Can Disaster Interventions be Development Innovations? Networking Responses | HHI Urban Webinar series

Disasters affect the most vulnerable, and the most vulnerable can often fall outside of government safety nets, planning and aid. The dominant sustainability discourse highlights the importance of inclusive cities, but the reality is many are excluded. When government reach is out of reach, how do some regional and local communities fill the gaps to become more resilient? Can disasters interventions be re-designed as development innovations, reflecting better the realities of people’s lives, their social networks, and needed partnerships for change?

About the "Resilience at Risk" Webinar Series:
COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on cities across the globe. This though is not the only crises that cities are facing. The climate emergency has fuelled fires, worsened floods and increased heat. Armed conflict and urban violence are also on the increase, while the impacts of rapid-onset disasters such as windstorms and earthquakes threaten to cause damage across thousands of rapidly urbanising and poorly-prepared towns and cities across Asia and the Pacific in particular.

The need to build resilience has been a prominent approach for well over 10 years. What does resilience mean though in an era of pandemic, climate emergency and rapid urbanisation?

This online series from HHI, UNSW Sydney, the Australian Pacific Security College at ANU, and SEEDS presents four talks by experienced experts who explore what the challenges are, where the opportunities lie, but most importantly, what we should be doing to confront a changed world.

ALL EVENTS: https://www.facebook.com/harvardhumanitarian/posts/10158463721068293?__tn__=K-R