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Disaster Preparedness

Climate change is increasing the occurrence and severity of natural disasters, requiring that cities prepare themselves for such events through a combination of infrastructure and spatial planning interventions. Unplanned settlements face the risk of fire, and certain geographic locations require infrastructure to protect themselves from erosion, flooding and other risks.

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Malawi
Disaster Preparedness: Erosion
Disaster Preparedness: Flooding
Ecosystems: Conservation areas
Public Space: Parks
Sadzi Hill reforestation project

Rehabilitating urban forests to prevent erosion

Tunisia
Buildings: Eco-village
Disaster Preparedness: Erosion
Sanitation: Wastewater
Public Space: Parks
Ecosystems: Visitors centres
GDA Sidi Amor peri-urban park

Rehabilitating a degraded landscape for socio-economic and cultural development

Tanzania
Disaster Preparedness: Erosion
Ecosystems: Conservation areas
Food: Production
Water: Catchment management
Shinyanga Soil Conservation Programme (HASHI)

Re-introducing traditional land management practices to reduce disaster risk

Disaster Preparedness: Flooding
Koungoba Market Rainwater Drainage

Building rainwater drainage infrastructure for a communal market

South Africa
Disaster Preparedness: Fire
Lumkani fire detectors

Detecting fires in informal settlements

South Africa
Sanitation: Public space cleaning
Water: Catchment management
Disaster Preparedness: Flooding
Ecosystems: Conservation areas
Transformative Riverine Management Programme

Collaborating with communities to clean urban waterways

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