World Water Week: Lyla Mehta

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Presentation given by Lyla Mehta at World Water Week in Stockholm on August 21 2009, based STEPS Centre's projects. For more information see: http://www.steps-centre.org/index.html

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Liquid Dynamics: Rethinking Sustainability in Water and Sanitation Lyla Mehta IDS/ STEPS Centre Noragric

How can we identify and build pathways to Sustainability – that link technology and environment with reduced poverty and social injustice – in a complex, dynamic world?

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System dynamics and Sustainability: A STEPS take ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

in complex, dynamic, uncertain & socially-contingent systems Interdisciplinary approach: social & natural sciences; development studies & STS – ‘pro-poor’ focus farming in Kenya seeds in Argentina antibiotics in China urban water in India

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Sustainability and the Peri-urban? Highly contested zone. Complementarities leading to opportunities but also exclusions Increasing environmental degradation and increasing marginalisation. Lack of services, lack of regulation, access deficit, weakened social capital. Ambiguity, informality, illegality Increasing recognition of problems, but lack of approaches to manage so that rural-urban synergies can be realised and environment degradation and poverty addressed.

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Thank You! S ocial T echnological and E nvironmental P athways to S ustainability

The City Resilience Index, developed by Arup with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, provides a comprehensive, technically robust, globally applicable basis for measuring city resilience. It is comprised of 52 indicators, which are assessed based on responses to 156 questions; through a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. The responses are aggregated and presented in relation to the 12 goals (or indices) in the Framework. The Index has been piloted in 5 cities: Shimla, India, Concepcion, Chile, Arusha, Tanzania, Hong Kong, China and Liverpool, UK. We are encouraging policy makers and other city stakeholders to use the interactive on-line assessment tool at www.cityresilienceindex.org and begin this vital analysis.

Partnering with NGOs for WASH Projects part 3 of 3 Changing the Game

Rotary International

Journey along as we highlight the strategies used to engage participants, bridge cultural and language barriers, achieve change, and embed training, education, and skill-transfer programs into communities. This interactive, participatory session will encourage you to use any of the successful ideas in developing your own project. Key topics will include early engagement and critical use of icebreakers, interactive participatory learning, and affordable resources. Co-moderators: Jane Myers Rotary Club of Bayside Geelong, Victoria, Australia Samantha Dunne, Childbirth Education Consultant Maternal Health Training Project

100 Resilient Cities

The Rockefeller Foundation

Shocks and stresses are growing in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems and geographies. But cities are largely unprepared to respond, withstand, and rebound when disaster strikes. The greatest burden of these increasing shocks, such as the impacts of climate change or public health threats, often falls on poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources to cope with disaster and who take longer to recover from it, disrupting livelihoods and increasing inequality.

Urban resilience

Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD

Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding co-production

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

City resilience framework

Antonio Sánchez Zaplana

The document introduces the City Resilience Framework created by Arup International Development for The Rockefeller Foundation. It defines city resilience as the capacity of cities to function and allow people, especially the poor and vulnerable, to survive and thrive despite stresses or shocks. The framework was developed to provide a common understanding of urban resilience and how it can be achieved in a measurable way to inform planning and investments. It seeks to move beyond risk assessments of specific hazards to consider a city's ability to withstand a wide range of potential disruptions.

How is integrated water resources management working at the local level

Alexander Decker

Public governance general considerations

Alberto Asquer

This document discusses some big questions around public governance, including how to tackle complex policy problems like pandemics, climate change, and poverty. It also discusses how to ensure policies are made in the interest of the public rather than private interests, and who decides public policies. It then outlines different approaches to public sector management, including public administration, new public management, and new public governance. Finally, it discusses hierarchies, markets and networks in public services, and outlines the policy cycle and factors that influence decision-making.

Understanding and Measuring Urban Resilience: A new UN-Habitat's initiative

Global Risk Forum GRFDavos

This document outlines UN-Habitat's new Urban Resilience Indexing Programme. The program aims to [1] develop tools and standards to measure and strengthen urban resilience, [2] create a framework to assess resilience across different urban systems, and [3] engage cities directly to build ownership. Key outputs will include indicators to evaluate resilience, global standards, and monitoring tools to help cities strengthen infrastructure and plan for future crises. The program sees urban resilience as critical for sustainable development and will work with city networks to build capacity and pilot initiatives in 10 cities.

