India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Resilient cities

• 28/06/2016
• OECD

This report discusses cities’ resilience from economic, social, environmental and institutional perspectives. Ten case studies, including Antalya (Turkey), Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Bursa (Turkey), Cardiff (United Kingdom), Kobe (Japan), Kyoto (Japan), Lisbon (Portugal), Oslo (Norway), Ottawa (Canada) and Tampere (Finland) provide important examples of how cities can promote innovative policy actions to enhance their resilience.

• Attachments:
  • resilient-cities-report-preliminary-version.pdf
  • resilient-cities-policy-highlights-preliminary.pdf
• Tags:
  • Urbanisation
  • Environment
  • Economy
  • Natural Disasters
  • Climate Change
  • Unemployment
  • Turkey
  • Brazil
  • United Kingdom (UK)
  • Japan
  • Portugal
  • Norway
  • Canada
  • Finland
  • GDP

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