GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub

Lead Research Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Geosciences

Abstract

The Hub will reduce disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's cities. The failure to integrate disaster risk resilience into urban planning and decision-making is a persistent intractable challenge that condemns hundreds of millions of the World's poor to continued cyclical destruction of their lives and livelihoods. It presents a major barrier to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in expanding urban systems. Science and technology can help, but only against complex multi-hazard context of urban life and the social and cultural background to decision-making in developing countries. Science-informed urbanisation, co-produced and properly integrated with decision support for city authorities, offers the possibility of risk-sensitive development for millions of the global poor. This is a major opportunity - some 60% of the area expected to be urban by 2030 is yet to be built. Our aim is to catalyse a transition from crisis management to risk-informed planning in four partner cities and globally through collaborating International governance organisations.
The Hub, co-designed with local and international stakeholders from the start, will deliver this agenda through integrated research across four urban systems - Istanbul, Kathmandu, Nairobi and Quito - chosen for their multi-hazard exposure, and variety of urban form, development status and governance. Trusted core partnerships from previous Global Challenge Research Fund, Newton Fund and UK Research Council projects provide solid foundations on which city based research projects have been built around identified, existing, policy interventions to provide research solutions to specific current development problems. We have developed innovative, strategic research and impact funds and capable management processes constantly to monitor progress and to reinforce successful research directions and impact pathways.
In each urban system, the Hub will reduce risk for 1-4 million people by (1) Co-producing forensic examinations of risk root causes, drivers of vulnerability and trend analysis of decision-making culture for key, historic multi-hazard events. (2) Combining quantitative, multi-hazard intensity, exposure and vulnerability analysis using advances in earth observation, citizen science, low cost sensors and high-resolution surveys with institutional and power analysis to allow multi-hazard risk assessment to interface with urban planning culture and engineering. (3) Convene diverse stakeholder groups-communities, schools, municipalities private enterprise, national agencies- around new understanding of multi-hazard urban disaster risk stimulating engagement and innovation in making risk-sensitive development choices to help meet the SDGs and Sendai Framework.
Impact will occur both within and beyond the life of the Hub and will raise the visibility of cities in global risk analysis and policy making. City Partnerships, integrating city authorities, researchers, community leaders and the private sector, will develop and own initiatives including high-resolution validated models of multi-hazard risk to reflect individual experience and inform urban development planning, tools and methods for monitoring, evaluation and audit of disaster risk, and recommendations for planning policy to mitigate risks in future development. City partnerships will collaborate with national and regional city networks, policy champions and UN agencies using research outputs to structure city and community plans responding to the Sendai Framework and targeted SDG indicators, and build methods and capacity for reporting and wider critique of the SDG and Sendai reporting process. Legacy will be enabled through the ownership of risk assessment and resilience building tools by city and international partners who will identify need, own, modify and deploy tools beyond the life of the Hub.

Planned Impact

The Hub will reduce disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's cities. It will catalyse a step change in the relationship between science, decision-making and planning for pro-poor, risk-sensitive development in expanding urban systems worldwide and has been built entirely in response to this GCRF call. It has been co-produced with trusted city teams to provide research support for identified, existing policy implementation initiatives: Istanbul [the Istanbul Urban Transformation Master Plan]; Kathmandu [the National Strategy for Resilient Urban communities]; Nairobi [the Nairobi City Disaster Management Plan and Mukuru Special Planning Area]; Quito [the Risk Management Directorate and Quito Resilience Strategy]. The Hub is precisely tailored to the needs of our partners and their cities. Guided by the Hub Theory of Change and Pathways to Impact, interdisciplinary and coproduced research delivered through partnerships and aligned capacity building programmes will deliver evidence and experience based outputs including high resolution, multi-hazard risk assessment, associated governance frameworks and management decision-making capacity. This theory of change will enable cities to meet their SDG and Sendai Framework commitments. Through partners involved in global SDG and SF processes the Hub also aims to influence global policy.

Management: A Hub Impact Committee (HIC) chaired by Hub Co-Director and including a partnership advisory team will meet every six months to review Hub performance against a MEL framework including milestones confirmed by City teams and Hub Research Colleges in the Inception period, it will review applications and output reports for Impact Acceleration Fund and for Exchange Fellowships.

City level impact will be coordinated by the City Impact Lead (CIL) including work in secondary small cities and other regional collaborations and interactions with other Hub cities and their networks. The CILs (see Case for Support) are responsible authorities, ensuring access to official decision-making and targeted impact on City Risk, Adaptation or Resilience Plans and planning processes. Wider impact and the promotion of city level ownership of the Hub will be delivered through city partnerships including city government, research, civil society and private sector interests. Each city Research Inception Project will include a City Conference to gain early stakeholder involvement, with the CIL coordinating engagement, collaboration, exchange, training and dissemination to maximize Hub integration and uptake of output tools and analysis. This will be supported by the City Hub Office.