Public particpation letter_10-24-2010

peggydrouet

The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the public participation process for the 710 Tunnel Geotechnical Feasibility Study. It urges the MTA to cooperate with the No 710 Action Committee, comprised of community stakeholders, to develop an open public participation plan for upcoming studies. The letter notes that the committee members have expertise in relevant issues and decades of involvement in 710 issues. It critiques past public meetings as frustrating and unresponsive. The letter urges proactive engagement with all stakeholders throughout the environmental review process.

SedNet 2015-Peck -Stern

Eric A. Stern

This document summarizes an abstract accepted for an oral platform presentation at the EU 9th International SedNet Conference in Krakow, Poland from September 23-26, 2015. The presentation aims to link urban sediment management to social benefits and sustainability in order to make sediment issues more relevant to policymakers. It discusses how sediment challenges can take a long time to address and regulate, which is out of sync with political election cycles. The document argues that connecting sediment management to broader environmental issues visible to decision makers, like economic development and resilience, can help drive more action. It provides the U.S. Great Lakes Legacy Act as an example of overcoming barriers to sediment action through public-private partnerships and cost sharing.

Change attitudes and behaviors

Novia University of Applied Sciences/Yrkeshögskolan Novia

The document discusses factors that influence environmental attitudes and behaviors. While attitudes and awareness do not always predict behaviors, behaviors are more likely to change when the targeted actions are simple like recycling or switching lights. Behavior is influenced by attitudes but also habits, social norms, and practical constraints. Changing behaviors requires appealing to self-interest, social responsibility, and making environmentally-friendly choices the easy default options. Effective campaigns should address multiple motivations and promote positive examples of others' pro-environmental behaviors.

Resilience in Spatial and Urban Systems

Regional Science Academy

This document discusses resilience and vulnerability in smart urban systems from two perspectives: spatial economics and transport. It provides background on definitions of smart cities and outlines research questions around whether smart cities can evolve in complex and resilient ways. Key points covered include different definitions of resilience from engineering and ecological perspectives, the use of complex network and dynamic models to study resilience, and different interpretations of resilience in spatial economic studies.

The City of Resilience

Regional Science Academy

RCEP-ASA2015

Archana Anandakrishnan

This study evaluated the effectiveness of Red Cross emergency preparedness presentations in changing behaviors among different demographic groups. Surveys were given to participants before and after presentations to assess current preparedness behaviors and future intentions. While renters reported fewer initial behaviors than homeowners, post-presentation there were no significant differences in intended behaviors between groups. This suggests the presentations increased preparedness equally regardless of demographics. The goal of reaching diverse audiences through education appears successful based on preliminary results showing decreased differences after learning ways to prepare.

City Resilience Framework

The Rockefeller Foundation

Just as cities are hubs for innovations and investments that expand opportunities, they are also living laboratories forced to confront challenges of increasing complexity. What, and who, makes a city resilient—and not just livable in the short-term—has become an increasingly critical question, one we set out to answer in late 2012 with our partners at Arup through the creation of a City Resilience Index.

People, Water and Food: Can resilience thinking help

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Measuring Community Disaster Resilience, presented by Olivia Chilora, GOAL Ma...

IFPRIMaSSP

Resilience of Urban Communities in a Changing Climate and Environment-Focus o...

Global Risk Forum GRFDavos

World water week

Dr. Prachi Ugle Pimpalkhute

The World Water Week from 26th - 31st 2018 event concluded yesterday. As like every year, it was organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). It highlighted water as a critical resource. It emphasized nature based solutions as way forward towards resolving water issues. This year the theme was – “Water, Ecosystems and Human Development”. Be it with regard to water shortage, water quality, water issues in extreme weather events - floods, water has been the most pressing issue and challenging resource that needs to be addressed. Healthy ecosystems allow plant and animal life to thrive and strive and offer multitude of benefits for human development and all these work together as microcosm in itself and for developing synergy, work in co-operation during trans-boundary conflicts with regard to water, water governance strengthening, and equitable access to clean water.

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