Sentences with phrase «of urban resilience»

Launching the report in Accra on Tuesday, Programme Leader for Sustainable Development, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone for the World Bank Ivo Imparato says although there is a platform for cities and investors to meet the challenge of urban resilience, it would take a significant amount of support.

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Thaddeus R. Miller, an Arizona State University scientist who helps lead a national research network focused on «Urban Resilience to Extreme Events,» said in an email that boosting the capacity of cities to stay safe and prosperous in a turbulent climate requires a culture shift as much as hardening physical systems:

At 11 a.m. Monday, Mayor de Blasio will deliver opening remarks to the 2017 Urban Resilience Summit, a conference convening leaders of the Rockefeller Foundation «to spur new solutions and collaborate on best practices to tackle 21st century urban challenges.&rUrban Resilience Summit, a conference convening leaders of the Rockefeller Foundation «to spur new solutions and collaborate on best practices to tackle 21st century urban challenges.&rurban challenges.»

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, for example, has been overseeing a challenge, «Rebuild By Design,» in which 10 teams vie for the best idea to promote resilience in the Sandy - affected region.

12: Indigenous Peoples for examples of health impacts on vulnerable populations) and of place (floodplains, coastal zones, and urban areas), as well as the resilience of critical public health infrastructure.

The dangers only become more obvious and the need to increase the resilience of cities more urgent when you consider that 50 % of the world's populations now live in cities, and 1.5 million people are migrating to urban areas every week.

Her research interests include the ecology of tick - borne diseases and the impacts of green spaces on urban resilience.

He has published in numerous social science and environmental science journals on topics of land and water management, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, residential development, and urban resilience.

(Excerpted from Urban Dreams: Stories of Hope, Resilience, and Character.)

Spatial planning and urban resilience in the context of flood risk.: A comparative study of Kaohsiung, Tainan and Rotterdam

2015 Resilience Lab a 6 - month public program, with Cabot Institute, commissioned by Aldo Rinaldi and Tessa Fitzjohn, Bristol public art programme Alterations Studio, 2 - month public program, commissioned by PEER Gallery, London 2014 What Survives The Storm, performative consultation, Sceaux Gardens Estate, commissioned by South London Gallery Local 2013 yörük, temporary settlement and performance program, commissioned by Hackney WicKED Arts festival, London «What we are doing is groundbreaking», The Walworth Archive, re-enacting the Elephant and Castle master - plan as a series of public performances, commissioned by UCL Urban Lab and Elephant and Castle neighbourhood Forum 2012 Elasticity, performance and video works commissioned by The Wick Award, Hackney Wick, London 2008 - 2016 FreeSpace on - going project based on Wenlock Barn Estate London.

Irons and Percoco gather and collect seeds from various abandoned urban sites in the greater New York City area to collect data on the adaptability and resilience of these plants.

1) Urban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardUrban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardurban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardship;

«Creative Time Global Residency: Reports From the Field», New York, NY, December 3, 2013 «Urban Imprint: The Art and Science Shaping Our Cities,» hosted by The University of Chicago, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY, November 14, 2013 «Cultural Investment: Creating a Civic Identity Through the Arts,» CityLab: Urban Solutions for Global Challenges, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY, October 7, 2013 «One State Together in the Arts» One State Illinois Conference, Quad Cities, IL, June 24, 2013 «Theaster Gates in Conversation with Romi Crawford,» Black Collectivities, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2013 «LINC Legacy and Advancements in the Field,» hosted by the Ford Foundation, May 2013 «Constituency Engagement — Culture - Initiated Redevelopment: Strategies in Innovative Constituent Engagement,» Association of Black Foundation Executives, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 6, 2013 «Creating Heat - The Artist as Catalyst: Theaster Gates at TEDxUNC,» University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, February 9, 2013 «Building CapaCity Session,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2013 «Creative Resilience Session,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2013 «Transformative Art: Theaster Gates,» World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013

There is a term that geographers and urban planners are using now called infrastructure ecology, to describe the interdependency of our infastructures, relating to resilience, vulnerabilities.

A useful discussion of urban futures with a focus on energy and resilience to environmental hazards took place today at The New York Times, including panels of mayors, a chat between me and the actor Jeremy Irons over his involvement in the documentary «Trashed» and much more.

Principal Research Fellow — Urban Social Resilience, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne

Strengthening the resilience of people living in urban and semi-urban areas to weather - related disasters in Malawi and Mozambique

12: Indigenous Peoples for examples of health impacts on vulnerable populations) and of place (floodplains, coastal zones, and urban areas), as well as the resilience of critical public health infrastructure.

This manual gives leaders a practical snapshot of urban planning that can help to improve their communication with planners and address key challenges, including resilience to climate change.

It briefly presents the Mayor's Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban urban poor.

