Two thousand cities have signed up to the Making Cities Resilient global campaign that aims to integrate disaster risk management into local development processes, reports J. C. Suresh in his analysis published in the Eurasia Review.
"The campaign is a great opportunity to change paradigms and contribute to the reorganization of the National System of Protection and Civil Defence. It allows for greater scope and national coordination and strengthens prevention as key to strategic planning in disaster risk reduction,” said Sidnei Furtado, Director of the Civil Defence team in the region of Campinas, Brazil.