Urban Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Training Course

Participants can define a risk assessment scope and assemble relevant urban risk evidence.

• Problem framing through risk statements, decision questions and geographic boundaries
• Stakeholder mapping distinguishes duty bearers, asset owners, service providers and residents
• Exposure inventories for people, buildings, critical facilities, networks and ecosystems
• Vulnerability indicators combining physical condition, poverty, tenure, health and mobility
• Data quality checks for completeness, currency, resolution, bias and uncertainty
• Participatory mapping captures local flood depths, heat burdens and evacuation barriers

Participants can use climate evidence appropriately when defining urban risk and adaptation decisions.

• Climate scenario selection using emissions pathways, time horizons and confidence ranges
• Downscaled climate data interpreted without overstating local precision
• Threshold analysis connects rainfall intensity, heat index and wind speeds
• Return-period estimates distinguish likelihood, consequence and design assumptions
• Stress testing examines service performance under plausible extreme-event sequences
• Uncertainty registers record evidence limits, assumptions, owners and review dates

Participants can assess, document and rank urban risks for management and investment decisions.

• ISO 14091 sequence: scope, impacts, risk analysis and adaptation planning
• Risk matrices calibrated with consequence criteria and likelihood descriptors
• GIS overlay analysis identifies hotspots where hazards intersect exposed assets
• Criticality scoring ranks facilities by service dependency, redundancy and recovery time
• Scenario narratives test cascading failures across interdependent urban systems
• Risk registers assign treatment actions, owners, due dates and residual risk

Participants can select planning, design and ecosystem measures that reduce urban disaster risk.

• Risk-sensitive land-use planning avoids new exposure in high-hazard zones
• Development controls apply setbacks, elevation requirements, drainage and safe access
• Nature-based solutions reduce runoff, heat stress, erosion and coastal flooding
• Blue-green infrastructure portfolios balance hydraulic performance, maintenance and community benefits
• Building retrofit options address heat, flooding, wind and seismic vulnerability
• Cost-effectiveness comparisons include avoided losses, co-benefits and lifecycle costs

Participants can identify infrastructure dependencies and define measures to sustain essential urban services.

• Service continuity analysis maps dependencies among water, energy, transport and communications
• Failure-mode analysis identifies single points of failure and contingency measures
• Protection standards define design thresholds, redundancy targets and restoration priorities
• Asset management plans schedule inspection, maintenance, renewal and emergency repairs
• Hospital and school resilience considers access, backup utilities and safe shelter
• Mutual-aid arrangements clarify resource sharing, triggers and command responsibilities

Participants can develop and appraise financially credible urban resilience interventions.

• Disaster loss accounting separates direct damage, indirect loss and contingent liabilities
• Probabilistic risk estimates inform reserve levels, insurance and capital planning
• Adaptation option appraisal uses cost-benefit analysis, multicriteria analysis and affordability
• Project concept notes define benefits, safeguards, budgets, schedules and implementation roles
• Climate finance screening aligns proposals with funder eligibility and evidence requirements
• Procurement specifications embed resilience performance, maintenance obligations and quality assurance

Participants can establish practical preparedness arrangements for warnings, evacuation and service disruption.

• Early warning systems connect monitoring, forecasting, dissemination, response and feedback
• Trigger protocols link forecast thresholds to pre-agreed actions and resources
• Incident command structures establish authority, coordination, information flow and accountability
• Evacuation planning addresses routes, transport, shelters, accessibility and household communications
• Business continuity procedures prioritise essential services, staffing, records and suppliers
• After-action reviews convert incident evidence into corrective actions and tracked improvements

Participants can organise inclusive risk governance, communication and recovery arrangements.

• Sendai Framework priorities translated into municipal prevention, preparedness and recovery actions
• Resilience governance maps mandates, incentives, coordination gaps and accountability mechanisms
• Community engagement plans identify representation, consent, feedback and grievance channels
• Risk communication uses audience segmentation, trusted messengers and actionable warnings
• Safeguarding measures protect displaced people, children, older persons and persons with disabilities
• Recovery principles apply build-back-better criteria, land rights and livelihood restoration

Participants can translate risk findings into an accountable urban resilience implementation plan.

• City Resilience Framework links risk evidence, development goals, investments and institutions
• Results frameworks specify outcomes, outputs, indicators, baselines and targets
• Prioritisation matrices compare urgency, feasibility, equity, cost and risk reduction
• Implementation roadmaps sequence quick wins, medium-term projects and long-term reforms
• Monitoring dashboards track hazards, service disruptions, losses, investments and resilience indicators
• Personal application plans define a workplace risk decision and first actions