 1950, and now

has 3.5 million citizens, with strong grassroots

organisations and the right to in�uence public

investment priorities. This deliberate policy of

citizen participation in local government has

paid o�, leaving the people of Porto Alegre with

comparable environmental indicators and much

the same life expectancy as city-dwellers in

Western Europe or North America1.

But these are the exceptions, the success

stories. The big picture is more alarming. When

combined with the impact of extreme climate

events and increased poverty – as many as a

billion people now live in urban slums and in

extreme poverty - the increased crowding of

cities has also created new stresses. More and

more people are settling in potential danger

zones such as on unstable hills, volcanic �anks

or earthquake faults, �ood plains and coastal

areas. They do so because planners and local

governments fail to provide alternatives, because

they cannot a�ord safer land, or because they

need to be closer to their sources of income.

Natural hazards should be of major concern to

urban planners and managers. The impacts of

these events are increasingly costly in terms of

lost lives and property.

In the �rst decade of the 21st century (2000-

2009), earthquakes accounted for nearly 60 per

cent of the people killed by disasters, according

to the Centre for Research on Epidemiology of

Disasters (CRED). Climate related disasters such as

�ooding, �ash �oods, tropical cyclones, drought,

wild�res and heat waves now a�ect more people

worldwide. Climate change is accelerating and

the melting of glaciers has severe consequences,

among them glacial lake outbursts and �ash

�oods. Sea level rise will put hundreds of cities in

low-elevation coastal zones, and low-lying small

islands, at risk of disaster, according to the Inter-

governmental Panel on Climate Change.

UN-HABITAT estimates there are 3,351 cities lo-

cated in low-elevation coastal zones around the

world. Of the top 30 cities, 19 are in river deltas.

The top ten, in terms of population exposed to

coastal �ood hazard, are Mumbai, Guangzhou,

Shanghai, Miami, Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata,

Greater New York, Osaka-Kobe, Alexandria and

New Orleans.

An overview of natural hazards and urban concernsNatural hazards a�ect cities in di�erent ways but there is potential for disaster as city authorities

struggle to manage overcrowding, rapid urbanization, and environmental degradation.

EarthquakeUrban concerns: Many densely built and populated cities lie on earthquake belts. Non-engineered and

poorly-built or badly-maintained buildings cannot withstand the force of seismic shocks, and are more

likely to collapse. Most earthquake deaths are due to building collapses.

LandslideUrban concerns: A growing number of badly built or makeshift homes that have sprung up on or below

steep slopes, on cli�s or at river mouths in mountain valleys, combined with poor drainage or slope

protection, means that more people are exposed to catastrophic landslides, triggered by rainfall

saturation or seismic activity.

Volcanic EruptionUrban concerns: Settlements on volcano �anks or in historic paths of mud/lava �ows put millions of

people at risk. Adequate early warning systems and constructions to withstand ash and lahar �ows are

concerns for urban and rural areas near volcanoes.

TsunamiUrban concerns: Many cities have been built along tsunami-prone coasts. Adequate construction, early

warning systems and evacuation plans are primary measures to address these.

Tropical CycloneUrban concerns: Many urban areas are exposed to cyclones, strong winds and heavy rain. Wind resistant

constructions, early warning systems with advice for households to lock up windows and secure

property and, if necessary, evacuate are primary measures (see also �ood).

Flood Urban concerns: Flash �oods are a growing urban hazard because concrete and compacted earth will

not absorb water, because open spaces have been colonised, because engineering works have diverted

river �ows, because city drainage systems are inadequate. Housing on river banks or near deltas, may

be badly built or dangerously sited.

FireUrban concerns: Urban �res stem from industrial explosions or earthquakes. Accidental �res are

serious, especially in informal settlements. Fire risks are increasing due to high density building, new

construction materials, more high-rise buildings, and greater use of energy in concentrated areas.

Uncontrolled wild�res can reach urban areas.

DroughtUrban concerns: Drought is an increasing slow onset disaster that triggers migration to urban areas,

putting pressure on housing, employment, basic services and the food supply from surrounding

countryside. Many slums in Africa are �lled with rural families driven from their villages by prolonged

drought or con�ict.

1 Menegat, Rualdo (2002), “Environmental management in Porto Alegre”, ��, Vol. 14, No. 2, October, p 181–206.

2 Chafe, Z. (2007) “Reducing natural disaster risk in cities”, in �� , World Watch Institute,

Washington, D.C.

Why Are Cities at Risk?Natural hazards: an increasing concern for city planners

Pregled prirodnih opasnosti i njihov utjecaj na gradska područjaPrirodne opasnosti utječu na gradove na različite načine, ali mogućnost katastrofe prisutna je i s obzirom na to da se gradske vlasti suočavaju s prenaseljenošću, ubrzanom urbanizacijom i degra-dacijom okoliša.

PotresiUtjecaj na gradska područja: mnogi gusto izgrađeni i naseljeni gradovi leže na pojasevima seizmičkih aktivnosti. Loše projektirane i slabo izgrađene ili loše održavane zgrade ne mogu izdržati seizmičke sile te je veća vjerojatnost rušenja. Većina smrtnih slučajeva uslijed potresa događa se zbog urušavanja zgrada.

KlizištaUtjecaj na gradska područja: rastući broj nekvalitetno izgrađenih ili improviziranih domova koji su nikli na strmim padinama ili ispod njih, na liticama ili riječnim ušćima u planinskim dolinama, u kombinaciji s lošom drenažom ili zaštitom od nagiba ima za posljedicu izloženost sve većeg broja ljudi katastrofalnim klizištima izazvanih padalinama ili seizmičkim aktivnostima.

Vulkanske erupcijeUtjecaj na gradska područja: naselja na obroncima vulkana ili povijesnim tokovima lave predstavl-jaju opasnost za milijune ljudi. Adekvatan sustav ranog uzbunjivanja i gradnja otporna na pepeo i blatne tokove pitanja su od značaja za gradska i seoska područja u blizini vulkana.

TsunamiUtjecaj na gradska područja: mnogi gradovi izgrađeni su duž obala koje su često na udaru tsu-namija. Adekvatna gradnja, sustav ranog uzbunjivanja i planovi evakuacije primarne su mjere za rješavanje ovog problema.

Tropski cikloniUtjecaj na gradska područja: mnoga gradska područja izložena su ciklonima, snažnim vjetrovima i obilnim kišama. Primarne mjere su gradnja otporna na vjetar, sustav ranog uzbunjivanja sa savjetima za stanovništvo da zatvore prozore i zaštite materijalna dobra te, ako je potrebno, evakuacija (vidi pod „poplava“).

PoplaveUtjecaj na gradska područja: bujične poplave predstavljaju sve veću opasnost za gradove budući da beton i zbijeno tlo ne upijaju vodu, otvoreni su prostori naseljeni, riječni tokovi zbog gradnje preusmjereni, a gradski odvodni sustavi neadekvatni. Kuće na obalama rijeka ili u blizini ušća mogu biti loše izgrađene ili smještene na opasnim mjestima.

PožariUtjecaj na gradska područja: požare u gradovima izazivaju industrijske eksplozije ili potresi. Slučajno izazvani požari vrlo su opasni, osobito u bespravno izgrađenim naseljima. Rizici od požara su u porastu zbog visoke gustoće gradnje, novih građevinskih materijala, više visokih zgrada te veće uporabe energije u gusto naseljenim područjima. Nekontrolirani požari nastali izvan gradova mogu stići i do gradskih područja.

SušaUtjecaj na gradska područja: suša je nepogoda u porastu, koja sporo nastaje i izaziva migracije u gradska područja, čime se stavlja dodatni pritisak na stambenu politiku, zapošljavanje, osnovne usluge te utječe na zalihe hrane iz okolnih sela. Mnoge sirotinjske četvrti u Africi naselile su obitelji sa sela protjerane iz svojih domova uslijed duge suše ili sukoba.


Lack of available land for

low-income citizens

Most of the urban poor are more exposed

to hazards and disasters because they live in

informal settlements on unsafe sites where basic

services are often lacking. Currently, one in four

households lives in poverty in the developing

world, 40% being in African cities. In the

developing world, 25 to 50% of the people live in

informal settlements or slums in and around urban

centres, and these this number is are growing by

25 million people per year6.

Inappropriate construction

Inappropriate construction puts millions

needlessly in danger. Many die or are seriously

injured when buildings collapse after earthquakes,

landslides, severe storms, �ash �oods and

tsunamis. Up to 80% of deaths from natural

disasters occur in buildings that collapse during

earthquakes, according to available statistics.

Building codes and regulations set minimum

standards for safety, including for �re

protection and resistance to natural hazards

in many countries. Building practices and the

enforcement of the regulations are essential and

are often the missing link. Cutting of costs, lack

of incentive or distorting incentives, coupled

with corruption, are the main reasons why even

well-designed buildings may collapse. Informal

settlements and illegal or non-engineered

constructions shelter the greater part of city

dwellers in developing countries. Even if they

have money, people with no property rights or

insecure tenure will not invest in safe structures

or improvements.

Upgrading critical infrastructure and public

buildings would be a minimum requirement for

sustainable urbanizations and resilience. Safe

schools and hospitals would provide necessary

shelter and services. Storm drainage would

reduce �oods and landslides - and at low cost.

Concentration of economic assets

Economic growth has been fastest in coastal

regions and near large navigable rivers, at risk

from �ooding, sea level rise and extreme weather

events which could become more frequent and

intense due to climate change. Economic assets

tend to be clustered in large cities. Disasters

there can have devastating e�ects on the local

and national economy, as well as in lost lives and

severe injuries, such as during the Great Hanshin

Awaji earthquake that destroyed the port and

much of the city of Kobe in Japan, in 1995. Kobe

City has recovered completely and has since put

in place a comprehensive and innovative set of

policies and actions to deal with disaster risk.

Ecosystems decline

Ecosystems provide substantial benefits and

services to cities and local governments. Yet

as a result of unplanned urban development

and economic growth, many ecosystems

have been significantly altered and exploited,

leading to a dangerous imbalance. Squatter

encroachment on waterways and a shortage

of appropriate drainage systems have exposed

many urban areas to �ash �oods. Deforestation

has led to hillside erosion, making people

vulnerable to landslides triggered by heavy rains,

and the use of concrete has changed the capacity

of soil to absorb �ash �oods. 60% of ecosystem

services are in decline while consumption is

increasing at a rate of more than 80% 7. Fewer

than half of the cities in the world have urban

environment plans8.

Rising urban populations

and increased density

Today, more than 3 billion people - half the

world’s population - live in urban areas. People

are moving to cities in greater numbers than

at any time in history, pulled by hope of better

opportunities or pushed from rural areas by

poverty, environmental degradation, con�icts,

�oods or drought. Natural increase is also a large

contributor to urban population growth and

density. High population density is a signi�cant

risk driver where the quality of housing,

infrastructure and services is poor.

It need not be so. Many high density residential

areas in Europe, Japan and North America are

indeed safe, and protect citizens from storms

and quakes. This is not the case of an increasing

number of informal settlements. By the middle

of the 21st century, the total urban population of

the developing world is expected to more than

double in number, increasing from 2.3 billion in

20053 to 5.3 billion in 2050. Nearly three quarters

of the urban population and most of the largest

cities are now in low- and middle-income nations:

a sevenfold increase since the 1950s4.

Weak urban governance

How this large and rapidly growing urban

population is served and governed have

major implications for development, and for

reducing disaster risk. In high-income nations,

a comprehensive web of infrastructure and

institutions help reduce risks from disasters

and disaster impacts. Urban populations there

take for granted that they have institutions,

infrastructure, services and regulations that

protect them from disasters – including extreme

weather, �oods, �res and technological accidents.

These institutions also supply everyday needs:

health care services integrated with emergency

services and sewer and drainage systems that

serve daily requirements but also can cope with

storms. But only a very small proportion of urban

centres in low- and middle-income nations have

a comparable web of institutions, infrastructure,

services and regulations. In cases of poor urban

governance, local authorities are unable to

provide infrastructure, services or safe land

for housing. A weak and poorly- resourced

local government that lacks investment

capacity and competence that is not engaged

in participatory and strategic urban and

spatial planning on behalf of low-income

citizens in informal settlements, will not

embrace the challenge of resilience, and will

increase the vulnerability of much of the

urban population. Cities such as Mumbai

and Bangalore have a high proportion of

people living in slums or informal settlements

without basic services. But these cities

certainly have enough prosperity to address

such issues thanks to the central government

which has allocated a very large capital sum to

support city governments.

Unplanned urban development Challenges posed by the rapid growth of many

cities and the decline of others, the expansion

of the informal sector and the role of cities in

both causing and mitigating climate change, all

require strong urban planning systems. Many

cities in Latin America, Africa and Asia have

doubled their size in less than 30 years. UN-

HABITAT projected that by 2015, 12 of the

15 largest cities worldwide will be in developing

countries. Much of the urban expansion takes

place outside the o�cial and legal frameworks

of building codes, land use regulations and land

transactions. Existing planning instruments

are often unrealistic. Sustainable urbanization

requires comprehensive steps to manage risk and

emergency plans; and to enforce urban planning

regulations and building codes on the basis of

realistic standards, without excluding the poor.


3 UN-HABITAT (2009), �� , Earthscan, London and Sterling, VA.

4 Satterthwaite, David (2007), �� , Human Settlements.

6 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) (2009), �� , United Nations, Geneva.

7 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), ��

� �� . Island Press, Washington D.C.

8 Alber, Gotelind and Jollands, Nigel (2009), “Cities, their energy use, and washing lines”, ��, Volume 1 Issue 4, pp. 8-10.


your city

resilient

to disasters

“Through the

campaign towards

safer cities and

urban risk reduction,

we can save lives,

achieve gains towards

the Millennium

Development Goals,

help protect natural

resources, the urban

heritage and the

economic activities…”

Rishi Raj Lumsali,

Chairperson of

the Association of

District Development

Committee of Nepal

Što uzrokuje rizik od katastrofa u gradskim sredinama?

Porast gradskog stanovništva i povećana gustoća naseljenosti

Više od 3 milijarde ljudi – polovica svjetskog stanovništva – živi u gradskim područjima. Ljudi se danas sele u gradove u većem broju nego ikada u povijesti, potaknuti nadom u bolje mogućnosti ili napuštajući ruralnih područja zbog siromaštva, degradacije okoliša, sukoba, poplava ili suša. Prirodni prirast također je veliki čimbenik utjecaja na porast broja stanovnika i gustoću naseljenosti. Visoka gustoća naseljenosti značajan je uzročnik rizika zbog loše kvalitete stanovanja, infrastrukture i usluga.

To ne mora biti tako. Mnoga gusto naseljena stambena područja u Europi, Japanu i Sjevernoj Americi uistinu su sigurna i pružaju zaštitu stanovništvu od oluja i potresa. To, međutim, nije slučaj u sve većem broju bespravno izgrađenih naselja. Do sredine 21. stoljeća očekuje se da će se ukupno gradsko stanovništvo u zemljama u razvoju brojno udvostručiti s 2,3 milijarde u 2005. godini2, na 5,3 milijarde u 2050. godini. Gotovo tri četvrtine gradskog stanovništva i većina najvećih gradova spadaju u kategoriju niskog ili srednjeg dohotka stanovništva što predstav-lja sedmerostruko povećanje od 1950. godine3.

