Resilience Planning

(4 points)

Intent

To strengthen the resilience of communities to climate change risks, natural and man-made hazards and extreme events.

Requirements

Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (2 points) 

Identify the local environmental context and conduct a vulnerability and capacity assessment for climate change risks, natural and man-made hazards and extreme events as per the table below.

Table 3. Classification of impacts for Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment 

Natural		Man-made
Geo-physical	Earthquake	Social	Complex Emergencies/Conflicts
	Landslide		Displaced Populations
	Tsunami		Cyber Attack
	Volcanic Activity	Technological	Infrastructure Failure
Hydrological	Avalanches		Fire
	Flood	Industrial	Explosion
Climatological	Extreme Temperatures		Accidents
	Drought		Accidents on Road, Air, Railway, Maritime
	Wildfire	Transport	Air and Water
	Extreme heat/cold	Pollution	Air and Water
	Heat Island Effect
Meteorological	Cyclones
	Storms/Wave Surges
Biological	Disease Epidemics

Requirements for vulnerability and capacity assessment:

• Risk Identification – Identify the impacts from which an area is at risk. Use national/state level maps and historic data of occurrence to identify the potential threats.
• Risk Assessment – Estimate the probability of occurrence of the extreme events. Study their characteristics, frequency and potential severity. Conduct a socio-economic and environmental assessment of the impact.
• Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment – Assess the most exposed and affected sections of the city or community.
• Adaptation and Mitigation Goal - Set goals based on the vulnerability and capacity assessment. Highlight threats having maximum damage potential and most vulnerable areas that require mitigation strategies. The goal should address the top two natural and man-made hazards.

AND 

Resilience Plan (2 points)

Develop a Resilience Plan for the city or community. The plan should meet at least two of the following requirements:
• Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies - Adaptation and mitigation strategies to meet the goals identified under Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment above.
• Fundamental Emergency Planning and Preparedness - Access to basic needs, first aid, emergency supplies, water, food communication, temporary shelter.
• Early Warning Systems - Strategies for early warning systems and operation of critical facilities during the extreme event and post-event rehabilitation. Demonstrate at least one early warning system in practice.
• Critical Infrastructure Location - Map and reduce over time any critical infrastructure that is located in designated high risk areas.
• Policy Intervention - Incorporate building structure resilience strategy to withstand the potential damage due to natural hazards in the building regulations.
• Capacity Building - Design awareness programs to educate different stakeholders (at least one at community level and one at internal administrative level) about hazard management. Plan for implementation the programs at regular intervals for at least one year. The programs should have the provision for revisions after stakeholders’ feedback.

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