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Resilience is about people, not technocrats
Exploring issues that matter Resilient Cities Congress

Resilience is about people, not technocrats

ByGlobal Communications Team July 6, 2016July 29, 2024

How to translate resilience theory into actions within urban contexts? This was the main question addressed by Resilient Cities 2016…

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“Transformative optimism” towards a resilient world
Exploring issues that matter Resilient Cities Congress

“Transformative optimism” towards a resilient world

ByGlobal Communications Team July 6, 2016July 29, 2024

“Transformative optimism” underlies the actions that local and subnational governments are taking to build a low-carbon and resilient world. It also…

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Resilient Cities 2015 Interviews: Jerry Velasquez

ByDominic Kotas June 24, 2015

We conducted a series of interviews at our Resilient Cities 2015 congress. Here, Jerry Velasquez of the United Nations Office for…

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B3: Disaster Risk Reduction in Theory and Practice

ByTheresa Zimmerman June 15, 2015June 15, 2015

This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please…

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A1: “Selecting the Spicy Indicators”

ByDominic Kotas June 8, 2015June 9, 2015

This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please…

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Opening Plenary: A Glocal Focus

ByDominic Kotas June 8, 2015June 9, 2015

This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please…

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