Slaba gradska uprava

Način na koji se pružaju usluge i upravlja ovim velikim i brzorastućim stanovništvom gradskih područja nužno utječe na razvoj, kao i smanjenje rizika od katastrofa. U zemljama s visokim dohotkom stanovništva, sveobuhvatna mreža infrastrukture i institucija pomaže u smanjenju rizika i utjecaja katastrofa. Gradsko stanovništvo u tim sredinama uzima „zdravo za gotovo“ činjenicu da postoje institucije, infrastruktura, usluge i propisi koji ih štite od katastrofa – uključujući i ekstremne vremenske prilike, poplave, požare i tehnološke nesreće. Ove institucije također zadovoljavaju svakod-nevne potrebe: zdravstvene usluge integrirane s uslugama žurne pomoći te kanalizacijski i drenažni sustavi koji služe za dnevne potrebe, ali koji također funkcioniraju i u slučaju oluja. Međutim, samo vrlo mali udio gradskih središta s niskim i srednjim dohotkom stanovništva

imaju usporedive mreže institucija, infrastruk-turu, usluge i zakonsku regulativu. U slučaju loše gradske uprave, lokalne vlasti nisu u stanju osigurati infrastrukturu, usluge ili područja sigurna za stanovanje. Slaba lokalna samouprava sa siromašnim resursima kojima nedostaju kapaciteti za ulaganja i kompe-tentnost te koja nije uključena u strateško urbanističko i prostorno planiranje za građane koji ostvaruju niske prihode i žive u bespravno izgrađenim naseljima, neće prihvatiti izazov izgradnje otpornosti grada, čime se povećava izloženost velikog broja gradskog stanovništva. U gradovima kao što su Mumbai i Bangalore veliki broj ljudi živi u sirotinjskim četvrtima i bespravno izgrađenim naseljima, bez osnovnih usluga. Ali ovi gradovi imaju mogućnosti za rješavanje takvih pitanja zahvaljujući središnjoj vlasti koja odvaja veliki kapitalni iznos za potporu gradskim vlastima.

Neplanski urbanistički razvoj

Izazovi nastali brzim rastom mnogih gradova, kao i propadanjem drugih, ekspanzijom nefor-malnog sektora i uloge gradova u uzrokovanju i ublažavanju klimatskih promjena, zahtijevaju jake sustave planiranja gradskih područja. Mnogi gradovi u Latinskoj Americi, Africi i Aziji udvostručili su svoju veličinu u manje od 30 godina. UN-HABITAT predviđa da će do 2015. godine, 12 od 15 najvećih svjetskih gradova biti gradovi zemalja u razvoju. Veliki dio širenja gradskih prostora odvija se izvan socijalnih i pravnih okvira propisa o gradnji, regulative prostornog planiranja i zemljišnih transakcija. Postojeći instrumenti planiranja često su nerealni. Održiva urbanizacija zahtijeva sveobuhvatne mjere za upravljanje rizicima i žurno planiranje kako bi se provodili propisi za urbanističko planiranje i građevinski propisi na temelju realističnih standarda, ne isključujući siromašne.

Nedostatak raspoloživog zemljišta za građane s niskim dohotkom

Većina gradske sirotinje više je izložena opasnostima i katastrofama zato što žive u bespravno izgrađenim naseljima, na nesig-urnim mjestima gdje često nedostaju osnovne usluge. Danas u zemljama u razvoju jedno od

„Kampanjom za sigurnije gradove i smanjenje rizika u

gradovima možemo spasiti živote,

ostvariti napredak prema Milenijskim

razvojnim ciljevima, pomoći u zaštiti

prirodnih resursa, urbanističkog

nasljeđa i gospodar-skih aktivnosti ...“

Rishi Raj Lumsali,Predsjedavajući

Udruge za razvoj općina u Odboru

Nepala


2UN-HABITAT (2009), Planiranje održivih gradova: globalno izviješće o ljudskim naseljima 2009., Earthcsan, London i Sterling, VA. 3David Satterthwaite(2007), Tranzicija na pretežno urbanistički svijet i njegove temelje, ljudska naselja.


Lack of available land for

low-income citizens

Most of the urban poor are more exposed

to hazards and disasters because they live in

informal settlements on unsafe sites where basic

services are often lacking. Currently, one in four

households lives in poverty in the developing

world, 40% being in African cities. In the

developing world, 25 to 50% of the people live in

informal settlements or slums in and around urban

centres, and these this number is are growing by

25 million people per year6.

Inappropriate construction

Inappropriate construction puts millions

needlessly in danger. Many die or are seriously

injured when buildings collapse after earthquakes,

landslides, severe storms, �ash �oods and

tsunamis. Up to 80% of deaths from natural

disasters occur in buildings that collapse during

earthquakes, according to available statistics.

Building codes and regulations set minimum

standards for safety, including for �re

protection and resistance to natural hazards

in many countries. Building practices and the

enforcement of the regulations are essential and

are often the missing link. Cutting of costs, lack

of incentive or distorting incentives, coupled

with corruption, are the main reasons why even

well-designed buildings may collapse. Informal

settlements and illegal or non-engineered

constructions shelter the greater part of city

dwellers in developing countries. Even if they

have money, people with no property rights or

insecure tenure will not invest in safe structures

or improvements.

Upgrading critical infrastructure and public

buildings would be a minimum requirement for

sustainable urbanizations and resilience. Safe

schools and hospitals would provide necessary

shelter and services. Storm drainage would

reduce �oods and landslides - and at low cost.

Concentration of economic assets

Economic growth has been fastest in coastal

regions and near large navigable rivers, at risk

from �ooding, sea level rise and extreme weather

events which could become more frequent and

intense due to climate change. Economic assets

tend to be clustered in large cities. Disasters

there can have devastating e�ects on the local

and national economy, as well as in lost lives and

severe injuries, such as during the Great Hanshin

Awaji earthquake that destroyed the port and

much of the city of Kobe in Japan, in 1995. Kobe

City has recovered completely and has since put

in place a comprehensive and innovative set of

policies and actions to deal with disaster risk.

Ecosystems decline

Ecosystems provide substantial benefits and

services to cities and local governments. Yet

as a result of unplanned urban development

and economic growth, many ecosystems

have been significantly altered and exploited,

leading to a dangerous imbalance. Squatter

encroachment on waterways and a shortage

of appropriate drainage systems have exposed

many urban areas to �ash �oods. Deforestation

has led to hillside erosion, making people

vulnerable to landslides triggered by heavy rains,

and the use of concrete has changed the capacity

of soil to absorb �ash �oods. 60% of ecosystem

services are in decline while consumption is

increasing at a rate of more than 80% 7. Fewer

than half of the cities in the world have urban

environment plans8.

Rising urban populations

and increased density

Today, more than 3 billion people - half the

world’s population - live in urban areas. People

are moving to cities in greater numbers than

at any time in history, pulled by hope of better

opportunities or pushed from rural areas by

poverty, environmental degradation, con�icts,

�oods or drought. Natural increase is also a large

contributor to urban population growth and

density. High population density is a signi�cant

risk driver where the quality of housing,

infrastructure and services is poor.

It need not be so. Many high density residential

areas in Europe, Japan and North America are

indeed safe, and protect citizens from storms

and quakes. This is not the case of an increasing

number of informal settlements. By the middle

of the 21st century, the total urban population of

the developing world is expected to more than

double in number, increasing from 2.3 billion in

20053 to 5.3 billion in 2050. Nearly three quarters

of the urban population and most of the largest

cities are now in low- and middle-income nations:

a sevenfold increase since the 1950s4.

Weak urban governance

How this large and rapidly growing urban

population is served and governed have

major implications for development, and for

reducing disaster risk. In high-income nations,

a comprehensive web of infrastructure and

institutions help reduce risks from disasters

and disaster impacts. Urban populations there

take for granted that they have institutions,

infrastructure, services and regulations that

protect them from disasters – including extreme

weather, �oods, �res and technological accidents.

These institutions also supply everyday needs:

health care services integrated with emergency

services and sewer and drainage systems that

serve daily requirements but also can cope with

storms. But only a very small proportion of urban

centres in low- and middle-income nations have

a comparable web of institutions, infrastructure,

services and regulations. In cases of poor urban

governance, local authorities are unable to

provide infrastructure, services or safe land

for housing. A weak and poorly- resourced

local government that lacks investment

capacity and competence that is not engaged

in participatory and strategic urban and

spatial planning on behalf of low-income

citizens in informal settlements, will not

embrace the challenge of resilience, and will

increase the vulnerability of much of the

urban population. Cities such as Mumbai

and Bangalore have a high proportion of

people living in slums or informal settlements

without basic services. But these cities

certainly have enough prosperity to address

such issues thanks to the central government

which has allocated a very large capital sum to

support city governments.

Unplanned urban development Challenges posed by the rapid growth of many

cities and the decline of others, the expansion

of the informal sector and the role of cities in

both causing and mitigating climate change, all

require strong urban planning systems. Many

cities in Latin America, Africa and Asia have

doubled their size in less than 30 years. UN-

HABITAT projected that by 2015, 12 of the

15 largest cities worldwide will be in developing

countries. Much of the urban expansion takes

place outside the o�cial and legal frameworks

of building codes, land use regulations and land

transactions. Existing planning instruments

are often unrealistic. Sustainable urbanization

requires comprehensive steps to manage risk and

emergency plans; and to enforce urban planning

regulations and building codes on the basis of

realistic standards, without excluding the poor.


3 UN-HABITAT (2009), �� , Earthscan, London and Sterling, VA.

4 Satterthwaite, David (2007), �� , Human Settlements.

6 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) (2009), �� , United Nations, Geneva.

7 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), ��

� �� . Island Press, Washington D.C.

8 Alber, Gotelind and Jollands, Nigel (2009), “Cities, their energy use, and washing lines”, ��, Volume 1 Issue 4, pp. 8-10.


your city

resilient

to disasters

“Through the

campaign towards

safer cities and

urban risk reduction,

we can save lives,

achieve gains towards

the Millennium

Development Goals,

help protect natural

resources, the urban

heritage and the

economic activities…”

Rishi Raj Lumsali,

Chairperson of

the Association of

District Development

Committee of Nepal


svoj grad otpornim

na katastrofe

četiri kućanstva živi u siromaštvu, a njih 40 % živi u afričkim gradovima. U zemljama u raz-voju 25-50 % ljudi živi u bespravno izgrađenim naseljima ili siromašnim četvrtima u gradskim središtima i oko njih, a ovaj broj godišnje raste za 25 milijuna ljudi4.

Neadekvatna gradnja

Neadekvatna gradnja predstavlja nepo-trebnu opasnost za milijune ljudi. Veliki je broj poginulih ili teže ozlijeđenih uslijed rušenja zgrada uzrokovanih potresima, klizištima, jakim olujama, bujičnim poplavama te tsunamijima. Prema dostupnim statističkim podacima, do 80 % smrtnih slučajeva od prirodnih nesreća dogodi se u zgradama koje se urušavaju tijekom potresa.

Regulativa i propisi gradnje u mnogim zemlja-ma određuju minimalne standarde sigurnosti, uključujući zaštitu od požara i otpornost na prirodne opasnosti. Provedba zakonske regula-tive i propisa o gradnji neophodna je i često karika koja nedostaje. Smanjenje troškova, nedostatak poticaja za gradnju ili narušavanje tih poticaja, zajedno s korupcijom, glavni su razlozi zašto se čak i dobro projektirane zgrade mogu srušiti. Bespravno izgrađena naselja i ilegalne građevine, odnosno građevine nastale bez projekta predstavljaju krov nad glavom za veći dio gradskog stanovništva u zemljama u razvoju. Čak i ako imaju novac, ljudi bez prava vlasništva ili s nesigurnim zakupom neće ula-gati u sigurnost i poboljšanje objekata.

Poboljšanje kritične infrastrukture i javnih zgrada bio bi minimalni uvjet za održivu urbanizaciju i otpornost. Sigurne škole i bolnice pružile bi potrebno utočište i usluge. Kanalizacijski sustav prilagođen katastrofama smanjio bi broj poplava i klizišta, i to po niskoj cijeni.

Koncentracija ekonomskih sredstava

Gospodarski rast bio je najbrži u obalnim područjima i područjima u blizini velikih plov-nih rijeka, koja su u opasnosti od plavljenja, porasta razine mora i događaja uzrokovanih ekstremnim vremenskim uvjetima koji bi mogli postati češći i intenzivniji uslijed klimatskih

promjena. Postoji tendencija da se ekonomska sredstva koncentriraju u velikim gradovima. Tamo katastrofe mogu imati razarajući učinak na lokalno i nacionalno gospodarstvo te mogu prouzročiti ljudske žrtve i teže ozljede, kao što je veliki potres Hanshin Awaji uništio luku i veliki dio grada Kobea u Japanu 1995. godine. Kobe se potpuno oporavio, a od tog događaja na snazi je sveobuhvatni i inovacijski skup politike i aktivnosti koje se odnose na rizike od katastrofa.

Propadanje ekosustava

Ekosustavi pružaju znatne prednosti i usluge za gradove i lokalne vlasti. Ipak, kao rezultat neplanskog razvoja gradova i gospodar-skog rasta, mnogi ekosustavi značajno su promijenjeni i iskorišteni, što dovodi do opasne neravnoteže. Bespravno naseljavanje uz vodne tokove i nedostatak adekvatnih odvodnih sustava izlažu mnoga gradska područja bujičnim poplavama. Krčenje šuma dovelo je do erozije padina, čime su ljudi postali izloženi opasnostima od pokretanja klizišta uslijed obilnih kiša, a korištenje betona utjecalo je na kapacitet apsorpcije tla u slučaju bujičnih pop-lava. 60 % koristi koje čovjek crpi iz ekosustava je u padu, dok potrošnja raste po stopi od više od 80 %5. Manje od polovice gradova u svijetu ima ekološke urbanističke planove6.

4 Međunarodna strategija za smanjenje katastrofa (ISDR) (2009.), Globalno izvješće o procjeni stanja smanjenja rizika od katastrofa, Ujedinjeni narodi, Ženeva.5 Milenijska ekosustava (2005.), Ekosustavi i dobrobit za čovjeka, Trenutno stanje i kretanja, Nalazi radne skupine za stanje i kretanja. Island Press, Washington D.C. 6 Gotelind Alber i Nigel Jollands (2009.) „Gradovi, uporaba energije i konopci za sušenje rublja“, Urban World, knjiga I., 4. izdanje, stranica 8.-10.



