Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network
While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in capacity, a report from the 100 Resilient Cities network argues.
The report, 100RC: Catalyzing the Urban Resilience Market (HTML or 23 pages, PDF), identifies four major areas of opportunity — water management, including risks associated with flooding, water pollution, and water shortages; big data management; innovative financing to support risk management projects; and technologies for community engagement.
The report highlights twenty urban resilience strategies that cities in the Rockefeller Foundation-supported 100RC network have published to date, the collaborations 100RC has developed with its partner firms, and the need for further solutions and investments from the private sector...