City evidence, tools and their champions will be promoted and shared widely with other cities and networks as demonstration cases; and with national agencies to build monitoring and reporting capacity for the Sendai Framework (SF) and SDGs. Each city will lead a network of like-cities to extend impact through tool exchange, training and testing. This will be supported in each city, by annual workshops for city administration and civil society with scope for international participation. Beyond city legacy, global civil society and UN partners will facilitate legacy impact past the Hub's life-time. Enhancement of procedures and metrics for SF reporting (with direct influence on monitoring for SDG urban and resilience indicators) will be enabled by partnership with UNISDR. GNDR and ADPC provide worldwide networks influence to test and deploy tools for community led resilience planning and advocacy (including women and children). International partners and the Advisory Board members will collaborate on side-events, policy briefs and through bilateral meetings to ensure the Hub science and impact outputs are fed into the mid-term reviews of the SF, the New Urban Agenda, the Global Platforms for DRR in 2019, 2021 and 2023, and the High Level Political Forum for the SDGs. Research provides multiple entry points to the IPCC process.

Organisations

People

ORCID iD

John McCloskey (Principal Investigator)
Hugh Sinclair (Principal Investigator)
Robert Michael Baxter (Co-Investigator)
Sezin Yilmaz (Co-Investigator)
Eser Cakti (Co-Investigator)
Elisa Sevilla (Co-Investigator)
Karin Sesetyan (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-6477
Mark Pelling (Co-Investigator)
Emily Wilkinson (Co-Investigator)
Simon Mudd (Co-Investigator)
Mark Naylor (Co-Investigator)
Timothy Wright (Co-Investigator)
Martha Liliana Carreno Tibaduiza (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1914-2992
David Dodman (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-3283
Omar Dario Cardona (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-5450
Christine Grimmond (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-9415
RAJANI PRAJAPATI (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-0162
Sangeeta Singh (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-4390
Musyimi Mbathi (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-099X
Murat Nurlu (Co-Investigator)
Ekbal Hussain (Co-Investigator)
Kezban Çelik (Co-Investigator)
Vedat Ozsarac (Co-Investigator)
Andrew Collins (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-3311
Maxwell John Hope (Co-Investigator)
Hediye SIBEL Kalaycioglu (Co-Investigator)
Dina D'Ayala (Co-Investigator)
Andrew Maskrey (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-0853
MABEL CRISTINA MARULANDA FRAUME (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0228-8012
Joanes Atela (Co-Investigator)
Tri Ratna Bajracharya (Co-Investigator)
Aromar Revi (Co-Investigator)
Siân Bayne (Co-Investigator)
Jennifer Barclay (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-197X
Paul Vardanega (Co-Investigator)
David Rush (Co-Investigator)
Philip Osano (Co-Investigator)
Sophie Blackburn (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1959-5465
Deepak Chamlagain (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5603-6921
UFUK HANCILAR (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7816
Joel Gill (Co-Investigator)
Arabella Fraser (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-328X
Daniel Ichang'i (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-812X
Erdal Safak (Co-Investigator)
Alexandra Alvarado (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-8175
John Elliott (Co-Investigator)
Andrew Bell (Co-Investigator)
Amy Donovan (Co-Investigator)
Ganesh Jimee (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-3678
Tiziana Rossetto (Co-Investigator)
Susanna Ebmeier (Co-Investigator)
S. Daniel Andrade (Co-Investigator)
John Twigg (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-8090
Basanta Raj Adhikari (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-0875
Brian Golding (Co-Investigator)
Mikael Attal (Co-Investigator)
Noel Gourmelen (Co-Investigator)
Peter Ngau (Co-Investigator)
Ian Main (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-6746
Francesca Medda (Co-Investigator)
Bruce Malamud (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-4825
Bhola Nath Sharma Ghimire (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7862-031X
Jeremy Phillips (Co-Investigator)
Elizabeth Holcombe (Co-Investigator)
Juan-Carlos SINGAUCHO-ARMAS (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6959-8109
Margarita Segou (Co-Investigator)
Garima Jain (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7991-4865
Gabriel Bernal (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3826-0188
Alistair Borthwick (Co-Investigator)
Maria Escovar (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-2379
Allan Michael Lavell (Co-Investigator)
Alfredo Santillán (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9823-7396
Ramesh Guragain (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3852-2483
Jane Apgar (Co-Investigator)
Colm Jordan (Co-Investigator)
Iain Stewart (Co-Investigator)
Alex Barbat (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3649-8053
Ryerson Christie (Co-Investigator)
Netra Prasad Timsina (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0157-8878
Romanus Opiyo (Co-Investigator)
Jonathan Ensor (Co-Investigator)
Carmine Galasso (Co-Investigator)
Gordon McGranahan (Co-Investigator)
Maria Teresa Armijos Burneo (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-6056
Eliana Fernanda Jiménez Alvaro (Co-Investigator)
Nagendra Raj Sitoula (Co-Investigator) orcid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7113-700X
Lars Otto Naess (Co-Investigator)
 