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City Population(million)

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Tokyo 35.2 x x x x x

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New York 18.7 x x x

São Paulo 18.3 x x

Mumbai 18.2 x x x x

Delhi 15.0 x x x

Shanghai 14.5 x x x x

Kolkata 14.3 x x x x x

Jakarta 13.2 x x

Buenos Aires 12.6 x x x

Global trends in urbanization

RegionUrban population Percentage urban

1950 1975 2007 2025 2050 1950 1975 2007 2025 2050

World 737 1518 3294 4584 6398 29.1 37.3 49.4 57.2 69.6

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region427 702 916 99 1071 52.5 67.0 74.4 79.0 86.0

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region310 817 2382 3590 5327 18.0 27.0 43.8 53.2 67.0

Africa 32 107 373 658 1233 14.5 25.7 38.7 47.2 61.8

Asia 237 574 1645 2440 3486 16.8 24.0 40.8 51.1 66.2

Europe 281 444 528 545 557 51.2 65.7 72.2 76.2 83.8

Latin America and

the Carribean69 198 448 575 683 41.4 61.1 78.3 83.5 88.7

North America 110 180 275 365 402 63.9 73.8 81.3 85.7 90.2

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Tropski ciklon – listopad 1998.H

ondurasTegucigalpa i obalno područjeBroj sm

rtno stradalih: 14.600Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: 2.112.000Procijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u m

il. USD

: 3.793.6

Vulkanska erupcija – lipanj 1997.M

ontserrat - Plymouth

Broj smrtno stradalih: 232

Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: 4.000Procijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u m

il. USD

: 8

Toplotni val – kolovoz 2003.Francuska - ParizBroj sm

rtno stradalih: 19.490Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: nepoznatoProcijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u mil.

USD

: 4.400

Klizište – rujan 1995.Indija - Kulla (M

adhya Pradesh)Broj sm

rtno stradalih: 400Procijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u mil.

USD

: 1.100.000Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: nepoznato

Tsunami – prosinac 2004.

Indonezija - Banda AcehBroj sm

rtno stradalih: 16.5708Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: 532.898Procijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u mil.

USD

: 4.451.6

Suša – veljača-kolovoz 1991.Kina - Jiangxi, provincija H

unan Broj sm

rtno stradalih: 2000Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: 5.000.000Procijenjena ekonom

ska šteta u mil.

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: nepoznato

Požar – veljača 2009.A

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ales Broj sm

rtno stradalih: 240 Broj ljudi koji su pretrpjeli posljedice: 32.070 Šteta u m

il. USD

: 8.000

Poplava – prosinac 1999.Venezuela - savezni distrikt CaracasBroj sm


ska šteta u mil.

USD

: 3.160

Potres – siječanj 1995.Japan - Kobe- regija O

saka Broj sm


ska šteta u mil.

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: 100.000

Izvori: Centar za istraživanje i epidemiologiju katastrofa (CRED

) (2009.); Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova SAD

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New York 18.7 x x x

São Paulo 18.3 x x

Mumbai 18.2 x x x x

Delhi 15.0 x x x

Shanghai 14.5 x x x x

Kolkata 14.3 x x x x x

Jakarta 13.2 x x

Buenos Aires 12.6 x x x

Global trends in urbanization

RegionUrban population Percentage urban

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Asia 237 574 1645 2440 3486 16.8 24.0 40.8 51.1 66.2

Europe 281 444 528 545 557 51.2 65.7 72.2 76.2 83.8

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the Carribean69 198 448 575 683 41.4 61.1 78.3 83.5 88.7

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Projected losses from earthquakes in megacities...

Istanbul: A large earthquake in Istanbul is would

be expected to kill 40,000 persons, injure 200,000

and leave a staggering 400,000 households in

need of shelter. About 40,000 buildings would be

uninhabitable or su�er total collapse through

“pancake type failure”. Another 300,000 more would

have moderate to severe damages. The direct

monetary losses due to building damage alone would

add up to US$ 11 billion.

Tehran: The North Tehran and Mosha faults

situated towards the northern side of Greater

Tehran and the Ray Fault on the southern limits of

the city have the potential to generate Mw= 7.2 and

6.7 respectively. This, according to the earthquake

scenarios developed under the JICA-CEST, 1999-

2000, could produce a death toll of 120,000 to

380,000 if either of the two faults were to move,

because of the vulnerability of existing structures.

Mumbai: Several studies suggest that one of the

most vulnerable elements exposed in Mumbai is

its building stock, which certainly contributes to

the increasing risk of its population. The Mumbai

region is entirely urban and the building stock

exhibits a rich mix of several di�erent technologies.

A moderately low earthquake intensity level of VII

(MSK scale) in the city could produce a death toll of

34,000 if it was to happen early in the morning. The

�ood risk is high.

Kathmandu City: A large in�ux of migrants has

increased pressure on the local authorities to

provide housing and basic services. The old part of

town is particularly vulnerable due to: a) poor living

conditions in high density neighbourhoods,

b) poor capacity of the buildings to withstand

seismic forces, c) narrow roadways that limit access

in an emergency response, and d) limited water

provision along with intricate electrical installations

where �res can easily take hold9.

In small urban centres

Many people in Africa, Asia and Latin America live

in tens of thousands of small urban centres and in

hundreds of thousands of large villages that have

several thousand inhabitants and that might

also be considered as small urban centres. The

extent to which their populations face disaster

needs consideration – especially given the over-

concentration in the literature on large cities or

mega-cities. Far more people live in small urban

centres in low- and middle-income nations than

in mega-cities.

Some of Turkey’s biggest builders have readily

admitted to using shoddy materials and bad

practices in the urban construction boom. In an

interview in 2009 with the Turkish publication

Referans, a billionaire Turkish developer described

how in the 1970s, salty sea sand and scrap

iron were routinely used in buildings made of

reinforced concrete. ‘‘At that time, this was the

best material,’’ he said, according to a translation

of the interview. ‘‘Not just us, but all companies

were doing the same thing. If an earthquake

occurs in Istanbul, not even the army will be able

to get in.’’

Source: In megacities, ‘rubble in waiting’; Millions

are put at risk by �imsy housing built in populous

quake zones, by Andrew C Revkin, International

Herald Tribune, 26 February 2010.

Not only are cities

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societies and account

for most nations’

wealth. In fact, most

of the global GDP

of US$ 39.4 trillion

(2007 �gure, in

constant 2000 US$)

is generated in urban

environments. 10

9 Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (2010), Megacities Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base (MDRM-KB), http://www.pdc.org/emi/emihome.html.

10 Development Data Platform (DDP) (2008), Population data: UN Population Division, Development Data Group World Population Prospects, 2006.

Revision, World Bank, Washington D.C.

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Each year 25 million more people

are living in slums and informal

settlements which are often built

on unsafe land, unstable slopes

and flood plains.UNHABITAT, 2010 State of the World’s Cities report.


your city resilient

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Slums in Colombia


Činjenice i brojkePredviđeni gubici od potresa u megagradovima

Istanbul: u velikom potresu u Istanbulu smrtno bi stradalo 40 000 ljudi, teško stradalo 200 000, a nevjerojatan broj od 400 000 kućanstava i obitelji ostalo bi bez krova nad glavom. Oko 40 000 zgrada bilo bi neupotrebljivo za život ili bi se urušile tzv. „efektom palačinke“. Ostalih 300 000 zgrada pretrpjelo bi umjerenu do tešku štetu. Izravni novčani gubici zbog oštećenja zgrada iznosili bi do 11 milijardi američkih dolara.

Teheran: rasjedi u sjevernom Teheranu i Moshi koji se nalaze na sjevernoj strani šireg područja Teherana te rasjed kod Raya na južnoj granici grada, imaju potencijal za stvaranje potresa magnitude 7,2 Mw odnosno 6,7 Mw. Ovakvo stanje, prema scenarijima potresa koje su razvili JICA-CEST, 1999.-2000., može izazvati smrt 120 000 do 380 000 ljudi ako se ikoji od ova dva rasjeda pomaknu, zbog osjetljivosti postojećih struktura.

Mumbai: nekoliko studija ukazuju na to da jedan od elemenata koji su u Mumbaiju najugroženiji i najizloženiji jesu građevine, što pridonosi povećanju rizika za njegove stanovnike. Područje Mumbaija u potpunosti je gradsko, a način gradnje ukazuje na mješavinu različitih vrsta tehnologije. Potres umjerene jačine od 7 stup-njeva po MSK ljestvici u ovom bi gradu mogao prouzročiti smrt 34 000 ljudi ako se dogodi u ranim jutarnjim satima. Rizik od poplava također je visok.

Kathmandu: veliki broj doseljenika povećao je pritisak na lokalne vlasti da osiguraju stambeni prostor i osnovne usluge za stanovništvo. Osobito je izložen stari dio grada zbog: a) loših uvjeta za život u gusto naseljenim četvrtima, b) loše sposobnosti zgrada da izdrže seizmičke sile, c) uskih cesta koje ograničavaju pristup u izvanrednim situacijama i d) ograničene opskrbe vodom u kombinaciji sa zamršenim električnim instalacijama, što može lako dovesti do požara7.

U malim gradskim središtima

Mnogi ljudi u Africi, Aziji i Latinskoj Am-erici žive u desetinama tisuća malih gradskih središta i stotinama tisuća velikih sela od po nekoliko tisuća stanovnika koja bi se mogla smatrati manjim gradskim središtima. U obzir treba uzeti opseg u kojem se njihovo stanovništvo suočava s razornim katastrofama – osobito s obzirom na to da su u literaturi najviše zastupljeni veliki gradovi i megagrado-vi. U zemljama s niskim do srednjim dohotkom daleko više ljudi živi u malim gradovima, nego u megagradovima.

Neke od najvećih turskih građevinskih tvrtki priznale su da su koristile materijal loše kvalitete te da nisu radile po najboljim prim-jerima iz građevinske prakse u vrijeme brzog rasta urbanističke gradnje. U intervjuu za turski časopis Referans 2009. godine, milijarderski graditelj turskih stambenih naselja opisao je kako su 1970.-ih godina rutinski korišteni slani morski pijesak i željezni otpad prilikom izgradnje kuća od armiranog betona. „U to vrijeme, to je bio najbolji materijal,“ izjavio je prema prijevodu intervjua. „Ne samo mi, nego su sve tvrtke radile to isto. Da se dogodi potres u Istanbulu, ni vojska ne bi mogla ući.“

Izvor: U megagradovima, „ruševine na čekanju“; Milijuni izvrgnuti riziku zbog loše izgrađenih naselja u trusnim područjima, Andrew C Revkin, International Herald Tribune, 26. veljače 2010.

Ne samo da su gra-dovi dom za više od tri milijarde ljudi, oni su i ekonomski pokretači našeg društva i pred-

stavljaju bogatstvo za većinu država. U

stvari, veći dio globalnog BDP-a od

39,4 bilijuna američkih dolara (podatak iz 2007. godine) ost-

varuje se u gradskim područjima8.

7 Inicijativa: potresi i megagradovi (2010.), Baza znanja za upravljanje rizikom od katastrofa u megagradovima (MDRM-KB), http://www.pdc.org/emi/emihome.html8 Platforma podataka o razvoju (DDP) (2008.), Podaci o stanovništvu: Odjel UN-a za stanovništvo, Skupina za razvojne podatke o perspektivi svjetskog stanovništva, 2006. Revizija, Svjetska banka, Washington D.C.


Projected losses from earthquakes in megacities...

Istanbul: A large earthquake in Istanbul is would

be expected to kill 40,000 persons, injure 200,000

and leave a staggering 400,000 households in

need of shelter. About 40,000 buildings would be

uninhabitable or su�er total collapse through

“pancake type failure”. Another 300,000 more would

have moderate to severe damages. The direct

monetary losses due to building damage alone would

add up to US$ 11 billion.

Tehran: The North Tehran and Mosha faults

situated towards the northern side of Greater

Tehran and the Ray Fault on the southern limits of

the city have the potential to generate Mw= 7.2 and

6.7 respectively. This, according to the earthquake

scenarios developed under the JICA-CEST, 1999-

2000, could produce a death toll of 120,000 to

380,000 if either of the two faults were to move,

because of the vulnerability of existing structures.

Mumbai: Several studies suggest that one of the

most vulnerable elements exposed in Mumbai is

its building stock, which certainly contributes to

the increasing risk of its population. The Mumbai

region is entirely urban and the building stock

exhibits a rich mix of several di�erent technologies.

A moderately low earthquake intensity level of VII

(MSK scale) in the city could produce a death toll of

34,000 if it was to happen early in the morning. The

�ood risk is high.

Kathmandu City: A large in�ux of migrants has

increased pressure on the local authorities to

provide housing and basic services. The old part of

town is particularly vulnerable due to: a) poor living

conditions in high density neighbourhoods,

b) poor capacity of the buildings to withstand

seismic forces, c) narrow roadways that limit access

in an emergency response, and d) limited water

provision along with intricate electrical installations

where �res can easily take hold9.

In small urban centres

Many people in Africa, Asia and Latin America live

in tens of thousands of small urban centres and in

hundreds of thousands of large villages that have

several thousand inhabitants and that might

also be considered as small urban centres. The

extent to which their populations face disaster

needs consideration – especially given the over-

concentration in the literature on large cities or

mega-cities. Far more people live in small urban

centres in low- and middle-income nations than

in mega-cities.

Some of Turkey’s biggest builders have readily

admitted to using shoddy materials and bad

practices in the urban construction boom. In an

interview in 2009 with the Turkish publication

Referans, a billionaire Turkish developer described

how in the 1970s, salty sea sand and scrap

iron were routinely used in buildings made of

reinforced concrete. ‘‘At that time, this was the

best material,’’ he said, according to a translation

of the interview. ‘‘Not just us, but all companies

were doing the same thing. If an earthquake

occurs in Istanbul, not even the army will be able

to get in.’’

Source: In megacities, ‘rubble in waiting’; Millions

are put at risk by �imsy housing built in populous

quake zones, by Andrew C Revkin, International

Herald Tribune, 26 February 2010.

Not only are cities

home to over three

billion people, but

they are the economic

engines of our

societies and account

for most nations’

wealth. In fact, most

of the global GDP

of US$ 39.4 trillion

(2007 �gure, in

constant 2000 US$)

is generated in urban

environments. 10

9 Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (2010), Megacities Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base (MDRM-KB), http://www.pdc.org/emi/emihome.html.

10 Development Data Platform (DDP) (2008), Population data: UN Population Division, Development Data Group World Population Prospects, 2006.

Revision, World Bank, Washington D.C.

Facts and Figures photo ville

photo petite ville

Eight of the ten most populous cities in the

world are threatened by earthquakes, and six

out of ten are vulnerable to storm surge and

tsunami waves2.

cuote bidonville

Each year 25 million more people

are living in slums and informal

settlements which are often built

on unsafe land, unstable slopes

and flood plains.UNHABITAT, 2010 State of the World’s Cities report.


your city resilient

to disasters

Slums in Colombia



na katastrofe

Svake godine, dodatnih 25 mili-juna ljudi naseljava se u sirotin-jskim četvrtima i bespravno izgrađenim naseljima koja su često izgrađena na nesigurnom tlu, klizištima i naplavnim nizina-ma. UN-HABITAT, Izviješće o stanju svjetskih gradova 2010.

Slums in Colombia


What is a city? To an economist, a city is

an engine for economic growth, a haphazard

arrangement of physical assets and potential

rewards. To a politician or a planner, a city is a place

of connections: a network of roads, electrical cables,

piped water and drains. To the urban workforce, and

the migrants attracted to the city, it o�ers shelter,

safety and a source of livelihood. To property owners,

developers and planners, a city is its housing, its stock

of physical assets. To someone who lives in a city –

and that includes all of the above and many more

- a city is a physical and cultural arena, a place of

political freedom, a source of cultural and intellectual

vitality. And all of this is at risk from a storm surge,

a cyclone, a catastrophic volcanic eruption, or a set

of powerful earthquake waves racing through the

bedrock at 7,000 kilometres an hour.