This need is not lost on the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate — a group of national finance ministers, former heads of state, and leading global economists — who called in 2015 for international financial institutions to develop a package of $ 1 billion over five years to support the world's 500 largest cities in reducing climate pollution and building urban resilience.

This guidance document focuses on the need to enhance understanding of the region's key urban stakeholders on climate change, discusses how it affects efforts to realize sustainable urban development, and explores what actions can be taken to synergize continued commitments to poverty reduction alongside urban climate resilience.

The program is designed for a critical examination of emerging issues in urban resilience and informative exchanges around them.

In an effort to understand the urban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Readurban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... ReadUrban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Read more

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

The plan will look to increase the level of flood protection across the entire city, while also taking urban planning projects, maintenance activities and resilience strategies into account.

Esri calls on the developer community to lend a hand by including the ArcGIS Platform in the development of new apps for urban resilience.

Join our colleagues at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) in Toronto on June 1st — 2nd, 2015 to delve into the latest ideas and innovations in urban agriculture at their 2015 Grey to Green: A Conference Exploring the Economics of Local and Regional Food Systems and Resilience.

Among the 40 or so non-city-leaders were resilience - focused representatives of various federal agencies (including the alphabet soup of FEMA, HUD, DOE, EPA, and NIST), along with experts from more than a dozen leading organizations whose work touches on resilience: the Urban Land Institute, World Resources Institute, Trust for Public Land, Rocky Mountain Institute, The Clinton Foundation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, STAR Communities, Global Green, and yours truly from the Resilient Design Institute.

Join your colleagues in Toronto this June to explore the economics of urban agriculture and resilience — and don't miss out on the last Early Bird Discount on May 1!

Climate resilience has failed to find mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, though a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at assessing climate impacts and building resilience.

Climate resilience has failed to find a mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, especially because a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at... Read More

The concept of urban climate resilience is not new in India.

The network comprising of external organisations, urban local bodies and NGOs, has conducted vulnerability assessments, and also developed city resilience strategies in a number of cities.

A study comparing fiscal provisions for urban climate and disaster resilience across ten cities in India notes that the per capita capital expenditure in sectors closely linked to disaster resilience is insufficient compared to other areas of funding.

By 2020: We want to see increased flows of global climate finance and other investments in urban resilience.

On the other hand, almost everything is trucked in, so where does that leave the concept of resilience?A group of activists have been exploring how diverse urban communities can build resilience and reduce emissions.

Slum Communities Have «Built - In Resilience» With urban populations soaring around the world, of course efforts need to be made to ensure that people have safe, healthy living conditions.

Resilience and urban development were at the forefront of the 2013 MAS (Municipal Art Society) Summit for New York City.

This conference will examine the psychological factors, money and politics, and infrastructures that impede change as well as the difficult choices that must be made to foster urban resilience in the face of climate change.

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But urban livestock can also be a means to empower urban poor (especially women) and to enhance the local resilience of the neighbourhood against food or economic crisis.

ACCHS provide comprehensive primary healthcare to Aboriginal people in a culturally appropriate manner.14 The children participated in phase I of the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH), the largest cohort study of urban Aboriginal children ever conducted.15 Specifically, we aim to describe:

However, in some more positive news, SEARCH (the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health), a unique partnership study into the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children and their families in NSW, is set to continue its work as a platform to close the Indigenous health gap, after receiving a five - year NHMRC grant for more than $ 2.8 million.

The issue of glue ear, or otitis media, has the been the subject of long - term research and successful intervention by the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH), Australia's largest long - term study of the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children.

The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH) is a long term prospective study of the health of urban Aboriginal children in NSW.

Professor Jonathan Craig, from The University of Sydney and the Sydney Children's Hospital Network, presented early findings from the SEARCH (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health) longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal children living in urban areas in western Sydney, Newcastle and Wagga attending Tharawal, Western Sydney, Awabakal and Riverina Aboriginal medical services.

Understanding the Impact of Trauma and Urban Poverty on Family Systems: Risks, Resilience, and Interventions (2010) K. Collins, K. Connors, A. Donohue, S. Gardner, E. Goldblatt, A. Hayward, L. Kiser, F. Strieder, and E. Thompson This white paper reviews the clinical and research literatures on the impact of trauma — within the context of urban poverty — on the family system, including the individual child or adult; adult intimate partnerships; parent - child, siblings, and intergenerational relationships; and the family as a wUrban Poverty on Family Systems: Risks, Resilience, and Interventions (2010) K. Collins, K. Connors, A. Donohue, S. Gardner, E. Goldblatt, A. Hayward, L. Kiser, F. Strieder, and E. Thompson This white paper reviews the clinical and research literatures on the impact of trauma — within the context of urban poverty — on the family system, including the individual child or adult; adult intimate partnerships; parent - child, siblings, and intergenerational relationships; and the family as a wurban poverty — on the family system, including the individual child or adult; adult intimate partnerships; parent - child, siblings, and intergenerational relationships; and the family as a whole.