This handbook developed by GFDRR's City Resilience Program — which is based on lessons learned from diverse contexts — offers a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world.
Download it here: https://t.co/WRlomigc2X
This handbook developed by GFDRR's City Resilience Program — which is based on lessons learned from diverse contexts — offers a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world.
Download it here: https://t.co/vpLtdWvpMf
🌳 Secondary benefits of flood protection measures include enhanced green spaces, increased property values, and improved water quality.
Learn how to harness these benefits in our cities from experts @TessDoeffinger & @SRubinyi: https://t.co/i8QZshg9Et
🌳 Secondary benefits of flood protection measures include enhanced green spaces, increased property values, and improved water quality. Learn how to harness these benefits in our cities from experts @TessDoeffinger & @SRubinyi: https://t.co/fdOUE1DEFc
via @WBG_Cities
New blog post out on secondary benefits of urban flood protection with @SRubinyi
While the benefits of flood protection measures beyond risk reduction are well documented, rarely are they fully incorporated into economic analyses. https://t.co/kOSz8wLn0q via @worldbank
The Local Government Creditworthiness Academy in the #Philippines brought together 60 city treasurers, planning & budget officers, and city administrators from 15 cities to learn best practices in creditworthy financial management and prepare action plans: https://t.co/1d9SKe0VmA
#CityCreditworthiness Initiative launched a new Local Government Borrowing Database (LGBD). The database adds to the global knowledge of local government borrowing in developing countries and specifically in IBRD/@WBG_IDA recipient countries. Check it out: https://t.co/f8s0LxsZMJ
The future of high resolution #climate#risk#assessment looks like this https://t.co/zPEyJPqX7v Geolocated buildings and synthetic household attributes to pinpoint climate risks.
Last week, the City Creditworthiness Initiative (@WBG_Cities-@IFC_org partnership) delivered the ��Indian Cities Creditworthiness Academy’, which brought together 150 participants from 30 ULBs representing 10 states and 1 UT. MOF press release: https://t.co/UpGNO3Q73K
Funded by PPIAF, a 5-day Cities Creditworthiness Academy workshop is being held by the @WorldBank, @FinMinIndia's Department of Economic Affairs & @MoHUA_India to create an enabling ecosystem for financing future cities of #India🇮🇳.
Learn more: https://t.co/AXI1SUyFQt
If India is to meet its urban development challenge, it will have to mobilize large sums of capital to invest in its cities. Private funding will need to expand substantially: World Bank India country director Auguste T Kouame at Cities Creditworthiness Academy today.
The European Space Agency @esa proudly announces the release of the WorldCover2021 map based on Sentinel-2 & Sentinel-1 constellations with 11 classes, 10m resolution, 77% accuracy independently validated
Visit https://t.co/DMIWNq9Glv @ESA_EO#EuropeanSpaceAgency#WorldCover2021
Happy Women’s Day from #Tirana, where dozens of #RedShoes have been installed near Skanderbeg Square in remembrance of the victims of gender-based violence 🇦🇱