Resilience means the ability of a system,

community or society exposed to hazards to resist,

absorb, accommodate to and recover from the

e�ects of a hazard in a timely and e�cient manner,

including through the preservation and restoration

of its essential basic structures and functions11.

Sustainable urbanization is understood

as a process which promotes an integrated,

gender-sensitive and pro-poor approach to the

social, economic and environmental pillars of

sustainability. It is based on participatory planning

and decision making processes, and inclusive

governance. More speci�cally, the principles of

sustainable urbanization involve12:

(i) Accessible and pro-poor land, infrastructure, services,

mobility and housing;

(ii) Socially inclusive, gender sensitive, healthy and safe

development;

(iii) Environmentally sound and carbon-e�cient built

environment;

(iv) Participatory planning and decision making processes;

(v) Vibrant and competitive local economies promoting

decent work and livelihoods;

(vi) Assurance of non-discrimination and equitable rights

to the city; and

(vii) Empowering cities and communities to plan for

and e�ectively manage adversity and change- to build

resilience. (UN-HABITAT World Urban Campaign, 2009)

The second session of the Global Platform for

Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2009 highlighted

targets for the implementation of the Hyogo

Framework for Action. By 2011 national

assessments of the safety of existing education

and health facilities should be undertaken, and by

2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and

hospitals should be developed and implemented

in all disaster-prone countries. By 2015, all major

cities in disaster-prone areas should include and

enforce disaster risk reduction measures in their

building and land use codes. Targets were also

proposed for national risk assessments, municipal

disaster recovery plans, early warning systems,

water risks, and the enforcement of building

codes.

There are a number of actions that local governments, citizens and the private sector can undertake to

make a city more resilient. Natural hazards will always occur in di�erent magnitude and severity, but

they do not need to turn into devastation. Is your city ready?

A disaster resilient city:

�� Is one where people participate, decide and plan their city together with the local

government authorities, based on their capacities and resources

�� Has a competent and accountable local government that caters for sustainable

urbanization with participation from all groups

�� Is one where many disasters are avoided because the whole population lives in homes and

neighborhoods served by good infrastructure (piped water, good sanitation and drainage,

all-weather roads, electricity) and services (health care, schools, garbage collection,

emergency services), in structures that meet sensible building codes, without the need for

informal settlements on flood plains or steep slopes because no other land is available

�� Understands its dangers, and develops a strong, local information base on hazards and

risks, on who is exposed and who is vulnerable

�� Has taken steps to anticipate disaster and protect assets – people, their homes and

possessions, cultural heritage, economic capital – and is able to minimize physical and

social losses arising from extreme weather events, earthquakes or other hazards

�� Has committed the necessary resources and is capable of organizing itself before, during

and after a natural hazard event

�� Is able to quickly restore basic services as well as resume social, institutional and economic

activity after such an event

�� Understands that most of the above is also central to building resilience to climate

change.

��

��

The cost of a disaster-

safe hospital or health

facility is negligible

when included in early

design considerations.

For the vast majority

of new health

facilities, incorporating

comprehensive

disaster protection

from earthquake and

weather events into

designs from the

beginning will add

only 4% to the total

cost13

11 United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (2009), UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, Geneva.

12 UN-HABITAT (2009) World Urban Campaign

13 WHO, PAHO, UNISDR (2008), 2008-2009 World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Hospitals Safe from Disasters’. www.safehospitals.info.

Some definitions

What is a Disaster Resilient City?

Haiti, Earthquake 2010


Što je grad otporan na katastrofe?Neke definicijePostoji niz aktivnosti koje mogu poduzeti lokalne vlasti, građani i privatni sektor kako bi učinili grad otpornijim na katastrofe. Prirodne opasnosti uvijek će biti prisutne, uz varijacije njihovog opsega i ozbiljnosti, ali ne moraju postati razarajuće. Je li vaš grad pripravan?

Grad otporan na katastrofe:• je onaj u kojem ljudi sudjeluju, odlučuju i planiraju zajedno s lokalnim vlastima, na temelju svojih kapaciteta i resursa

• ima kompetentne i odgovorne lokalne vlasti koje mogu osigurati održivu urbanizaciju uz

sudjelovanje svih skupina

• je grad koji može izbjeći katastrofu zato što njegovo stanovništvo živi u kućama i četvrtima s

dobrom infrastrukturom (vodoopskrba, dobra sanacija i odvodni sustav, ceste prilagođene svim

vremenskim uvjetima, električna energija), gdje se pružaju kvalitetne usluge (zdravstvo, školstvo,

odvoz smeća, hitne službe), u zgradama koje zadovoljavaju osnovne standarde i građevinske pro-

pise, bez potrebe za bespravnom gradnjom naselja na naplavnim nizinama ili strmim padinama

zato što nema drugog raspoloživog prostora

• razumije opasnosti kojima je izložen, razvija kvalitetnu lokalnu bazu informacija o opasnostima

i rizicima te ugroženim i osjetljivim skupinama

• poduzima korake kako bi se predvidjela katastrofa i zaštitila materijalna dobra – ljudi, njihovi

domovi i materijalna dobra, kulturna baština, ekonomski kapital – te je u mogućnosti fizičke i

društvene štete od ekstremnih klimatskih događaja, potresa ili drugih opasnosti svesti na naj-

manju moguću mjeru

• odvaja potrebne resurse i sposoban je organizirati se prije, za vrijeme i nakon prirodne nepo-

gode

• u mogućnosti je brzo uspostaviti osnovne usluge, kao i nastavak društvenih, institucijskih i

gospodarskih djelatnosti nakon takvog događaja

• razumije da je većina gore navedenog ključna u izgradnji otpornosti grada na klimatske

promjene.

Važan čimbenik u uspješnom smanjenju rizika od katastrofa u gradskim sredinama je odnos između gradskih vlasti i onih koji su, u nadležnosti njihovih ovlasti, najizloženiji riziku.


What is a city? To an economist, a city is

an engine for economic growth, a haphazard

arrangement of physical assets and potential

rewards. To a politician or a planner, a city is a place

of connections: a network of roads, electrical cables,

piped water and drains. To the urban workforce, and

the migrants attracted to the city, it o�ers shelter,

safety and a source of livelihood. To property owners,

developers and planners, a city is its housing, its stock

of physical assets. To someone who lives in a city –

and that includes all of the above and many more

- a city is a physical and cultural arena, a place of

political freedom, a source of cultural and intellectual

vitality. And all of this is at risk from a storm surge,

a cyclone, a catastrophic volcanic eruption, or a set

of powerful earthquake waves racing through the

bedrock at 7,000 kilometres an hour.

Resilience means the ability of a system,

community or society exposed to hazards to resist,

absorb, accommodate to and recover from the

e�ects of a hazard in a timely and e�cient manner,

including through the preservation and restoration

of its essential basic structures and functions11.

Sustainable urbanization is understood

as a process which promotes an integrated,

gender-sensitive and pro-poor approach to the

social, economic and environmental pillars of

sustainability. It is based on participatory planning

and decision making processes, and inclusive

governance. More speci�cally, the principles of

sustainable urbanization involve12:

(i) Accessible and pro-poor land, infrastructure, services,

mobility and housing;

(ii) Socially inclusive, gender sensitive, healthy and safe

development;

(iii) Environmentally sound and carbon-e�cient built

environment;

(iv) Participatory planning and decision making processes;

(v) Vibrant and competitive local economies promoting

decent work and livelihoods;

(vi) Assurance of non-discrimination and equitable rights

to the city; and

(vii) Empowering cities and communities to plan for

and e�ectively manage adversity and change- to build

resilience. (UN-HABITAT World Urban Campaign, 2009)

The second session of the Global Platform for

Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2009 highlighted

targets for the implementation of the Hyogo

Framework for Action. By 2011 national

assessments of the safety of existing education

and health facilities should be undertaken, and by

2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and

hospitals should be developed and implemented

in all disaster-prone countries. By 2015, all major

cities in disaster-prone areas should include and

enforce disaster risk reduction measures in their

building and land use codes. Targets were also

proposed for national risk assessments, municipal

disaster recovery plans, early warning systems,

water risks, and the enforcement of building

codes.

There are a number of actions that local governments, citizens and the private sector can undertake to

make a city more resilient. Natural hazards will always occur in di�erent magnitude and severity, but

they do not need to turn into devastation. Is your city ready?

A disaster resilient city:

�� Is one where people participate, decide and plan their city together with the local

government authorities, based on their capacities and resources

�� Has a competent and accountable local government that caters for sustainable

urbanization with participation from all groups

�� Is one where many disasters are avoided because the whole population lives in homes and

neighborhoods served by good infrastructure (piped water, good sanitation and drainage,

all-weather roads, electricity) and services (health care, schools, garbage collection,

emergency services), in structures that meet sensible building codes, without the need for

informal settlements on flood plains or steep slopes because no other land is available

�� Understands its dangers, and develops a strong, local information base on hazards and

risks, on who is exposed and who is vulnerable

�� Has taken steps to anticipate disaster and protect assets – people, their homes and

possessions, cultural heritage, economic capital – and is able to minimize physical and

social losses arising from extreme weather events, earthquakes or other hazards

�� Has committed the necessary resources and is capable of organizing itself before, during

and after a natural hazard event

�� Is able to quickly restore basic services as well as resume social, institutional and economic

activity after such an event

�� Understands that most of the above is also central to building resilience to climate

change.

��

��

The cost of a disaster-

safe hospital or health

facility is negligible

when included in early

design considerations.

For the vast majority

of new health

facilities, incorporating

comprehensive

disaster protection

from earthquake and

weather events into

designs from the

beginning will add

only 4% to the total

cost13

11 United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (2009), UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, Geneva.

12 UN-HABITAT (2009) World Urban Campaign

13 WHO, PAHO, UNISDR (2008), 2008-2009 World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Hospitals Safe from Disasters’. www.safehospitals.info.

Some definitions

What is a Disaster Resilient City?

Haiti, Earthquake 2010

Troškovi bolnica ili zdravstvenih objekata

koji su otporni na katastrofe zanemarivi su ako su predviđeni

u ranoj fazi projek-tiranja. Za većinu

novih zdravstvenih objekata, u čije je pro-

jektiranje odmah na početku uključena i

sveobuhvatna zaštita od katastrofa: potresa

i drugih vremenskih nepogoda, troškovi

za takvu zaštitu iznosili su tek 4 % više

od ukupne cijene 9.

Što je grad? Za ekonomista, grad je motorna snaga gospodarskog rasta, nasumično raspoređena fizička imovina i potencijalni povrat. Za političara ili projek-tanta, grad je mjesto povezivanja: mreže cesta, električnih kablova, vodovodnih cijevi i kanalizacije. Za gradsku radnu snagu i doseljenike, on nudi sklonište, sigurnost i izvor sredstava za život. Za vlasnike nekretnina, osobe odgovorne za razvoj gradova i urbaniste, grad predstav-ljaju njegove građevine, njegova fizička imovina. Za nekoga tko živi u gradu, grad predstavlja sve navedeno i još mnogo više – grad je fizička i kulturna arena, mjesto političkih sloboda, izvor kulturne i intelek-tualne vitalnosti. A sve je to izloženo riziku od olujnog vala, ciklona, katastrofalne vulkanske erupcije ili snažnih potresnih valova čija brzina kretanja kroz stjenovito tlo može dostići 7 000 km na sat.

Otpornost znači sposobnost sustava, zajednice ili društva izloženog opasnosti da se odupre,apsorbira, prilagodi i oporavi od posljedica opasnosti, i to pravodobno i učinkovito, uključujući očuvanje i ponovnu uspostavu njegovih osnovnih struktura i funkcija10.

Održiva urbanizacija predstavlja proces kojim se potiče integrirani pristup, a kojim se uvažava ravnopravnost spolova i štite interesi siromašnih pomoću društvenih, ekonomskih i ekoloških stupova održivosti. Temelji se na sudjelovanju u planiranju, procesima donošenja odluka i upravljanju. Konkretnije, načela održive urbanizacije uključuju sljedeće11:

1. zemljište dostupno i siromašnima, infrastrukturu, usluge, mobilnost i stambeni prostor

2. gradski razvoj koji uključuje društvo, koji osigurava ravnopravnost spolova, zdravlje i sigurnost

3. ekološki zdravo i energetski učinkovito okruženje izgrađeno na temelju mjera smanjenja emisije ugljika

4. sudjelovanje u procesima planiranja i donošenju odluka

5. vitalno i konkurentno lokalno gospodarstvo kojim se potiče pošten rad i egzistencija

6. zajamčenu nediskriminaciju i jednaka prava na grad7. jačanje gradova i zajednica za planiranje i učinkovito

upravljanje katastrofama i promjenama kako bi izgradili otpornost (UN-HABITAT Svjetska kampanja za gradove, 2009.).

9 WHO, PAHO, UNISDR (2008) 2008.-2009. Svjetska kampanja za smanjenje katastrofa „Bolnice sigurne od katastrofa“, www.safehospitals.info.10 Međunarodna strategija Ujedinjenih naroda za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa (UNISDR, 2009.), UNISDR terminologija smanjenja rizika od katastrofa, UNISDR, Ženeva.11 UN-HABITAT (2009.) Svjetska kampanja za gradove.

Na drugom zasjedanju Globalne platforme za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa u lipnju 2009. godine, istaknuti su ciljevi za provedbu Okvira za djelovanje iz Hyoga. Do 2011. godine, treba-ju se izraditi nacionalne procjene sigurnosti postojećih zdravstvenih i obrazovnih objekata, a do 2015. godine trebaju se izraditi i provoditi konkretni planovi djelovanja za sigurnije škole i bolnice u svim zemljama izloženim riziku od katastrofa. Do 2015., svi veliki gradovi u područjima izloženim riziku od katastrofa trebaju se uključiti i početi primjenjivati mjere za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa kroz svoje propise o gradnji i prostornom planiranju. Predloženi ciljevi uključivali su i nacionalne procjene rizika, općinske planove oporavka i sanacije nakon katastrofa, sustave ranog uzbunjivanja i primjenu građevinskih propisa.

Haiti, potres 2010.


Urban risk reduction as an opportunity – what are the benefits?

Cities that proactively seek to reduce disaster risk, as part of their sustainable urbanization e�orts,

can bene�t greatly in the following ways: saved lives and property in case of disaster with dramatic

reduction in fatalities and serious injuries

�� Protected development gains and less diversion of city resources to disaster response and

recovery

�� Active citizen participation and local democracy

�� Increased investment in houses, buildings and other properties, in anticipation of fewer

disaster losses

�� Increased capital investments in infrastructure, including retrofitting, renovation and renewal

�� Business opportunities, economic growth and employment as safer, better-governed cities

attract more investment

�� Balanced ecosystems, which foster provisioning and cultural ecosystem services such as

fresh water and recreation

�� Overall better health and wellbeing

�� Improved education in safer schools.