Title Caminos del agua/Waterways 
Description Collaborative exhibit in the YAKU Museum of Water, about the rivers in changing scales from South America to a neighbourhood of Quito, including the topography, the volcanoes, highlands rich in water, and seismic faults, the history of urban development of Quito in relation to these rivers and ravines, and the experience of community recovery of one of these spaces. The exhibit was in place from August to November 2022, with 13236 visitors. It was a collaborative exhibit with community engagement in a neighbourhood that recovered one ravine as a public park, artists and architects, and Conservation NGOs as well as the museum itself. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact The impacts have to do with community engagement around the issue of water management, and disaster risk, as well as urban development in these areas. we had exchanges between communities at risk from consolidated and expanding zones in Quito and discussed how to design urban spaces that take into consideration risk and these waterways and their ecosystems to help reduce landslides and alluvions. 
URL http://www.quitoinforma.gob.ec/2022/08/20/los-caminos-del-agua-una-exposicion-que-cuenta-los-tesoros...
 
Title En las faldas quebradas de un monte 
Description Exhibit that explores the history of the development of Quito, since precolonial times, and the traces of knowledge about disaster risk in the geography of Quito, its legends and history. The livelihoods that the relationship with the geology and climate allowed (building materials, rich soils for agriculture, water management for agriculture but also to avoid floods, etc). The role of naturalists in getting to know volcanoes and earthquakes and the relationship between the expansion of the city, and risk building and resilience. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact Some displays will be kept in the permanent exhibit. The exhibit allowed to identify and get close to some important actors in organised society around risk, they were then invited to give talks in the series organised with the museum, where we heard the voices of different groups as well as municipal actors around current problems as well as to present the work of the Tomorrow's Cities hub so far. 
 
Title Los Caminos del Agua 
Description Exhibit in a local museum about the way that the city has been boult on the natural curses of water and how is to live in a geographical environment marked with ravines. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact It was a collaborative product with local urban planners and was addressed to local communities including the one that is around the museum and the one that ir the subject of TC's pilot. 
 
Title Los barrios hablan. Nos cuidamos en comunidad""/Neighbourhoods speak. We take care of each other as a community 
Description This exhibit was co-produced with participants of the Gender, intersectionality and risk workshops financed by GRRIPP network. The exhibit presented the process of the workshops in a video, a timeline of disaster events and major urban developments with the experiences of the participants, a map of the city and where they lived and how they saw themselves and their homes, objects of care and their neghbourhoods drawn and painted by them identifying the vulnerable neighbours, the hazards, and their community spaces. It was open for the month of September 2022, and was also the host to guided visits of people from different neighbourhoods, and municipal personel. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact 551 people visited the exhibit, many of those visitors came from peripherical neighbourhoods of Quito from people with socio-economic vulnerabilities. 18 people attended the workshops on gender, intersectionality and risk and co-produced the exhibit. They attended also a capacity building workshop on human rights and disaster risk. Architects and urban planners, and municipality staff were also sensibilized to the needs and expectations from women, and men from different age groups, race, ethnic identity, migrant status and socio-economic status related on how they live the city and disaster risk. The Municipality attended and listened to the participants, and approached the Tomorrow's Cities team saying that they would like for them to use these participatory methodologies in places where they are developing urban plans that consider risk. 
URL https://www.facebook.com/MuseoArquitecturaEC/photos/a.537389933435784/1431659707342131
 
Title Reducing Risks in Quito 
Description The digital platform reflects the interdisciplinary and co-productive work of the Quito team. It was developed with the objective of raising awareness about the relationship between urban development and disaster risk for new generations, with the aim of becoming an important communication tool to inform risk prevention. It was put together through a series of workshops with two pilot schools in Quito so it is tailored for teenagers through multimedia content including podcasts, interactive timelines and maps. It is designed to be used in the classroom to use examples from disaster risk to teach within different subject areas (Science, Literature, Physics, Social sciences/humanities). In this way, the platform combines the knowledge generated through the synergy established between different researchers from the Tomorrow's Cities, coming from different areas of expertise (historians, geologists, civil engineers, visual anthropologists, pedagogists, artists and web designers) and school children and teachers. It draws from historical testimonies, maps, satellite images and past photographs, as well as event datasets, to imagine future scenarios and the impact of urban planning decision on future risk. The interactive dimension of the platform incorporates exercises and surveys to reflect on how risk knowledge can be included in decision making processes. 
Type Of Art Artefact (including digital) 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact This platform is designed as an educational tool for use in school settings. Courses have been held with teachers from local schools on the use of the platform. These courses have been validated by the University partners involved, and a meeting of the project team with the Ministry for Education seeks to validate the platform as formal educational tool. 
URL https://reducirriesgosenquito.com/
 
