CBA 7 Mainstreaming DRR into Local Development Planning. Ronilda Co, DRR and Community Resilience Specialist World Vision Asia Pacific Region CBA7, Dhaka Bangladesh 21-25 April 2013

1. Assessing Urban
Resilience to Disasters
CBA 7
Mainstreaming DRR into Local
Development Planning

2. URBAN DRR ASSESSMENT
FRAMEWORK: LINKING DRR
AND DEVELOPMENT

3. Urban DRR
Assessment Framework

4. Localizing
HFA

5. Climate and Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI)
Understanding city resilience
PHYSICAL
- Electricity
- Water
- Sanitation &
Solid Waste
- Roads
- Housing & Land-
use
SOCIAL
- Population
- Health
- Education &
Awareness
- Social Capital
- Community
Preparedness
ECONOMIC
- Income
- Employment
- Household Assets
- Finance & Savings
- Budget & Subsidy
INSTITUTIONAL
- Mainstreaming
- Crisis Management
- Knowledge
dissemination
- Institutional
Collaboration
- Good Governance
NATURAL
- Intensity of Hazards
- Frequency of Hazards
- Ecosystem
- Land-use
- Environmental
Policies
Poor1 Bad2 Mode
rate3 Good4 Best5

6. DIMENSIONS PHYSICAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONAL NATURAL
Parameters
considered for
AoRA
 Electricity
 Water
 Sanitation and
solid waste
disposal
 Accessibility of
roads
 Housing and
land-use
 Population
 Health
 Education and
awareness
 Social capital
 Community
preparedness
during a disaster
 Employment
 Finance and
savings
 Budget and
subsidy
 Mainstreaming of DRR and
CCA
 Effectiveness of zone’s
crisis management
framework
 Knowledge dissemination
and management
 Institutional collaboration
with other organisations
and stakeholders
 Good governance
 Ecosystem
services
 Land-use in
natural terms
 Environmental
policies
Remaining
parameters not
considered in
AoRA
 Income
 Household
assets
 Intensity/severi
ty of natural
hazards
 Frequency of
natural hazards
Understanding community voice;
Defining actions!
Action-oriented Resilience Assessment (AoRA)

7. Physical
Human
InstitutionalExternal
Natural
HFA* for Education
Disaster resilience
indexes
School Disaster Resilience Analysis (SDRA)

8. WV BANGLADESH:
URBAN DRR PROGRAM

9. • WASH
• Environmental
policies
• Health
• Social capital;
collaboration
• Community
preparedness
• Economic
• Mainstreaming
DRR
• Knowledge
dissemination

10. LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE
MAINSTREAMING

11. ENABLERS OF MAINSTREAMING DRR IN DEVELOPMENT
NGOs and other
stakeholders GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPMENT
DONORS
COMMUNITIES: THE HEART OF PRACTICE AND INNOVATIONS

12. INTENTIONAL AND SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIP WITH
GOVERNMENT ON MAINSTREAMING DRR IN DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMEN T PROCESS
Policy
Planning
Implementation
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Budget cycle
Aid cycle
Project cycle
Nicaragua’s Potters For
NGOs and other stakeholders
Government’s Planning and
Sector Ministries
MAINSTREAMING
DRR IN
DEVELOPMENT

13. ENGAGING DEVELOPMENT DONORS
D R R is SAFE
DEVELOPMENT

14. THANK YOU!
Ronilda Co
DRR and Community Resilience Specialist
World Vision Asia Pacific Region
Master in Urban and Environmental Planning and Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)