The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters

The Hyogo Framework for Action was adopted by 168 Member States in Japan in 2005 to build the

resilience of nations and communities by the year 2015. The �ve priorities are equally important for

urban settings:

Make disaster risk reduction a priority in urban practices

Know urban risks and take actions

Build understanding and awareness of urban risks

Reduce urban risks

Prepare your city and be ready to act

www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/

TEN-POINT CHECKLIST – ESSENTIALS FOR MAKING CITIES RESILIENTThe campaign proposes a checklist of Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient that can be

implemented by mayors and local governments. The checklist derives from the five priorities

of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities

to Disasters, a key instrument for implementing disaster risk reduction. Achieving all, or even

some, of these ten essentials will help cities to become more resilient. Have your City Council

and local government sign up to this!

Put in place organization and coordination to understand and reduce disaster risk, based

on participation of citizen groups and civil society. Build local alliances. Ensure that all

departments understand their role in disaster risk reduction and preparedness.

Assign a budget for disaster risk reduction and provide incentives for homeowners, low-income

families, communities, businesses and the public sector to invest in reducing the risks they face.

Maintain up-to-date data on hazards and vulnerabilities, prepare risk assessments and use

these as the basis for urban development plans and decisions. Ensure that this information and

the plans for your city’s resilience are readily available to the public and fully discussed with

them.

Invest in and maintain critical infrastructure that reduces risk, such as flood drainage, adjusted

where needed to cope with climate change.

Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities and upgrade them as necessary.

Apply and enforce realistic, risk-compliant building regulations and land-use planning

principles. Identify safe land for low-income citizens and develop upgrading of informal

settlements, wherever feasible.

Ensure that education programmes and training on disaster risk reduction are in place in

schools and local communities.

Protect ecosystems and natural buffers to mitigate floods, storm surges and other hazards to

which your city may be vulnerable. Adapt to climate change by building on good risk reduction

practices.

Install early warning systems and emergency management capacities in your city and hold

regular public preparedness drills.

After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the survivors are placed at the

centre of reconstruction with support for them and their community

organizations to design and help implement responses, including

rebuilding homes and livelihoods. Sign up today to make

your city resilient

to disasters


svoj grad otpornim

na katastrofe


POPIS: DESET GLAVNIH TOČAKA ZA GRAD OT-PORAN NA KATASTROFEKampanjom se predlaže popis od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe, koji mogu provesti gradonačelnici i lokalne uprave. Ovaj popis nastao je iz pet prioriteta Okvira za djelovanje iz Hyoga za razdoblje 2005.-2015.: Jačanje otpornosti država i zajednica na katastrofe, ključnog instrumenta za provedbu smanjenja rizika od katastrofa. Postizanje svih, ili barem nekih od deset glavnih točaka, pomoći će gradovima da postanu otporniji. Neka se prijave i vaše gradsko vijeće i lokalna uprava!

Uspostaviti organizaciju i koordinaciju kako bi se smanjio rizik od katastrofa, koje se temelje na učešću udruga građana i civilnog društva. Graditi lokalne saveze. Osigurati da svi nadležni organi razumiju svoju ulogu u smanjenju rizika od katastrofa i postizanju pripravnosti na ove rizike.

Odrediti proračun za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa i pružiti poticaj vlasnicima kuća, obiteljima s niskim dohotkom, zajednicama, poduzećima i javnom sektoru da ulažu u smanjenje rizika s kojim se suočavaju.

Ažurirati podatke o opasnosti i osjetljivosti, pripremiti procjenu rizika i koristiti je kao temelj za urbanističke planove i odluke. Osigurati dostupnost ovih informacija i planova javnosti te joj omogućiti da o njima raspravlja.

Ulagati i održavati kritičnu infrastrukturu kojom se smanjuje rizik, kao što su odvodni sustavi u slučaju poplava, a koja se po potrebi prilagođava klimatskim promjenama.

Procijeniti sigurnost svih škola i zdravstvenih ustanova, poboljšati ih i nadograditi prema potrebi.

Primijeniti i provoditi realne, s rizikom usklađene, građevinske propise i načela prostornog planiranja. Identificirati siguran prostor za građane s niskim dohotkom te razviti sustav poboljšanja i nadogradnje bespravno izgrađenih naselja, gdje god je to moguće.

Osigurati da škole i lokalne zajednice usvoje nastavne planove i programe te programe obuke o sman-jenju rizika od katastrofa.

Zaštititi ekosustave i prirodne prepreke za ublažavanje poplava, olujnih valova i drugih opasnosti ko-jima vaš grad može biti izložen. Prilagoditi se klimatskim promjenama, oslanjajući se na dobre primjere iz prakse smanjenja rizika.

Uvesti sustav ranog uzbunjivanja i kapacitete upravljanja u kriznim situacijama u vašem gradu te redovito održavati javne vježbe pripravnosti.

Nakon katastrofe, osigurati da su potrebe preživjelih u središtu aktivnosti obnove pružanjem potpore njima i organizacijama u njihovoj zajednici u osmišljavanju i provedbi ponovne izgradnje, uključujući obnovu domova i sredstava za život.



na katastrofe


Urban risk reduction as an opportunity – what are the benefits?

Cities that proactively seek to reduce disaster risk, as part of their sustainable urbanization e�orts,

can bene�t greatly in the following ways: saved lives and property in case of disaster with dramatic

reduction in fatalities and serious injuries

�� Protected development gains and less diversion of city resources to disaster response and

recovery

�� Active citizen participation and local democracy

�� Increased investment in houses, buildings and other properties, in anticipation of fewer

disaster losses

�� Increased capital investments in infrastructure, including retrofitting, renovation and renewal

�� Business opportunities, economic growth and employment as safer, better-governed cities

attract more investment

�� Balanced ecosystems, which foster provisioning and cultural ecosystem services such as

fresh water and recreation

�� Overall better health and wellbeing

�� Improved education in safer schools.

The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters

The Hyogo Framework for Action was adopted by 168 Member States in Japan in 2005 to build the

resilience of nations and communities by the year 2015. The �ve priorities are equally important for

urban settings:

Make disaster risk reduction a priority in urban practices

Know urban risks and take actions

Build understanding and awareness of urban risks

Reduce urban risks

Prepare your city and be ready to act


TEN-POINT CHECKLIST – ESSENTIALS FOR MAKING CITIES RESILIENTThe campaign proposes a checklist of Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient that can be

implemented by mayors and local governments. The checklist derives from the five priorities

of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities

to Disasters, a key instrument for implementing disaster risk reduction. Achieving all, or even

some, of these ten essentials will help cities to become more resilient. Have your City Council

and local government sign up to this!

Put in place organization and coordination to understand and reduce disaster risk, based

on participation of citizen groups and civil society. Build local alliances. Ensure that all

departments understand their role in disaster risk reduction and preparedness.

Assign a budget for disaster risk reduction and provide incentives for homeowners, low-income

families, communities, businesses and the public sector to invest in reducing the risks they face.

Maintain up-to-date data on hazards and vulnerabilities, prepare risk assessments and use

these as the basis for urban development plans and decisions. Ensure that this information and

the plans for your city’s resilience are readily available to the public and fully discussed with

them.

Invest in and maintain critical infrastructure that reduces risk, such as flood drainage, adjusted

where needed to cope with climate change.

Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities and upgrade them as necessary.

Apply and enforce realistic, risk-compliant building regulations and land-use planning

principles. Identify safe land for low-income citizens and develop upgrading of informal

settlements, wherever feasible.

Ensure that education programmes and training on disaster risk reduction are in place in

schools and local communities.

Protect ecosystems and natural buffers to mitigate floods, storm surges and other hazards to

which your city may be vulnerable. Adapt to climate change by building on good risk reduction

practices.

Install early warning systems and emergency management capacities in your city and hold

regular public preparedness drills.

After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the survivors are placed at the

centre of reconstruction with support for them and their community

organizations to design and help implement responses, including

rebuilding homes and livelihoods. Sign up today to make

your city resilient

to disasters

Smanjenje rizika u gradovima kao prilika – koje su prednosti?

Gradovi koji aktivno nastoje smanjiti rizik od katastrofa aktivnostima održive urbanizacije mogu imati veliku korist na sljedeće načine: spašeni životi i materijalna dobra u slučaju katastrofe uz dramatično smanjenje broja smrtno i teže nastradalih

• zaštićeni razvojni dobici i manja potreba za izdvajanjem gradskih sredstava za intervencije u katastrofama i oporavak

• aktivno sudjelovanje građana i lokalna demokracija

• veća ulaganja u kuće, zgrade i ostala materijalna dobra, čime se smanjuju štete u slučaju katastrofe

• povećana kapitalna ulaganja u infrastrukturu, uključujući rekonstrukciju, adaptaciju i obnovu

• poslovne prilike, gospodarski rast i zapošljavanje budući da sigurniji i dobro vođeni gradovi privlače više investicija

• uravnoteženi ekosustavi, koji poboljšavaju opskrbu i kulturološke usluge ekosustava poput slatke vode i rekreacije

• općenito bolje zdravlje i dobrobit za građane

• bolji sustav odgoja i obrazovanja u sigurnijim školama

Okvir za djelovanje iz Hyoga za razdoblje 2005.-2015.: Jačanje otpornosti država i zajednica na katastrofe

Okvir za djelovanje iz Hyoga usvojilo je 168 država članica u Japanu 2005. godine kako bi se izgradila otpornost država i zajednica do 2015. godine. Pet prioriteta jednako je važno za gradske sredine:

- osigurati da smanjenje rizika od katastrofa bude prioritet u

urbanističkoj praksi

- poznavati rizike u gradskim sredinama i poduzeti aktivnosti s tim

u vezi

- postići razumijevanje i svijest o rizicima u gradskim sredinama

- smanjiti rizike u gradovima

- pripremiti svoj grad i biti spreman na djelovanje



The vision of the campaign is to achieve resilient,

sustainable urban communities.

The campaign will urge local governments to take

action now to reduce cities’ risks to disasters.

The objectives of the Making Cities Resilient

Campaign are threefold, and can be achieved

through building long-lasting partnerships:

Know more

Raise the awareness of citizens and governments

at all levels of the bene�ts of reducing urban risks

Invest wisely

Identify budget allocations within local

government funding plans to invest in disaster

risk reduction activities

Build more safely

Include disaster risk reduction in participatory

urban development planning processes and

protect critical infrastructure

“My City is getting ready” is a rallying call for

all mayors and local governments to make as

many cities as possible as resilient as possible. It

is also a call for local community groups, citizens,

planners, academia and the private sector to join

these e�orts.

While the campaign addresses citizens – those

who live in urban areas and who elect the

decision makers who can take the necessary steps

to make their cities safer – the campaign’s principal

target groups are mayors and local governments

of cities of di�erent sizes, characteristics, locations

and risk pro�les. Mayors and local governments

are the agencies who can take action and make

our cities safer. Mobilizing these important actors

in the disaster risk reduction process is essential to

making cities resilient.

The campaign slogan has meaning for everyone.

Whatever the city, the message to reduce risk will

resonate with all citizens worldwide. For example,

Sao Paulo is Getting Ready! Kobe is Getting

Ready! Istanbul is Getting Ready! Santa Tecla is

getting ready!


In this campaign,

the term ‘city’

refers to urban

areas in general,

encompassing the

responsibility of

‘local governments’

of di�erent

scales, whether

regional, provincial,

metropolitan,

townships or

villages.

The aim is to

get 100 mayors

to commit to at

least one of the

Ten Essentials

for Making Cities

Resilient by 2011;

and to involve

hundreds of

participating local

governments and

as many citizens as

possible to pledge

to join the hospital

and school safety

initiative.


Sign up to the One Million Safe Schools and

Hospitals Initiative

People in unsafe schools, hospitals and health

facilities are at the greatest risk when a disaster

strikes. We can improve the safety of schools,

hospitals and health facilities to address the

increasing risk due to climate change and other

disasters - natural and man-made.

The One Million Safe Schools and

Hospitals Initiative of the campaign encourages

everyone to make a pledge for a school or

hospital and to make them safer now. Anyone

can make a pledge. Everyone can contribute.

Be an advocate, a leader or a champion for safe

schools and hospitals.

http://www.safe-schools-hospitals.net


your city resilient

to disasters

“ In recent years, cities around the

world are being faced with threats such

as large-scale disasters and diseases

including in�uenza, and we are

constantly living side-by-side with the

risk of various perils. In the midst of such

circumstances, I believe that cities must

not only dedicate themselves to their

own crisis management endeavors,

but also enhance collaboration with

neighboring cities, countries and

regions to create a system in which

they can help each other in times of

need. Utilizing its broad network,

CITYNET is already promoting city-

to-city cooperation on the theme

of “Disaster Prevention”. Let us work

together to further deepen our city-to-

city partnerships and aim for a “World

Resilient to Disasters”.

Fumiko Hayashi

President of CITYNET / Mayor of

Yokohama



na katastrofe

„Moj grad se priprema“ poziv je na okupljanje svim gradonačelnicima i lokalnoj samou-pravi da bi se što više gradova učinilo što otpornijima. To je i poziv lokalnim zajednicama, građanima, urbanistima, akademskoj zajednici i privatnom sektoru da se pridruže ovim ak-tivnostima.

Iako se kampanjom obraća građanima – onima koji žive u gradskim sredinama i biraju donositelje odluka koji mogu poduzeti potrebne mjere kako bi njihovi gradovi bili sigurniji – glavna ciljna skupina kampanje su gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti gradova različitih veličina, obilježja, lokacija i vrste rizika. Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti su ti koji mogu poduzeti aktivnosti i učiniti naše gradove sigurnijima. Mobiliziranje tih važnih subjekata u procesima smanjenja rizika od katastrofa ključno je za stvaranje gradova otpornijih na katastrofe.

Slogan kampanje osmišljen je za sve. Bez obzi-ra o kojem se gradu radi, poruka o smanjenju rizika odjeknut će među svim građanima širom svijeta. Na primjer, Sao Paulo se priprema! Kobe se priprema! Istanbul se priprema! Santa Tecla se priprema!

Pridružite se inicijativi za milijun sigurnijih škola i bolnica

Ljudi u školama, bolnicama i zdravstvenim ustanovama koje nisu sigurne pod najvećim su rizikom kada se dogodi katastrofa. Možemo poboljšati sigurnost u školama, bolnicama i zdravstvenim ustanovama i na taj način se suprotstaviti sve većem riziku klimatskih promjena i ostalih katastrofa, bilo prirodnih, bilo tehnoloških. Inicijativa za milijun sigurnijih škola i bolnica potiče svakoga da dâ svoj dopri-nos za školu ili bolnicu kako bi ih učinili sigurni-jima. Svi mogu dati svoj doprinos. Postanite zagovornik ili predvodnik u aktivnostima za sigurne škole i bolnice.http://www.safe-schools-hospitals.net.


Kampanja „Za otpornije gra-dove“Glavni ciljevi kampanje

Vizija kampanje je stvoriti otporne, održive urbanističke zajednice.

Kampanjom će se pozvati lokalnu samoupravu da odmah poduzmu aktivnosti kako bi se smanjio rizik od katastrofa u gradovima.

