Implementing the Making Cities Resilient campaign in the Republic of Korea - Busan Metropolitan City
Aim
This workshop aims to build the capacity and understanding of Busan city officials about the Making Cities Resilient global campaign, its ‘Ten Essentials for Resilient Cities’, the sign-up process and best practices towards becoming a role model city. It further aims to capture good practice and enhance disaster risk sensitive planning in the city.
Topics Addressed
- UNISDR and its roles and actions taken for disaster risk reduction
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Capacity development and disaster management
- Making Cities Resilient (MCR) Campaign
- Sign-up procedure
- Role model cities
- New Ten Essentials with case studies
Intended Outcomes
- Improved understanding of disaster risk reduction, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the role of local authorities in its implementation
- City officials’ understand the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) campaign sign-up process, the ‘Ten Essentials for Resilient Cities’ and best practices towards becoming a role model city
Background
Busan’s geographic location poses several types of disaster risks. With three sides of the city bordering the sea, Busan is vulnerable to typhoons and torrential rains. Since many residential areas in the city have formed along mountainous regions, they are more vulnerable to floods and mudslides due to surface runoff. Due to abnormal weather patterns across the world, there is a higher chance of facing a disaster in a very localized area. This has increased concerns over damage from torrential rains which have worsened in recent years due to the effects of global warming.
About the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) Campaign in the Republic of Korea
The Making Cities Resilient (MCR) campaign offers guidance, tools and a community of local authorities and other relevant stakeholders to help support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the UN Member States adopted global blueprint for reducing disaster risk and increasing resilience, at the local level.