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This theme contributes to the understanding of urban risk, which includes urban hazards, exposure and vulnerability. It also covers aspects related to improving awareness, as well as local governance and local capacity to effectively reduce disaster risk.

Latest Urban risk & planning additions in the Knowledge Base

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Research briefs

Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk

The growth of cities worldwide is contributing to more intense drought conditions in many cities, including Sydney, a new Chinese study has found.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

Garden design can reduce wildfire risk and drive more sustainable co-existence with wildfire

The aim of the paper is to address the increasing frequency and severity of destructive wildfire disasters by exploring the concept of defensible space around homes, particularly in wildland and rural-urban interfaces.
Illustration that explains the mechanism of liquefaction
Research briefs

Towards smart cities: Predicting soil liquefaction risk using artificial intelligence

Soil liquefaction that results in infrastructure damage has long been a point of contention for urban planners and engineers. Accurately predicting the soil liquefaction risk of a region could help overcome this challenge.
Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT)
Update

What Pune floods are teaching us about building climate-resilient cities

Unplanned urbanisation combined with poor infrastructure increases the vulnerability of cities to climate risks.
The Quint
Update

Extreme heat threatens future Summer Olympics

Athletes are raising concerns about scorching temperatures at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which could affect not only athletes and attendees' health but also athletic performance.
Axios
MCR2030 workshop in North Macedonia
Update

The Municipalities of the Republic of North Macedonia take steps to enter the 2030s with greater resilience

To strengthen local preparedness and support cities in reducing risk and building resilience, UNDRR Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia expanded its cooperation in 2024 with three municipalities from the Republic of North Macedonia.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Woman with an umbrella walking through a flooded street in city of Salvador, Brazil in 2015
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Fabiane Parise

Floods in Rio Grande do Sul put a city’s resilience to the test: lessons from Veranópolis

In May 2024 Brazil's State of Rio Grande do Sul was struck by catastrophic floods. The city of Veranópolis was one of the affected towns and our Risk Management Plan, set up as part of its implementation of MCR2030 programme, was put to the test.
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Documents and publications

Urban planning for flood resilience under technical and financial constraints: The role of planners and competence development in building a flood-resilient city in Matola, Mozambique

This study analyses the actions the urban planners took during that major flood event, what flood mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for increased flood resilience they have developed since that flood event,
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