Ciljevi kampanje izgradnje otpornih gradova su trostruki, a mogu se postići stvaranjem dugotrajnih partnerstava:

znati višepodići svijest građana i vlasti na svim razinama o koristima smanjenja rizika u gradskim sredinama

ulagati mudroutvrditi proračunska sredstva u planovima financiranja lokalne samouprave kako bi se ulagalo u aktivnosti za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa

graditi sigurnijeuključiti smanjenje rizika od katastrofa u participativne procese urbanističkog planiranja te zaštititi kritičnu infrastrukturu

U ovoj kampanji, pojam „grad“ odno-

si se općenito na gradska područja, a obuhvaća odgo-

vornost „lokalne uprave“ svih razina,

bilo da se radi o upravi regije, pokra-jine, grada, manjeg

mjesta ili sela.Cilj je da se 100

gradonačelnika obveže na barem

jednu od deset glavnih točaka

za grad otporan na katastrofe do

2011. godine te da se stotine lokalnih

vlada sudionica i što veći broj

građana obveže na pridruživanje inici-

jativi za sigurnost škola i bolnica.


The vision of the campaign is to achieve resilient,

sustainable urban communities.

The campaign will urge local governments to take

action now to reduce cities’ risks to disasters.

The objectives of the Making Cities Resilient

Campaign are threefold, and can be achieved

through building long-lasting partnerships:

Know more

Raise the awareness of citizens and governments

at all levels of the bene�ts of reducing urban risks

Invest wisely

Identify budget allocations within local

government funding plans to invest in disaster

risk reduction activities

Build more safely

Include disaster risk reduction in participatory

urban development planning processes and

protect critical infrastructure

“My City is getting ready” is a rallying call for

all mayors and local governments to make as

many cities as possible as resilient as possible. It

is also a call for local community groups, citizens,

planners, academia and the private sector to join

these e�orts.

While the campaign addresses citizens – those

who live in urban areas and who elect the

decision makers who can take the necessary steps

to make their cities safer – the campaign’s principal

target groups are mayors and local governments

of cities of di�erent sizes, characteristics, locations

and risk pro�les. Mayors and local governments

are the agencies who can take action and make

our cities safer. Mobilizing these important actors

in the disaster risk reduction process is essential to

making cities resilient.

The campaign slogan has meaning for everyone.

Whatever the city, the message to reduce risk will

resonate with all citizens worldwide. For example,

Sao Paulo is Getting Ready! Kobe is Getting

Ready! Istanbul is Getting Ready! Santa Tecla is

getting ready!


In this campaign,

the term ‘city’

refers to urban

areas in general,

encompassing the

responsibility of

‘local governments’

of di�erent

scales, whether

regional, provincial,

metropolitan,

townships or

villages.

The aim is to

get 100 mayors

to commit to at

least one of the

Ten Essentials

for Making Cities

Resilient by 2011;

and to involve

hundreds of

participating local

governments and

as many citizens as

possible to pledge

to join the hospital

and school safety

initiative.


Sign up to the One Million Safe Schools and

Hospitals Initiative

People in unsafe schools, hospitals and health

facilities are at the greatest risk when a disaster

strikes. We can improve the safety of schools,

hospitals and health facilities to address the

increasing risk due to climate change and other

disasters - natural and man-made.

The One Million Safe Schools and

Hospitals Initiative of the campaign encourages

everyone to make a pledge for a school or

hospital and to make them safer now. Anyone

can make a pledge. Everyone can contribute.

Be an advocate, a leader or a champion for safe

schools and hospitals.

http://www.safe-schools-hospitals.net


your city resilient

to disasters

“ In recent years, cities around the

world are being faced with threats such

as large-scale disasters and diseases

including in�uenza, and we are

constantly living side-by-side with the

risk of various perils. In the midst of such

circumstances, I believe that cities must

not only dedicate themselves to their

own crisis management endeavors,

but also enhance collaboration with

neighboring cities, countries and

regions to create a system in which

they can help each other in times of

need. Utilizing its broad network,

CITYNET is already promoting city-

to-city cooperation on the theme

of “Disaster Prevention”. Let us work

together to further deepen our city-to-

city partnerships and aim for a “World

Resilient to Disasters”.

Fumiko Hayashi

President of CITYNET / Mayor of

Yokohama

„Posljednjih nekoliko godina gradovi diljem svijeta suočavaju se s prijetnjama kao što su velike katastrofe i bolesti, uključujući gripu pa stalno živimo rame uz rame s rizikom od različitih opas-nosti. U takvim okolnostima, smatram da se gradovi moraju ne samo posvetiti vlastitim nastojanjima u upravljanju kriznim situacijama, nego i jačati surad-nju sa susjednim gradovima, državama i regijama kako bi se uspostavio sustav kojim mogu pružiti pomoć jedni drugi-ma u slučaju potrebe. Koristeći svoju razgranatu mrežu, CITYNET već radi na poticanju suradnje među gradovima na temu „prevencija katastrofe“. Radimo zajedno kako bismo učvrstili partner-stva naših gradova za „Svijet otporan na katastrofe“.

Fumiko Hayashipredsjednik CITYNET-a / gradonačelnikYokohame


The secretariat of the United Nations

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

(UNISDR) is the coordinator of the Making

Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2011, but its

local, regional and international partners and

participating cities and local governments

are the drivers and owners of the campaign.

A number of committed mayors, other high-

level public figures and “role-model” local

governments will be identified and help

UNISDR and its partners to promote and

implement the campaign.

Central to ISDR’s partnering initiative for the

campaign is the spread of local government

alliances for disaster risk reduction. Active

members of this global alliance will become

campaign promoters in their areas of influence.

They will draw upon one another’s expertise

as well as provide support and give substance

to the advocacy, political and technical

dimensions of the campaign.

Join the alliance as a supporter by sending your

information to: [email protected] or sign up

on the website under www.unisdr.org/campaign.

UN-HABITAT is a key partner in the campaign

along with many other UN organizations, city

associations and organizations, especially the

United Cities for Local Governments, ICLEI

and the City Alliance. NGO networks and

grassroots organizations that participate in the

ISDR system have already signed up. Resilient

Cities platforms or task forces will support the

campaign in the regions.

Furthermore, the Making Cities Resilient Campaign

2010-2011 is linked to UN-HABITAT’s World

Urban Campaign on “Sustainable Urbanization”.

Both campaigns adhere to the same principles,

contributing towards the same long-term

goal of sustainable development. Many of the

communication tools and participating cities will

be the same. The Making Cities Resilient Campaign

objective is to ensure that the important principles

of the Hyogo Framework for Action are integrated

into the local environment. The next step is to turn

words into action.

The Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk

Reduction has developed a guideline to implement

the Hyogo Framework locally, to assist local

governments to become resilient. It is already used

by the task force members in capacity building

e�orts with city o�cials. Another planning tool

to support risk reduction will be developed by

the partners in the campaign, led by UN-HABITAT

and UNISDR. Capacity building and training

opportunities will be provided by the participating

partners and cities - and be developed further

during the campaign.

Many other global and regional initiatives will be

highlighted during the two year campaign and

many proven practices of urban risk policies will

be available on line.

To learn more about campaign activities and

partners, visit the website at www.unisdr.org/

campaign

Mayors and local governments hold key positions

in building resilience to disasters within their

communities. Mayors provide leadership for

the well-being of their constituencies. Local

governments deliver essential services such as

health, education, transport and water. They

issue construction permits, manage public works

and plan and control urban development, all

of which provide opportunities to ensure safer

development that can reduce a community’s

vulnerability to disasters.

Local governments devise and create

developments that a�ect millions of people

in cities everywhere. The campaign calls on

mayors and local governments to work with

their constituencies, and include risk-reducing

initiatives in their strategic planning processes, as

a way to get ready for future natural hazards with

con�dence and resilience.

Mayors and local governments can play a role

in helping cities to get ready to meet future

risks. National governments, local community

and professional associations, international,

regional and civil society organizations, donors,

the private sector, academia and all citizens must

also be engaged. All of these stakeholders need

to play their respective roles in building disaster

resilient cities, and local government is critical in

order to achieve success.

“Disaster preparedness and risk

mitigation are key priorities in guiding

good city planning, design, development,

and daily administration. Our cities

need commitment and support from the

national government through policy that

empowers us to undertake the necessary

and decisive actions to prevent and

reduce human and other losses. With

such decentralization allowing for better

integrated urban development, not only

can we create sustainable cities, regions

and countries, but also resilient people.”

Dr. Fauzi Bowo, Governor, Jakarta, Indonesia

“It is sad that yet another city is in a

serious disaster with thousands of lives

lost in Haiti. It convinces me that this

campaign is more urgent than ever

before. I put myself in the shoes of the

local government leaders and it cannot

be anything easy…. All this calls for

a real campaign for safer cities and

building resilience.”

District Chairman Rev. Sam Ebukele L’Kwisk

(Uganda)

Mayors and local governments can reduce risk

in the following ways:

�� Sign up to and work towards the Ten

Essentials checklist, make a public

announcement and share your experience,

good practice and progress with

participants in the campaign and other cities

�� Work closely with your central government

to implement nationally planned

approaches to urban planning, local

development and disaster risk reduction

�� Create local partnerships and alliances with

your citizens and community groups

�� Engage your local and national universities

to provide advice on hazard monitoring and

risk assessment and conduct research on

ways for your city to build resilience

�� Focus on your poor and high-risk

communities and take the campaign goals

and messages to grassroot communities

�� Organize public hearings, discussions, drills

and other awareness raising activities during

the International Day for Disaster Reduction

or on the anniversaries of past disasters.

�� Use the campaign and Ten Essentials for

Making Cities Resilient to address climate

change challenges and your “green agenda”.

About the campaign partners Mayors and local governments – the keys to building resilient cities


O partnerima kampanje Međunarodna strategija tajništva Ujedinjenih naroda za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa (UNISDR) koordinator je kampanje za otpornije gradove 2010.-2011., ali nositelji kampanje su njezini lokalni, regionalni i međunarodni part-neri, kao i gradovi sudionici i lokalna samoup-rava. Broj angažiranih gradonačelnika, drugih javnih osoba na visokoj razini i uzornih lokalnih samouprava bit će poznat u budućnosti te pomoći UNISDR-u i njegovim partnerima u poticanju i provedbi kampanje.

U središtu partnerske inicijative ISDR-a u kampanji je širenje saveza lokalnih uprava za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa. Aktivni članovi ovog globalnog saveza postat će promicatelji kampanje u okviru svojih područja utjecaja. Međusobno će se oslanjati i na stručna znanja svojih saveznika i pružiti potporu zagovaranju kampanje te njezinim političkim i tehničkim dimenzijama.

Pridružite se savezu kao simpatizer slanjem informacija na: [email protected], ili se prijavite na web stranicu www.unisdr.org/campaign.

UN-HABITAT ključni je partner u kampanji zajedno s mnogim drugim organizacijama UN-a, gradskim udrugama i organizacijama, a posebno Ujedinjenim gradovima za lokalne uprave (United Cities for Local Governments), ICLEI i Savezom gradova (City Alliance). Mreže nevladinih udruga i društvenih organizacija koje djeluju u sustavu ISDR-a, već su se pri-javile. Platforme ili radne skupine za izgradnju otpornijih gradova pružit će potporu kampanji u regijama.

Nadalje, kampanja „Za otpornije gradove 2010.-2011.“ povezana je sa Svjetskom kam-panjom za gradove UN-HABITAT-a „Održiva urbanizacija“. Obje kampanje pridržavaju se istih načela, doprinoseći istom dugoročnom cilju održivog razvoja. U objema kampanjama mnogi komunikacijski alati i gradovi sudio-nici bit će isti. Cilj je kampanje „Za otpornije gradove“ osigurati da se važna načela Okvira za djelovanje iz Hyoga integriraju u lokalne sredine. Sljedeći korak je prijeći s riječi na djela.

Azijska regionalna radna skupina za smanjenje

rizika u gradskim područjima sastavila je smjernice za provedbu Hyogo okvira na lokalnoj razini kako bi se pružila pomoć lokalnim vladama u stvaranju otpornosti. Ove smjernice već koriste članovi radne skupine u aktivnostima izgradnje kapaciteta koje provode zajedno s gradskim vlastima. Ostale alate i smjernice za planiranje koji će pomoći smanjenju rizika razvit će partneri u kampanji, na čelu s UN-HABITAT-om i UNISDR-om. Prilike za izgradnju kapaciteta i obuku omogućit će partneri i gradovi sudionici, te će se i dalje razvijati tijekom kampanje.

Mnoge druge globalne i regionalne inicijative bit će istaknute tijekom dvogodišnje kam-panje, a mnogi pozitivni primjeri politike za smanjenje rizika u gradskim sredinama bit će dostupni na internetu.

Kako biste saznali više o aktivnostima i partnerima kampanje, posjetite web stranicu: www.unisdr.org/campaign.


The secretariat of the United Nations

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

(UNISDR) is the coordinator of the Making

Cities Resilient Campaign 2010-2011, but its

local, regional and international partners and

participating cities and local governments

are the drivers and owners of the campaign.

A number of committed mayors, other high-

level public figures and “role-model” local

governments will be identified and help

UNISDR and its partners to promote and

implement the campaign.

Central to ISDR’s partnering initiative for the

campaign is the spread of local government

alliances for disaster risk reduction. Active

members of this global alliance will become

campaign promoters in their areas of influence.

They will draw upon one another’s expertise

as well as provide support and give substance

to the advocacy, political and technical

dimensions of the campaign.

Join the alliance as a supporter by sending your

information to: [email protected] or sign up

on the website under www.unisdr.org/campaign.

UN-HABITAT is a key partner in the campaign

along with many other UN organizations, city

associations and organizations, especially the

United Cities for Local Governments, ICLEI

and the City Alliance. NGO networks and

grassroots organizations that participate in the

ISDR system have already signed up. Resilient

Cities platforms or task forces will support the

campaign in the regions.

Furthermore, the Making Cities Resilient Campaign

2010-2011 is linked to UN-HABITAT’s World

Urban Campaign on “Sustainable Urbanization”.

Both campaigns adhere to the same principles,

contributing towards the same long-term

goal of sustainable development. Many of the

communication tools and participating cities will

be the same. The Making Cities Resilient Campaign

objective is to ensure that the important principles

of the Hyogo Framework for Action are integrated

into the local environment. The next step is to turn

words into action.

The Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk

Reduction has developed a guideline to implement

the Hyogo Framework locally, to assist local

governments to become resilient. It is already used

by the task force members in capacity building

e�orts with city o�cials. Another planning tool

to support risk reduction will be developed by

the partners in the campaign, led by UN-HABITAT

and UNISDR. Capacity building and training

opportunities will be provided by the participating

partners and cities - and be developed further

during the campaign.

Many other global and regional initiatives will be

highlighted during the two year campaign and

many proven practices of urban risk policies will

be available on line.

To learn more about campaign activities and

partners, visit the website at www.unisdr.org/

campaign

Mayors and local governments hold key positions

in building resilience to disasters within their

communities. Mayors provide leadership for

the well-being of their constituencies. Local

governments deliver essential services such as

health, education, transport and water. They

issue construction permits, manage public works

and plan and control urban development, all

of which provide opportunities to ensure safer

development that can reduce a community’s

vulnerability to disasters.

Local governments devise and create

developments that a�ect millions of people

in cities everywhere. The campaign calls on

mayors and local governments to work with

their constituencies, and include risk-reducing

initiatives in their strategic planning processes, as

a way to get ready for future natural hazards with

con�dence and resilience.

Mayors and local governments can play a role

in helping cities to get ready to meet future

risks. National governments, local community

and professional associations, international,

regional and civil society organizations, donors,

the private sector, academia and all citizens must

also be engaged. All of these stakeholders need

to play their respective roles in building disaster

resilient cities, and local government is critical in

order to achieve success.

“Disaster preparedness and risk

mitigation are key priorities in guiding

good city planning, design, development,

and daily administration. Our cities

need commitment and support from the

national government through policy that

empowers us to undertake the necessary

and decisive actions to prevent and

reduce human and other losses. With

such decentralization allowing for better

integrated urban development, not only

can we create sustainable cities, regions

and countries, but also resilient people.”

Dr. Fauzi Bowo, Governor, Jakarta, Indonesia

“It is sad that yet another city is in a

serious disaster with thousands of lives

lost in Haiti. It convinces me that this

campaign is more urgent than ever

before. I put myself in the shoes of the

local government leaders and it cannot

be anything easy…. All this calls for

a real campaign for safer cities and

building resilience.”

District Chairman Rev. Sam Ebukele L’Kwisk

(Uganda)

Mayors and local governments can reduce risk

in the following ways:

�� Sign up to and work towards the Ten

Essentials checklist, make a public

announcement and share your experience,

good practice and progress with

participants in the campaign and other cities

�� Work closely with your central government

to implement nationally planned

approaches to urban planning, local

development and disaster risk reduction

�� Create local partnerships and alliances with

your citizens and community groups

�� Engage your local and national universities

to provide advice on hazard monitoring and

risk assessment and conduct research on

ways for your city to build resilience

�� Focus on your poor and high-risk

communities and take the campaign goals

and messages to grassroot communities

�� Organize public hearings, discussions, drills

and other awareness raising activities during

the International Day for Disaster Reduction

or on the anniversaries of past disasters.

�� Use the campaign and Ten Essentials for

Making Cities Resilient to address climate

change challenges and your “green agenda”.

About the campaign partners Mayors and local governments – the keys to building resilient cities

Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti – ključ za izgradnju gradova otpornih na katastrofe

Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti imaju ključne pozicije u izgradnji otpornosti na katastrofe u svojim zajednicama. Gradonačelnici su odgo-vorni za dobrobit svojih birača. Mjesne vlasti pružaju osnovne usluge, kao što su zdravstvo, odgoj i obrazovanje, promet i vodoopskrba. Oni izdaju građevinske dozvole, upravljaju javnim poslovima te planiraju i provode kontrolu nad urbanističkim razvojem, a sve to pruža mogućnost za sigurniji razvoj gra-dova koji može umanjiti izloženost zajednica katastrofama.

Lokalne vlasti osmišljavaju i provode aktivnosti koje utječu na milijune ljudi u gradovima diljem svijeta. Kampanjom se pozivaju gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti da djeluju sa svojim biračima te da u procese strateškog planiranja ugrade inicijative za smanjenje rizika, što je način na koji se mogu spremno suočiti s budućim prirodnim opasnostima.

Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti mogu igrati značajnu ulogu u pružanju pomoći gradovima kako bi se pripremili za suočavanje s budućim rizicima. U ove aktivnosti treba uključiti i državne vlasti, lokalne zajednice i stru-kovne udruge, međunarodne i regionalne organizacije te organizacije civilnog društva, donatore, privatni sektor, akademsku zajednicu i sve građane. Svi ovi subjekti moraju preuzeti svoju ulogu u izgradnji grada otpornog na katastrofe, a uloga lokalne vlasti od ključnog je značaja za postizanje uspjeha.

„Pripravnost na katastrofe i ublažavanje rizika ključni su prior-iteti u vođenju dobrog urbanističkog planiranja, projektiranja, razvoja i uprave. Našim gradovima potrebna je predanost i potpora državnih vlasti putem politike koja nam omogućuje poduzimanje potrebnih i odlučnih ak-tivnosti kako bismo spriječili i umanjili ljudske i druge gubitke. Takvom de-centralizacijom koja omogućuje bolje integrirani urbanistički razvoj ne samo da možemo stvoriti održive gradove, regije i države, nego možemo povećati otpornost stanovnika na katastrofe.“

dr. Fauzi Bowo guverner Jakarte, Indonezija

„Žalosno je da je još jedan grad pogodila ozbiljna katastrofa, s tisućama ljudskih žrtava na Haitiju. To me uvjerava da je ova kampanja hitnija neko ikada ranije. Stavio sam se u kožu čelnika lokalne vlasti i to ne može biti lako... Sve ovo poziva na čvrstu kampanju za izgradnju sigurnih i otpornih gradova.“

predsjednik Distrikta vlč. Sam Ebukele L’Kwisk(Uganda)

Gradonačelnici i lokalne vlasti mogu sman-jiti rizik na sljedeće načine:

• prijavite se i djelujte u svrhu ispunjenja popisa od deset glavnih točaka, izađite u javnost i podijelite svoje iskustvo, dobre primjere iz prakse i napredak sa sudionicima kampanje i drugim gradovima

• usko surađujte sa svojim središnjim vlastima u cilju provedbe nacionalnih planova za urbanistički razvoj, razvoja lokalnih sredina i smanjenja rizika od katastrofa

• stvarajte partnerstva i saveze sa svojim građanima i skupinama u zajednici

• angažirajte svoja lokalna i državna sveučilišta da djeluju kao savjetnici u području praćenja opasnosti i procjene rizika, kao i da provode istraživanja o načinima na koji vaš grad može postati otporniji

• usredotočite se na siromašne zajednice i zajednice visokog rizika te prenesite ciljeve i poruke kampanje pripadnicima neformalnih društvenih organizacija

• organizirajte javne rasprave, diskusije, vježbe i druge aktivnosti podizanja svijesti na Međunarodni dan borbe protiv prirodnih katastrofa ili na godišnjice prethodnih katastrofa

• koristite kampanju i popis od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe kako biste skrenuli pažnju na izazove klimatskih promjena i vaš „zeleni program”.


Local government associations

�� Put disaster risk reduction at the top of

your agenda

�� Partner with UNISDR to reach out to local

authorities

�� Support implementation of the

campaign at the local government and

community levels.

National governments

�� Set up and foster multi-stakeholder

national platforms for disaster

risk reduction that include local

governments or their associations

�� Give consideration to local governance

and sustainable urbanization issues

�� Ensure that your ministries and

institutions take risk reduction into

account in their planning and policy

making

�� Encourage economic development in

rural areas and smaller cities in order

to reduce the pressure of accelerated

migration to high-risk peripheral areas

and slums

�� Make disaster risk reduction a national

and local priority and clearly identify

institutional responsibilities for reducing

risk at all levels.

Community associations

�� Sign up to the campaign and encourage

your organization to participate in it

�� Promote active engagement of

community members in the campaign,

using the campaign’s promotional and

informational resources

�� Build partnership in projects with local

government, NGOs, the private sector

etc. to make your local area safer

�� Share local knowledge and experience

with other actors; support activities

such as planning, risk assessments

and mapping, maintenance of critical

infrastructure, safer land use and

enforcement of building standards

�� Collaborate in measuring progress

through participative monitoring.

UN, international or regional organizations, NGOs

�� Sign up as a campaign partner and

commit to support local governments to

build resilience to disasters

�� Strive to develop better tools and

methodologies for urban risk reduction

in any of the Ten Essentials for Making

Cities Resilient areas

�� Advocate for increased urban risk

reduction at the local level

�� Encourage greater involvement of local

actors in regional and international

policy development

�� Strengthen the links between NGOs,

local governments and community-

based organizations.

Donors

�� Ensure that disaster risk reduction is part

of your programme planning and budget

allocations; and include this for sustainable

urbanization, climate adaptation,

development, humanitarian, disaster

response and reconstruction programmes

�� Fund projects that focus on making cities

resilient to disasters.

Private sector

�� Make sure your business is not

increasing disaster risk or degrading the

environment

�� Partner in projects with your local

government or communities where

you conduct your enterprise to make

your city safer – only a resilient city can

support sustainable economic growth

�� Commit resources to research and

development projects on urban risk

reduction.

Academia

�� Adapt the science agenda to emphasize

this paramount research topic and

advance the state-of-the art in urban risk

reduction

�� Introduce urban risk profiling and

risk reduction processes as part of

the courses and research in several

disciplines, including urban planning

�� Collaborate with regional and local

governments in applied research

projects on risk assessments and risk

reduction; test and apply your methods,

models and findings in local government

environments

�� Go public with your knowledge and

make your expertise available to local

governments and the public at large.



your city resilient

to disasters


Što možete učiniti kako bi vaš grad bio ot-porniji? Pridružite se kampanji!

Udruženja lokalnih vlasti

•neka smanjenje rizika od katastrofa bude prva točka vašeg dnevnog reda

•postanite partner UNISDR-a kako biste preni-jeli poruku vašim lokalnim upravama

•pružite potporu provedbi kampanje na razi-nama lokalne vlasti i lokalne zajednice

Nacionalne vlade

•uspostavite i potaknite nacionalne platforme za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa koje podržava više interesnih skupina, a koje uključuju i lokalne vlasti ili njihove udruge

•razmotrite pitanja lokalne uprave i održive urbanizacije

•pobrinite se da vaša ministarstva i institucije razmotre pitanje smanjenja rizika kod izrade planova i politika

•potaknite ekonomski razvoj u ruralnim područjima i manjim gradovima u cilju sman-jenja pritiska rastuće migracije stanovništva u visokorizična rubna područja i sirotinjske četvrti

•učinite da smanjenje rizika od katastrofa postane državni i lokalni prioritet te jasno identificirajte institucijske odgovornosti za smanjenje rizika na svim razinama

Udruge zajednice

•prijavite se za kampanju i potaknite vašu organizaciju na sudjelovanje

•promičite aktivno sudjelovanje članova zajed-nice u kampanji promidžbenim i informativnim materijalima kampanje

•izgradite partnerstva kroz projekte s lokalnom vladom, nevladinim udrugama, privatnim sektorom itd. kako bi vaše okruženje učinili sigurnijim

•podijelite svoja znanja i iskustva s ostalim sudionicima, pružite potporu aktivnostima kao što su planiranje, procjena i izrada karata rizika, održavanje kritične infrastrukture, sigurnije prostorno planiranje i provedba standarda gradnje

•surađujte u mjerenju napretka sudjelovanjem u njegovom praćenju

UN, međunarodne ili regionalne organizacije, nevladine udruge

•prijavite se kao partner kampanje i obvežite na pružanje potpore lokalnim vlastima u izgradnji otpornosti na katastrofe

•pokušajte naći bolje načine i metodologiju za smanjenja rizika u gradskim sredinama u bilo kojoj od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe

•zagovarajte učinkovitije smanjenje rizika u gradskim sredinama na lokalnoj razini

•potaknite veću uključenost lokalnih subjekata u razvoju regionalne i međunarodne politike

•ojačajte veze između nevladinih udruga, jedinica lokalne samouprave i organizacija u zajednici


Local government associations

�� Put disaster risk reduction at the top of

your agenda

�� Partner with UNISDR to reach out to local

authorities

�� Support implementation of the

campaign at the local government and

community levels.

National governments

�� Set up and foster multi-stakeholder

national platforms for disaster

risk reduction that include local

governments or their associations

�� Give consideration to local governance

and sustainable urbanization issues

�� Ensure that your ministries and

institutions take risk reduction into

account in their planning and policy

making

�� Encourage economic development in

rural areas and smaller cities in order

to reduce the pressure of accelerated

migration to high-risk peripheral areas

and slums

�� Make disaster risk reduction a national

and local priority and clearly identify

institutional responsibilities for reducing

risk at all levels.

Community associations

�� Sign up to the campaign and encourage

your organization to participate in it

�� Promote active engagement of

community members in the campaign,

using the campaign’s promotional and

informational resources

�� Build partnership in projects with local

government, NGOs, the private sector

etc. to make your local area safer

�� Share local knowledge and experience

with other actors; support activities

such as planning, risk assessments

and mapping, maintenance of critical

infrastructure, safer land use and

enforcement of building standards

�� Collaborate in measuring progress

through participative monitoring.

UN, international or regional organizations, NGOs

�� Sign up as a campaign partner and

commit to support local governments to

build resilience to disasters

�� Strive to develop better tools and

methodologies for urban risk reduction

in any of the Ten Essentials for Making

Cities Resilient areas

�� Advocate for increased urban risk

reduction at the local level

�� Encourage greater involvement of local

actors in regional and international

policy development

�� Strengthen the links between NGOs,

local governments and community-

based organizations.

Donors

�� Ensure that disaster risk reduction is part

of your programme planning and budget

allocations; and include this for sustainable

urbanization, climate adaptation,

development, humanitarian, disaster

response and reconstruction programmes

�� Fund projects that focus on making cities

resilient to disasters.

Private sector

�� Make sure your business is not

increasing disaster risk or degrading the

environment

�� Partner in projects with your local

government or communities where

you conduct your enterprise to make

your city safer – only a resilient city can

support sustainable economic growth

�� Commit resources to research and

development projects on urban risk

reduction.

Academia

�� Adapt the science agenda to emphasize

this paramount research topic and

advance the state-of-the art in urban risk

reduction

�� Introduce urban risk profiling and

risk reduction processes as part of

the courses and research in several

disciplines, including urban planning

�� Collaborate with regional and local

governments in applied research

projects on risk assessments and risk

reduction; test and apply your methods,

models and findings in local government

environments

�� Go public with your knowledge and

make your expertise available to local

governments and the public at large.



your city resilient

to disasters



na katastrofe

Donatori

•u planiranju vašeg programa i raspodjele proračuna uvedite smanjenje rizika od katastrofa, kao i kod održive urbanizacije, prilagodbe klimatskim promjenama, razvojnih programa, humanitarne pomoći, intervencija u katastrofama i programa obnove

•financirajte projekte koji su usmjereni na stvaranje gradova otpornih na katastrofe

Privatni sektor

•pobrinite se da vaše poslovanje ne povećava rizik od katastrofa, niti ugrožava okoliš

•postanite partner u projektima s lokalnim vlastima ili zajednicom u kojoj djelujete kako biste učinili vaš grad sigurnijim – samo gradom otpornim na katastrofe može se pružiti potpora održivom ekonomskom razvoju

•odvojite sredstva za istraživačke i razvojne projekte koji se odnose na smanjenje rizika u gradskim sredinama

Akademska zajednica

•prilagodite znanstvene programe kako biste naglasili ovu značajnu istraživačku temu te unaprijedili prikaz stanja i dostignuća u području smanjenja rizika u gradskim sredi-nama

•uvedite teme profiliranja rizika u gradskim sredinama i procesa smanjenja rizika u tečajeve i istraživačke projekte u nekoliko disciplina, uključujući i urbanističko planiranje

•surađujte s regionalnim i lokalnim vlastima u istraživačkim projektima koji se odnose na procjene rizika i smanjenje rizika, ispitujte i primjenjujte svoje metode, modele i rezultate u okruženju lokalne uprave

•izađite u javnost s vašim saznanjima i stavite svoju stručnost na raspolaganje lokalnim vlastima i javnosti u cjelini


The campagn wants to highlight the good

practice and successes that cities have

experienced in the course of their individual risk

reduction e�orts. Leading by example is often the

most compelling way to engage others. Showing

what is possible and making clear the bene�ts

that can be had from making a city resilient to

urban risks is what the campaign is all about.

