CITY RESILIENCE PROFILING PROGRAMME Building Resilience Standards Photo: renaud JULIAN UN-Habitat has committed to implementing the UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience; operationally, through its Strategic Policy on Human Settlements in Crisis and Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction Framework, institutionally by creating a new Branch, dedicated to disaster risk reduction and resilience, and a global work programme mainstreaming outputs on disaster risk reduction and resilience. The on-going City Resilience Profiling Programme (CRPP) will also contribute to the Plan of Action. Joan Clos Executive Director CITY RESILIENCE PROFILING PROGRAMME Urban Resilience is the ability of any urban system to absorb and recover quickly from the impact of any plausible hazards People © ThisParticularGreg - https://www.flickr.com/photos/thisparticulargreg/ Assets After disaster - Talcahuano, Chile Process Bogotá, Colombia Continuity of function: Rapid Bus System - Process New York City, US Water Processes and Infrastructure - “How do cities evolve?” Tanzania Rapid urban growth in Dar es Salaam, Resilience Action Plans (RAP) RAP Cycle City Resilience Profiling Programme partner cities last 5 years of disasters City Resilience Profiling Programme partner cities actions on resilience Partners Medellin Partners Barcelona Urban Resilience Institute © Private Fundation Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Robert Ramos THANK YOU! Maíta Fernández - Armesto maita.fernandez@unhabitat.org City Resilience Profiling Programme www.cityresilience.org