CDKN found it striking that “all three cities defined priority options as the ecological restoration of the edges of rivers, streams, estuaries, riverbanks and basins, because they ensure essential environmental services to the municipalities and their population and help in creating resilience. For example, Dosquebradas proposes the recovery of forest fragments and biological corridors in areas of urban expansion.”

Jonathan Roberto, Coordinator of Water Resources of Santo Tomé, stressed that the project helped to reorder the city’s priorities and establish resilience objectives. The local government also realised that it is important to communicate better to citizens about local actions that it is carrying out to address flood-related vulnerability and rising water tables.

A key finding of the workshop organized in collaboration with UNISDR was that working together at different levels is essential if authorities are to tackle successfully divergent or conflicting interests over planning and resource management in the urban, peri-urban and rural areas of the city.

A more complete account of the workshop’s findings is available at the CDKN website http://bit.ly/2DG3n7k

Date:

26 Jan 2018

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas (UNISDR AM)

Themes:

Climate Change, Urban Risk & Planning

Hazards:

Flood

Countries:

Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador