100 Resilient Cities. 15 June 2016 Sylvester Timothy Wong AICP LEED AP Assoc. AIA Vice President Strategies + Development Buildings + Places Asia

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1 100 Resilient Cities 15 June 2016 Sylvester Timothy Wong AICP LEED AP Assoc. AIA Vice President Strategies + Development Buildings + Places Asia

2 Urban Resilience The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

3 Resilience tends to focus on acute shocks sudden, sharp events that threaten a city Quakes Tsunamis Floods Fire Drought Riots/War Terrorism Pandemics Climate Change

4 East Japan Quake

5 East Japan Quake

6 Superstorm Sandy

7 Superstorm Sandy

8 Chile 2008/2015

9 Recovery efforts in Chile learned that residents focused on jobs Chile 2008/2015 Mauricio Ubilla/Reuters

10 Resiliency conversations give little focus to chronic stresses that weaken the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis

11 Unhealthy Cities - food and water - quality of air and environment - social, health, and mental strains

12 Congestion - traffic, resources, mental space - lost productivity - anxiety and antisocial behaviour

13 Lack of Security - everyday violence - gender and cultural inequity - unstable household economics

14 Economic Challenges - poverty & hunger - unemployment & aging - opacity & corruption

15 the greatest challenges to resiliency are in cities

16 Helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social, and economic challengesthat are a growing part of the 21st century.

17 USD200M fund >1000 applicants 100 selected cities

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19 Frameworks to empower and connect cities with experts, resources, and other cities to act on their own missions toward Resilience

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22 Chief Resilience Officer engaged by local govt spearheads resilience strategy works across silos networks with other CROs

23 + Through out Project manage the delivery of the 100RC strategy process Agenda setting workshop Set up and facilitate high profile person stakeholder workshop Phase I Resilience baseline assessment Diagnostic of shocks and stresses facing city; Asset & actions inventory Phase II Technical analysis into key priority areas Development of long list of potential strategies Assistance in narrative and content development of final strategy Technical Support Developed a tool to help cities: Prioritise their highest risk shocks Identify and prioritise their highest risk stresses Assess the vulnerability of their assets Capacity Building Led the development of a capacity building framework for all Chief Resilience Officers Developed a training framework for 100RC staff

24 100 Resilient Cities: AECOM s cities as of 30 May 2016 Chicago Paris Lisbon Cali, Medellin AECOM is working with: 12 Wave 2 Cities 10 Wave 1 Cities

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26 Status of all cities Workshop: Cali, Chicago Waiting to start phase I : Lisbon, Quito, Juarez In Phase I Dallas, Montreal, San Juan, Santiago de Los Caballeros, Paris In Phase II Sydney, Wellington, Bangkok, Oakland Pending Strategy release Christchurch, Mexico City, Medellin Strategy released: Berkeley, Melbourne, Rotterdam, San Francisco

27 Berkeley Resilience Strategy launched 1 April 2016 Goals Build a connected & prepared community Accelerate Access to Reliable & Clean Energy Adapt to the Changing Climate Advance Racial Equity Excel at Working Together within City Government to Better Serve the Community Build Regional Resilience AECOM PM: Kris May

28 Resilient San Francisco Launched 18 April 2016 Goals Plan and prepare for Tomorrow Retrofit, Mitigate and Adapt Ensure Housing for San Franciscans Today and after a Disaster Empower neighborhoods through improved connections NB: AECOM produced the SLR AP but were not involved in final development and production of the resilience strategy AECOM PM: Claire Bonham-Carter

29 Rotterdam Resilience Strategy Launched 19 May 2016 Goals Rotterdam: A balanced society World Port City built on clean & reliable energy Rotterdam Cyber Port City Infrastructure ready for the 21 st Century Rotterdam NetworkCity- truly our city Anchoring resilience in the city AECOM PM: Ben Smith

30 Resilient Melbourne Launched 1 June 2016 Goals Adapt: Reduce our exposure to future shocks and stresses Survive: Withstand disruptions and bounce back better than before Thrive: Significantly improve people s qualify of life Embed: Build resilience thinking into our institution and ways of working AECOM PM: Will Symons

31 Resilient Melbourne

32 Resilient Melbourne Insurance 1 out of 5 Australians lack general property cover Metropolitan Cycling Network 60% Melburnians drive to work Annual cost of congestion and delays will triple to $9 billion by 2031

33 10% Resilience Pledge COP 21 Melbourne, with other cities, has pledged to dedicate 10% of city budgets to improving resiliency

34 Tackling each city s unique shocks & stresses reinforces the resilience of the people that are the key to city competitiveness and socioeconomic resilience

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36 As developers, investors, builders, land professionals, and advocates of public good It is up to us to shape places where it is OK to look out for each other We create the environment of hope and our businesses and cities will thrive on the economic dividends of resilience

37 100 Resilient Cities ends not with one hundred selected catalysts but begins by inspiring 7 billion