Perhaps your city would be an ideal Role Model

City in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign. We

want to showcase exemplary Resilient City Role

Models that have demonstrated leadership in,

and commitment to reducing urban risks. Role

Model Cities will be asked to commit some time to

support the campaign in two meaningful ways:

1. Raise awareness and advocate for local

government needs at the highest levels

2. Promote and support implementation of

disaster risk reduction in your country

Become a Resilient Cities Champion!

�� Are you a mayor or local government

leader? As a Champion and goodwill

ambassador for resilient cities

everywhere, nominate a community

leader, mayor, governor or other

influential figure in your community

who is willing to support UNISDR and

our partners during the campaign to

encourage, help and support others.

Become a Role Model City!

�� Has your local government already made

good progress towards resilience? Is

your city or local government willing to

showcase its good practice in building

resilience and safety in at least five out

of the Ten Essentials for Making Cities

Resilient? Is your local government

willing to provide opportunities to other

local governments to learn from your

experiences? Become a Role Model City

and share your success with the world.

Role Models will be featured prominently

throughout the campaign.

Become a Resilient Cities Participant!

�� If you are a local government that is

in the early stages of risk reduction

planning and management, make a

pledge to improve resilience and safety

to disasters and let the campaign know

about it.

�� If you are a community group, NGO or

other active member of your city who

wants to commit to and support the

campaign goals and work with your local

government to increase the disaster

resilience.

The nomination process

To become a Resilient Cities Champion, a Resilient

Cities Role Model or a Resilient Cities Participant

you have to start with the nomination process.

You will �nd nomination forms and all of the

information you need on the website (www.

unisdr.org/campaign).

To nominate a Resilient City Role Model – cities

and local governments

Send your nomination proposal to UNISDR,

explaining why the nominated city can serve as

a role model demonstrating good practice in

building resilience. If accepted, UNISDR will invite

the nominated city to be o�cially designated

as a Resilient Cities Role Model in the campaign.

UNISDR will then work with the city to identify

opportunities for Role Model activities as well as

publish the results of the cooperation and good

practices for the duration of the campaign. For

further details, contact [email protected] for

more information.

��

��

Cities and local governments that are interested

in participating in the campaign but that might

not wish to become a Resilient Cities Role

Model can instead pledge their commitment to

improve in any of the Ten Essentials for Making

Cities Resilient. A letter from the mayor’s o�ce

to UNISDR will con�rm this pledge and UNISDR

will list the city as a Resilient Cities Participant

in the campaign. UNISDR will regularly update

all participating cities on campaign and partner

activities. Further information is available at

www.unisdr.org/campaign.

To nominate a Resilient Cities Champion

and goodwill ambassador - cities and local

governments

�� Campaign partners, national platforms

and city councils can nominate a person

to become a Resilient Cities Champion

and goodwill ambassador during the

2010-2011 Campaign in their personal

capacity. This is a non-remunerated

designation, which requires the nominee

to provide leadership and visibility.

WHY SHOULD A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIGN UP TO THE CAMPAIGN - SOME BENEFITS

�� Save lives and livelihoods through proper

planning and preparedness

�� Work towards sustainable urbanization

�� Help protect natural resources, your

urban heritage and economic activity

�� Provide expertise, participate in or host

city-to-city-learning events on how to

reduce disaster risk in specific areas,

putting your city “on the map”

�� Be part of high visibility events to discuss

critical issues with national and global

counterparts, such as linking disaster risk

reduction to climate change adaptation,

Millennium Development Goals, safe

schools and hospitals and financing issues

�� Be eligible to receive the UN Sasakawa

Award for Disaster Reduction 2010-

2011, which recognizes examples of

local governments’ good practice and

innovation. The award recipient will be

linked to high-profile media events

�� Have your good practice included and

disseminated in publications, on the

website and in the print and broadcast

media

�� Show leadership by working towards a

more resilient city/township and initiate

the all-important first steps

�� Gain access to expertise, partners,

learning opportunities and consider the

possibility of “twinning” with another

Role Model city

�� Gain increased visibility and prestige for

political leadership and innovation


ContactsFor more information

www.unisdr.org/campaign

www.preventionweb.net

Email: [email protected]

Campaign network and Global Alliance

workspace: http://groups.preventionweb.

net/scripts/wa-


Kako nominirati grad za kampanju?Kampanjom se žele istaknuti najbolji primjeri iz prakse te uspjesi gradova kroz njihova iskustva u nastojanjima za smanjenje rizika od katastro-fa. Dobri primjeri su često najbolji način da se i ostali uključe. Ovom se kampanjom želi poka-zati što je moguće učiniti te prikazati koristi od izgradnje grada otpornog na rizike kojima su izložene gradske sredine.

Možda će vaš grad biti idealni uzorni grad u kampanji „Za otpornije gradove“. Želimo dati primjer uzornih gradova koji su pokazali vod-stvo i predanost u smanjenju rizika u gradskim sredinama. Od uzornih gradova zatražit će se da odvoje vrijeme kako bi pružili potporu kampanji na dva značajna načina:

1. podizanjem svijesti i zalaganjem za potrebe lokalnih vlasti na najvišim razinama

2. promicanjem i pružanjem potpore provedbi aktivnosti za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa u vašoj zemlji

Postanite zagovornik gradova otpornih na katastrofe!

• Jeste li gradonačelnik ili čelnik lokalne uprave? Kao zagovornik i ambasador dobre volje za otporne gradove diljem svijeta, nominirajte čelnika lokalne zajednice, gradonačelnika, guvernera ili drugu utjeca-jnu osobu u vašoj zajednici koja je spremna pružiti potporu UNISDR-u i našim partnerima tijekom kampanje u poticanju i pružanju pomoći i potpore ostalima.

Postanite uzorni grad!

• Je li vaša lokalna uprava već ostvarila napredak u izgradnji otpornosti grada? Jesu li vaš grad ili lokalne vlasti voljne predstaviti svoje iskustvo i dobre primjere iz prakse u izgradnji otpornosti i sigurnosti u barem pet od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe? Je li vaša lokalna uprava spremna pružiti mogućnost drugim lokalnim upravama da uče iz vašeg iskustva? Postanite uzorni grad i podijelite svoje uspjehe s cijelim svijetom. Uzorne će se gradove posebno istaknuti tijekom kampanje.

Postanite sudionik kampanje!

• Ako ste lokalna uprava koja je u ranoj fazi planiranja i vođenja aktivnosti smanjenja rizika, obvežite se na jačanje otpornosti i sigurnosti u slučaju katastrofa i o tome obavijestite kampanju.

• Ako ste organizacija u zajednici, nevladina udruga ili aktivni član gradske zajednice koji se želi posvetiti kampanji, pružiti potporu njezinim ciljevima i djelovati s lokalnim vlastima u nastojanjima za jačanje otpornosti grada na katastrofe.

Postupak nominacije

Da biste postali zagovornik, uzorni grad ili sudionik kampanje „Za otpornije gradove“, morate započeti s postupkom nominacije. Sve potrebne obrasce i informacije o nominaciji naći ćete na web stranici (www.unisdr.org/campaign).

Nominacija za uzorni grad – gradovi i lokalne uprave

Pošaljite svoju ponudu za nominaciju UNISDR-u, uz obrazloženje zašto nominirani grad može služiti kao dobar primjer iz prakse izgradnje otpornosti na katastrofe. Ako se nominacija prihvati, UNISDR upućuje poziv nominiranom gradu za službeno imenovanje uzornim gradom u kampanji. Nakon toga, UNISDR u suradnji s gradom identificira aktivnosti uzornog grada te objavljuje rezultate suradnje i dobre primjere iz prakse za vrijeme trajanja kampanje. Za više informacija kontaktirajte [email protected].

Nominacija grada kao sudionika u kampanji – gradovi i lokalne uprave

Gradovi i lokalne vlasti koji su zainteresirani za sudjelovanje u kampanji, ali koji ne žele preuzeti ulogu uzornog grada, mogu se obvezati na poboljšanje bilo koje od deset glavnih točaka za grad otporan na katastrofe. Za potvrdu ove preuzete obveze dovoljno je pismo gradonačelnika upućeno UNISDR–u, a UNISDR stavlja taj grad na popis sudionika kampanje za izgradnju gradova otpornih na


The campagn wants to highlight the good

practice and successes that cities have

experienced in the course of their individual risk

reduction e�orts. Leading by example is often the

most compelling way to engage others. Showing

what is possible and making clear the bene�ts

that can be had from making a city resilient to

urban risks is what the campaign is all about.

Perhaps your city would be an ideal Role Model

City in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign. We

want to showcase exemplary Resilient City Role

Models that have demonstrated leadership in,

and commitment to reducing urban risks. Role

Model Cities will be asked to commit some time to

support the campaign in two meaningful ways:

1. Raise awareness and advocate for local

government needs at the highest levels

2. Promote and support implementation of

disaster risk reduction in your country

Become a Resilient Cities Champion!

�� Are you a mayor or local government

leader? As a Champion and goodwill

ambassador for resilient cities

everywhere, nominate a community

leader, mayor, governor or other

influential figure in your community

who is willing to support UNISDR and

our partners during the campaign to

encourage, help and support others.

Become a Role Model City!

�� Has your local government already made

good progress towards resilience? Is

your city or local government willing to

showcase its good practice in building

resilience and safety in at least five out

of the Ten Essentials for Making Cities

Resilient? Is your local government

willing to provide opportunities to other

local governments to learn from your

experiences? Become a Role Model City

and share your success with the world.

Role Models will be featured prominently

throughout the campaign.

Become a Resilient Cities Participant!

�� If you are a local government that is

in the early stages of risk reduction

planning and management, make a

pledge to improve resilience and safety

to disasters and let the campaign know

about it.

�� If you are a community group, NGO or

other active member of your city who

wants to commit to and support the

campaign goals and work with your local

government to increase the disaster

resilience.

The nomination process

To become a Resilient Cities Champion, a Resilient

Cities Role Model or a Resilient Cities Participant

you have to start with the nomination process.

You will �nd nomination forms and all of the

information you need on the website (www.

unisdr.org/campaign).

To nominate a Resilient City Role Model – cities

and local governments

Send your nomination proposal to UNISDR,

explaining why the nominated city can serve as

a role model demonstrating good practice in

building resilience. If accepted, UNISDR will invite

the nominated city to be o�cially designated

as a Resilient Cities Role Model in the campaign.

UNISDR will then work with the city to identify

opportunities for Role Model activities as well as

publish the results of the cooperation and good

practices for the duration of the campaign. For

further details, contact [email protected] for

more information.

��

��

Cities and local governments that are interested

in participating in the campaign but that might

not wish to become a Resilient Cities Role

Model can instead pledge their commitment to

improve in any of the Ten Essentials for Making

Cities Resilient. A letter from the mayor’s o�ce

to UNISDR will con�rm this pledge and UNISDR

will list the city as a Resilient Cities Participant

in the campaign. UNISDR will regularly update

all participating cities on campaign and partner

activities. Further information is available at

www.unisdr.org/campaign.

To nominate a Resilient Cities Champion

and goodwill ambassador - cities and local

governments

�� Campaign partners, national platforms

and city councils can nominate a person

to become a Resilient Cities Champion

and goodwill ambassador during the

2010-2011 Campaign in their personal

capacity. This is a non-remunerated

designation, which requires the nominee

to provide leadership and visibility.

WHY SHOULD A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIGN UP TO THE CAMPAIGN - SOME BENEFITS

�� Save lives and livelihoods through proper

planning and preparedness

�� Work towards sustainable urbanization

�� Help protect natural resources, your

urban heritage and economic activity

�� Provide expertise, participate in or host

city-to-city-learning events on how to

reduce disaster risk in specific areas,

putting your city “on the map”

�� Be part of high visibility events to discuss

critical issues with national and global

counterparts, such as linking disaster risk

reduction to climate change adaptation,

Millennium Development Goals, safe

schools and hospitals and financing issues

�� Be eligible to receive the UN Sasakawa

Award for Disaster Reduction 2010-

2011, which recognizes examples of

local governments’ good practice and

innovation. The award recipient will be

linked to high-profile media events

�� Have your good practice included and

disseminated in publications, on the

website and in the print and broadcast

media

�� Show leadership by working towards a

more resilient city/township and initiate

the all-important first steps

�� Gain access to expertise, partners,

learning opportunities and consider the

possibility of “twinning” with another

Role Model city

�� Gain increased visibility and prestige for

political leadership and innovation


ContactsFor more information

www.unisdr.org/campaign

www.preventionweb.net

Email: [email protected]

Campaign network and Global Alliance

workspace: http://groups.preventionweb.

net/scripts/wa-

katastrofe. UNISDR redovno ažurira popis gradova sudionika kampanje, kao i partnerskih aktivnosti. Dodatne su informacije dostupne na www.unisdr.org/campaign.

Nominacija za zagovornika kampanje i ambasadora dobre volje – gradovi i lokalne uprave

• Partneri kampanje, nacionalne platforme i gradska vijeća mogu imenovati osobu kao zagovornika kampanje i ambasadora dobre volje u svojstvu privatne osobe, tijekom kampanje 2010.-2011. Za aktivnosti koje proizlaze iz ove uloge nije predviđena na-knada, a od kandidata se očekuje sposobnost rukovođenja i javni nastupi.

RAZLOZI ZA PRIKLJUČIVANJE LOKALNE UPRAVE KAMPANJI – PREDNOSTI

• spašavanje života i egzistencije odgovarajućim planiranjem i pripravnošću

• zalaganje za održivu urbanizaciju

• pružanje pomoći u zaštiti prirodnih resursa, vašeg urbanističkog nasljeđa i gospodarskih djelatnosti

• pružanje stručnih znanja, sudjelovanje i organiziranje međugradskih događaja razm-jene znanja o smanjenju rizika u određenim područjima, predstavljajući vaš grad

• sudjelovanje u prepoznatljivim događajima kako bi s kolegama na državnoj i globalnoj razini razgovarali o ključnim pitanjima, kao što je povezanost smanjenja rizika od katastrofa i prilagodbe klimatskim prom-jenama, Milenijski razvojni ciljevi, sigurne škole i bolnice te financijska pitanja

• mogućnost osvajanja nagrade UN-a Sasakawa za smanjenje rizika od katastrofa 2010.-2011., koja se dodjeljuje za primjere dobre prakse i inovacija lokalnih vlasti. Dobitnik nagrade sudjelovat će u istaknutim medijskim događajima

• objavljivanje primjera vaše dobre prakse u publikacijama, na web stranicama i medijima

• pokazivanje sposobnosti rukovođenja provedbom aktivnosti za stvaranje grada otpornijeg na katastrofe i inicijative u poduzi-manju ključnih prvih koraka

• stjecanje pristupa stručnim znanjima, partnerima, mogućnostima širenja znanja te razmatranje mogućnosti „bratimljenja“ s drugim uzornim gradom

• prepoznatljivost i istaknut položaj u području političkog rukovođenja i inovacija

Kontaktiza više informacijawww.unisdr.org/campaign www.preventionweb.nete-mail: [email protected]

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