Urban Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient: Development of Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies

Course

Face-to-face

UN Partner

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Length: 3 days
Effort: 20 hours
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Venue: Online, hybrid or face-to-face in country

Certificate: Yes
Price: -

This course supports local and national government officials to understand disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable cities and communities

Subject: Disaster risk reduction

Keywords: disaster risk reduction; governance; resilient cities; urban risk reduction

About this course

This course supports local and national government officials to understand disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how to develop local DRR strategies as called for by Target E of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and SDGs 1, 11 and 13. It introduces Making Cities Resilient tools and guidance.

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Target audience

Local and national government.

Learning objectives

Equip local national and local government officials with knowledge and tools in making cities resilient with focus on development and implementation of local DRR strategies and action plans in alignment with the national DRR strategies and the Sendai Framework.