Title Several artworks for massive communication of different events 
Description As TC's Quito Hub organises regularly several activities with the stakeholders, I was in charge of producing any informative, publicitary and auxiliar graphic material. 
Type Of Art Artwork 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact It was useful for massive digital communication, calls for meetings and events, infographic and artistic material a for presentations and communitary approaches. 
 
Title Step by step septic tanks clousure guide 
Description This video was created to show people how to conduct a technical closure of a septic tanks. It was not possible to invite all the community for the technical assistance meeting because of COVID and people´s working schedule, therefore the video to have a long-time available material. The video explained the steps needed for the closure, the importance of if, and the materials needed. People of the neighborhood, from the municipality, and from academy, participate in video. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact It is a tool that can be used by other neighbourhoods in Quito that have problems related to septic tanks, such as seepage and slope instability caused by sewage saturation, but it is also a tool for those who want to technically close their septic tank and avoid future problems. 
URL https://airtable.com/appMOv4q6ZimYyROf/tblnq3MBVYGqNc6fp/viwyqGVC8XKIDiwQh/rec8lH7FP1ITjEp4k?blocks=...
 
Title Tree of Emotions 
Description Currently the tree of emotions has been transferred to San Luis de Miravalle where we will begin to work with photographs and other simultaneous activities to build the memory of the neighborhood. The purpose is to engage the public and understand people's emotions to their sense of place and the idea of disaster risk 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2020 
Impact none yet 
 
Title Yaku Museum Exhibition 
Description This exhibition invited reflection on the occupation of the territory and the alteration of the natural water paths, that in cities like Quito, at least 80% of the rivers were filled in to build the city. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Reflection on the importance of maintaining the physical space with as little alteration as possible. Responsible management of water resources 
 
Title ¿Qué Onda con Quito? Paisajes Profundos del Riesgo 
Description Co-produced exhibit with museum staff that focussed on scientific explanation of the subsoil of Quito, its seismic fault, volcanoes, and filled ravines, as well as the characteristics of soils in Quito in relationship to seismic exposure and building safely. We used artistic interactive displays and played with the concept of scales and what can be "seen"/explained with the glasses of science. We included a video with images of the expansion of the city and risk using satellite images, that was in conversation with the big scaled city of Quito that is in this museum of science. We included activities around this subject in the summercamp offered by the museum where our researchers participated. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact We involved other stakeholders (Directorate of risk management, Colegio de Arquitectos), some displays are going to be part of the permanent exhibit, we are working with MIC in citizen science projects with schools. 
URL http://www.quitoinforma.gob.ec/2021/07/14/que-onda-con-quito-nueva-exposicion-temporal-del-mic/#:~:t...
 
Description The Urban Disaster Risk Hub was funded to address the intractable challenge of reducing disaster risk in tomorrow's cities. In previous years we have reported on the development of the relevant methodologies and initial deployments of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in learning cities. Much of the experimentation in WP1, WP2, and WP4 ended in 2022 and now, in the late phase of the hub, we are using what we have learnt from the demonstration 'learning cities' to standardise deployments and create the greatest impact in new cities, with the learnings also informing regional and global processes.

Our new City programme is underway in i. Rapti, Nepal, ii. Nablus, Palestine, iii. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and iv. Cox's Bazaar and Chittagong, Bangladesh. WP3's computational element continues to be a site at which novel insights and methodologies are being generated with each new city deployment. The TCDSE is designed to mitigate against the compounding costs that arise in the aftermath of a disaster by integrating shared social values and scientific quantifications of risk into urban planning decisions. The TCDSE combines metrics such as potential for casualties, social vulnerability, and fragility of infrastructure with the subjective views of different social groups to assign different levels of priority to natural hazard impacts. WP5 is the last phase of the TCDSE and is concerned with uptake and impact. It's work will be ongoing. Below, we highlight key findings with a particular focus on new sites and on the computation of impact metrics at those sites:

Research Findings
• In the new cities we are experimenting with different versions/pathways of the TCDSE that vary according to desired timeframes and local needs and resources. The participatory elements are particularly well-received by and can be delivered as an independent module.
• One of the versions is an 'ultra-rapid', 3 month TCDSE process (usually 12 months). A preliminary finding is that while the participatory elements of the process can be accelerated, the computational modelling is most difficult to condense, especially if factoring in climate change calculations; this raises questions around what is sufficient in terms of the physical hazard input. In addition, rapid deployments have the disadvantage of relying on external, rather than local process facilitators.
• In Nablus, Palestine researchers have developed heuristics to overcome a lack of historical data. These methods, that rely in part on community memory, have been used for hazard modelling in other new cities, namely Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
• A webapp - currently in development - allows for cities to conduct their own impact computations and explore the implications of policy decisions.
• Among many publications, we recently published findings on a low-cost mechanism to map and monitor light sources at high-resolution that is sufficient to identify individual sources such as street lights, buildings, and recreational spaces. Jilin-1 night-time satellite imagery was correlated with the degree of socio-economic development.
• Stakeholder engagement and capacity strengthening processes form some of our key results. As we move into new cities, we are learning that it is necessary to build the foundations for an effective partnership between the Tomorrow's Cities and the local, city-based teams. This preparatory process called 'Work Package 0' (WP0) or 'Stage 0', is aimed at familiarisation with the TCDSE framework, team and commitment building, and preliminary data collection. It also involves a series of interactions that strive for a context-adapted version of the TCDSE in each city. This preparatory phase encompasses a module of the Tomorrow's Cities Capacity Strengthening Program referred to as 'Module 0'.


Non-Research Findings
• The need for iteration is one of the key lessons of the TCDSE (stages 1 to 4 are repeated). Having developed a vision, translated this into a detailed visioning scenario and exposed its risk consequences, stakeholders now revisit problematic aspects of their vision that have led to the risk uncovered by this analysis. The city team then repeat the stages, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making.
• We established a pre-engagement phase and set of criteria that allowed us to asses whether a city was ready to deploy the TCDSE process. All new sites:
o Are multihazard environments entailing significant challenges for future urban populations.
o Are an urban development project or initiative that the TCDSE can help to catalyse, inform and orient through its risk-informed approach.
o Have concerns about social inclusion in decision making and equitable urban development for risk reduction (that is, a pro-poor lens for looking at urban challenges towards the future).
o Have a progressive political and institutional environment where there is openness to new alliances, knowledge exchanges and partnerships, particularly with groups that represent poor and marginalised communities.
o Have a strong commitment to lead the activities required for the TCDSE and ensure its impact, legacy and continuity after the funded stages of the project.
Once there is a match between the broad expectations and requirements of Tomorrow's Cities, and those of the main local partners, it is necessary to 'fine tune' the engagement over an approx. two-week process known as module 0. During this stage the core points (multi-hazard context, future urban development opportunities, inclusion and equity concerns, political openness and team commitment) are discussed and unpacked, leading to a bespoke ambition for the TCDSE in a particular place.
• One of the challenges of deployments is when partners do not embrace the applied nature of the process and instead engage in what we have termed 'role-playing mode'. The TCDSE is not a simulation of real world conditions, it is intended to represent them as closely as possible.
Exploitation Route The goal is to produce a modular framework for disaster risk planning that can be used by teams all over the world. The new methodologies and techniques that are incorporated in the TCDSE can also be used by other researchers and integrated into processes as disparate as: ensuring public participation in policy making, future visioning and scenario building exercises, and developing proxies for vulnerability based on spatial data. The training materials that we have developed to support deployments are also means for building local capacity in risk management and hazard modelling, which we have noted to be of increasing interest in a post-COVID world.
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Environment

Government

Democracy and Justice

Culture

Heritage

Museums and Collections

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URL https://tomorrowscities.org/publications
 
Description In 23/24, the Hub experienced a moment of punctuated equilibrium where its activities became more visible as a result of the earthquake in Turkey. One of our planned knowledge exchange activities, a public exhibition received increased interest and continues to be invited to showcase its lessons at various venues. This momentum was also visible as new stakeholders from within and out with Turkey sought the expertise of the Istanbul team. We would remiss if we did not mention Prof. John McCloskey who led the Hub until his passing away in December 2023. John's decades old research was frequently cited in the media reports and was used a testament to the importance of seismic forecasting. We are especially motivated by the goal of honouring John's legacy. The value of the TCDSE lies in being able to engage with complexity, while being grounded in empirical validity. We are finalising the demonstration of the TCDSE cycles in our pilot sites and using lessons and partners from the 'learning cities' to begin cycles in new sites. The new cities include Chittogram and Coz Bazaar, Bangladesh; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nablus, Palestine and Rapti, Nepal. We have also increased our engagement with institutions at regional and global scales. This section summarises outcomes emerging from those engagements and includes additional information about how the Hub is proceeding with its legacy phase. 1. Societal and Economic Impact • Our work in Istanbul, Khokana and Quito is approaching conclusion. We have achieved all the outcome goals identified in the Theory of Change, and many of our lessons about how to implement the TCDSE have emerged from those experiences. In March 2023, Khokana visioning booklet was launched by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the Ward chair of Khokana, Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) illustrating how much value is being placed on methods for participatory decision-making. • In Nairobi, 2.5 million people live in informal settlements ('slums') such as Mukuru and Kibera, where fire and floods pose a daily threat to residents. This year we developed a physics-based, fire spread model, produced a fire hazard map of Nairobi and determined the optimal fire station locations for effective response. • In March 2023, WP2 policy workshops were held in Istanbul and Nairobi. They validated the results of the future visioning workshops held in the previous year with various disaggregated social groups. The policy validation workshops include policy makers, and participants are invited to further interrogate their visions against spatializations on 2D land use maps. This presents a strategic opportunity for the community and the policy makers to dialogue on the visions developed by the various social groups. Policy makers echoed views expressed in Quito where they were taken aback by how closely the Visioning Scenario Development processes produced outcomes that align with their own perspectives. The output of validation workshops are revised land use maps. • In September 2023, around 40 participants (practitioners, councillors, community persons, NGO representatives, and researchers from over 10 countries in Africa and Europe) joined a peer learning event hosted by the Municipality of Temeke and Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam. The exchange was the result of a collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities Urban Risk Hub, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), and UCLG Africa. The partners engaged in this peer learning will continue to collaborate, sharing what they have learned with city leaders and planners. Specifically: o National and regional local government associations will inform and promote lessons using events and organizing short learning opportunities around different aspects of the future-oriented, risk-sensitive, and participatory approach to planning discussed during the event. o Universities connected to Tomorrow's Cities will continue supporting cities in scenario building and future-oriented risk assessments while documenting and producing contextual and actionable research around the challenges and progress the local and regional governments face. o There will be efforts to connect the findings of these different exchanges to develop an action-oriented agenda on climate change and future visioning. o Tomorrow's Cities will develop a simple communication and learning methodology as part of its legacy strategy in order to reach out to more political leaders and technical staff. • New city, Rapti is the new capital city the Lumbini Province. The province was at an early phase of developing the infrastructure development Master Plan of the city. Working directly with the Tomorrow's Cities team, the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) have been able to modify the masterplan process to implement an elaborate participatory and science-based approach using the TCDSE. Rapti is exposed to various geophysical and hydro-meteorological extreme events, as well as climatic and non-climatic hazards, which have the potential to escalate into disasters. The local governments from Rapti & Gadhawa Rural Municipalities and Shitaganga Municipality are the key stakeholders of the collaboration: "We have an opportunity to develop our city for future generations. It is our responsibility to lay a strong foundation for tomorrow's Rapti and this collaboration with Tomorrow's Cities will help us doing that." Indrajit Tharu (Rapti Constituency Representative and former Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Development. The planners also asked us to explore the impact of the building of embankments to limit future flood risk. The implications of these hazard models are part of ongoing discussions and iterations of the TCDSE cycle. • New city, Nablus, is the second largest city in Palestine in terms of population and land area. Despite the significant unrest, economic challenges, and geopolitical constraints, the city has witnessed an 80% increase in the number of buildings between 1997 and 2017. This unprecedented growth is threatened by the potential devastating consequences of earthquakes, landslides and flash floods. With that in mind, Nablus joined Tomorrow's Cities in 2023 and has completed the Future Visioning activities conducted by The Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction Center of Nablus, An-Najah National University, Palestine, who is the local partner. The activities were conducted in collaboration with the international team alongside the participation of the Palestinian team and a diverse group of representatives from the local community. 2. Sustainable Development Goals The TCDSE facilitates the democratisation of urban risk planning better to reflect the priorities of the urban poor. The urban planning imaginaries of future cities often exclude the marginalised. Those who live in informal settlements are particularly invisible. In all our cities, TCDSE workshops create spaces for such social groups to be recognised, and democratised understandings of risk empower them to use their priorities to influence decision-making processes from which they are normally excluded. Our work incorporates several SDGs: Building resilience of the poor (1.5) including strengthening gender equality (5C); reducing human and economic losses in cities (11.5), through disaster management (11.B and 13.1) and climate change adaptation plans (13.2) with strengthened communication; and capacity building for climate change adaptation integrated into broader development activities (9A, 13.3). As one of our stakeholder commented: "We fully support Tomorrow's Cities Hub, and we recognise its importance in achieving sustainable development and mitigating future risks" Eng. Majdi Al-Saleh, Minister for Local Government, Palestinian Authority 3. Gender Equality and EDI The disaggregation of social identities and inequalities is a crucial step towards more inclusive urban planning. The TCDSE was designed with this in mind. In each city, the views of different, relevant and often marginalised groups are sought. The context of each city determines how gender considerations are integrated. Four dimensions from critical justice theory (Schlosberg, 2007; Fraser, 2009) are used to frame our understanding of equity: distribution, participation, recognition, and capabilities. Recognition entails identifying the different voices and experiences that can be found both in the present and in the future (considering changing demographics) within a particular area. A contextualised understanding of socio-spatial diversity leads to a refined assessment of the different aspirations that people have for the future. Participation is about valuing the process of exchanging knowledge and negotiating what a good future looks like, as well as learning about the consequences of different decisions when it comes to risk. This requires seeing all social groups as peers and raising marginalised voices. Distribution entails asking 'who gets what' in the future city. Through the Tomorrow's Cities framework we explore the distribution of infrastructural and environmental assets as well as the distribution of risk across space for different scenarios and hazard events. Capabilities refers to the knowledges that are exchanged though the core framework and to the skills that built through a series of trainings and capacity strengthening engagements. In some cities, women-only workshops are the preference as they provide women with safe spaces to express their particular interests. For instance, in Istanbul we organised separate workshops for women and elderly women. In other cities, gender-inclusive workshops are better for demonstrating parity and the importance of valuing women's perspectives. This was the case in Kathmandu, Nairobi and Quito. We have co-developed these workshops alongside municipal authorities and using official channels in an attempt to ensure that these dialogues continue beyond the life of the Hub and are integrated into urban planning policy. Whilst the TCDSE was developed with close attention to the need for a disaggregation of social identities and inequalities, the Hub has just finished designing A Gender Pathway document. This document, co-designed with the local Bangladesh teams and trialed in Cox's Bazaar and Chittagong, guide those using the TCDSE who wish to explicitly emphasise gendered aspects of risk and decision-making.
First Year Of Impact 2023
Sector Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Education,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Transport
Impact Types Societal

Economic

Policy & public services

 
Description "Co-development of an Open Data Platform for Urban Planning to Support Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Nairobi City"
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description "Training Seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness to the Aegean and Marmara Environmentalist Municipalities Union "
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact "The Union published a training document on disaster risk reduction and preparedness for the practitioners from all over Turkey. , The example of future visioning from Hub work has been explained to those practitioners from all Municipalities."
 
Description 1) Advisory Board Membership for the Research Centre for Risks and Sustainability in Construction (RISCO), 2)Advisory Group Membership for the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), 3)PhD Board Member for the PhD Programme in Security, Risk and Vulnerability at the University of Genova
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact Improved educational and skill level of workforce. Promote and offer training on the TCDSE concept/methods/tools and broadly promote some of the Tomorrow's Cities activities and outputs/outcomes across several contexts (approx. 50 researchers in the Research Centre for Risks and Sustainability in Construction (RISCO) in Aveiro, Portugal; approx. 50 PhD students in the PhD Programme in Security, Risk and Vulnerability at the University of Genova, Italy).
 
Description Advocacy in different disaster management meetings
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact There have been changes in perspectives and attitudes including those of public officials. Given that changes in practice take a period of time due to government processes, there is need for continuous engagement and monitoring beyond the project implementation period
 
Description Capacity development on Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) Framework
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact The capacity development training material preparation is still in progress. We plan to complete this preparation and deliver training courses (via online and physical sessions) within the first half of 2023. This training will provide theoretical knowledge as well as skills (such as using the Tomorrow's Cities computational platform), and is targeted towards urban planning professionals globally. This training bridges the gap between complex ideas in research literature and professional practice. Therefore, it will enable professionals to use advanced concepts with relative ease in their practice, which is expected to result in well-informed decision-making.
 
Description Capacity strengthening for local communities
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact The capacity strengthening material is aimed at urban planners, engineers and infrastructure developers, utilities and public works experts, hazard experts and geologists, Disaster Risk Reduction professionals, and related academics. It allows them to understand the theoretical basis behind the various hazard models included in Tomorrow's Cities, to select the appropriate functions for buildings and infrastructure subject to hazard, and to translate the computed physical impacts to social impacts. While originally developed for the Kathmandu community, the material will be employed for other cities, after being adapted to the different local contexts.
 
Description Citation in Towards the "Perfect Weather Warning"
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
Impact The book in question is aimed at raising the capability for early warnings to save lives and reduce damage across the world in pursuit of the aims of the Sendai Agreement of 2015. The book is targeted at emergency responders, weather services and governments in every country, but especially in those with poorly developed warning systems. The book has so far received one citation (from the UK Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience program), since its recent release in 2022.
 
Description Citation in UN Environment Programme report : "Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow - Climate Adaptation Failure Puts World at Risk"
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://app.overton.io/document.php?policy_document_id=unenvironment-3727d666f731c4cfed4a2e176a8b4f1...
 
Description Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Consultation given to the Turkish Parliamentary Comission on Earthquake Investigation
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Consultation to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
Geographic Reach Asia 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Convening and speaking at Nepal Urban Dialogues, which is a key space for engagement between policymakers, academics and practitioners
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.greeninstitute.institute/event/nepal-urban-dialogue-monthly-series/
 
Description Design and implement the BCRUP project in Kenya
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact N/A
 
Description Development a new MSc programme in the University of Bristol within the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact We are in the first year of teaching, and we are providing students with the tools to critically engage sociological and political aspects of climate change. The programme combined local, state and international perspectives and is recruiting students from across the globe. Built into the programme is a focus on urban transformation, and disaster risk reduction. In the mandatory unit on disaster studies I have integrated case material from Tomorrow's Cities.
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2023/ssl/msc-society-politics-and-climate-change/
 
Description Development of Quito's Land Use and Management Plan
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
URL https://gobiernoabierto.quito.gob.ec/plan-pmdot/
 
Description Digital pedagogical tools training course Reducing risks in Quito for teachers from different schools, high schools
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Improved educational and skill level of workforce. The training courses for teachers from schools and colleges strengthened the capacities and understanding of disaster risk in Quito, providing tools that can be used in the academic curriculum in the subjects of physics, mathematics, literature and history. The training included additional classes such as: improved abilities in information and communication technology. https://yakumuseoagua.gob.ec/inauguracion-exposicion-temporal-los-caminos-del-agua/    https://ne-np.facebook.com/MuseoArquitecturaEC/photos/a.537389933435784/1431659707342131/
URL https://reducirriesgosenquito.com/guia-pedagogica/
 
Description Earthquake Advisory Board and Scientific Committee for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Evaluation of response reduction factor for Nepalese Building Typology
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Formulation research fieldwork guidelines
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Identification of future debris flow hazard zones at Manuelita Saez town (Quito)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact We created a link with the municipality that allow us to provide information about the most prone hazardous zones at different areas in Quito. The identification of those zones allow a better urban planning.
 
Description Input to the Nepal Draft Urban Development Act
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Integration of community led Disaster Risk Management into the informal settlements Special Planning Areas (SPAs) plans
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Invited Comment for House of Lords Special Inquiry Select Committee on Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Invited Representation on the Delegtion of the Government of Nepal at COP28
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact not known
 
Description Melamchi Municipality -the local government that hit hard by flood of 2021, it has appointed me as one of the expert member for advising on the cascading nature of disaster, and possible way forward.
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact "Melamchi Municipality faced mega flood disaster in June, 2021. Large part of Municipality has swept away in the flood water, and remaining part become the river bank with sand and bounders. On June 15, 2021, a disastrous debris flow occurred along the Melamchi River in central Nepal. The debris flow event lasted for some 10 hours and caused enormous losses of lives and property in the river exposed communities across the Melamchi Watershed. As a results of cascading disaster ( Earthquake in 2015, landslide block river, and then burst the dam in June 2021), with huge loss and damaged occurred-at least 350 residential buildings, half a dozen of bridges, and many infrastructures. Responding to such mega disaster, the Melamchi Municipality formed a multi-disciplinary expert team, where I was one of the member in expert group to advise from climate change and early warning perspective. We are continuously provide advise on risk sensitive settlement in future, some of our expert members went to upstream of the watershed, did a geological study, and shared the findings. All, these makes the Municipality to build confidence on future settlement planning, and convincing to community people about the possible future flood risk in the area."
 
Description Member of BEIS ODA MEL Advisory Group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Member of the Community for the European Observatory of Good Practices (CEO), ROADMAP2 - EuRopean ObservAtory on Disaster risk and Crisis MAnagement best Practices, way ahead, funded by the European Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network Partnership (UCPM-2022-KN), 2023-2024.
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact n/a
 
Description Nairobi - Disaster Risk Dialogues
Geographic Reach Africa 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The hub has also supported capacity of city directors and community members to understand disaster risks and consider integrating risk analysis in their plannings.
 
Description Nairobi City Council Government requested a review of the City Disaster Risk Management Act (2015)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description National Framework for Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact Once practiced all local governments will get benefit from the policy.
 
Description National Multi-hazard Early Warning strategic Action Plan
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact We have reached wide range of stakeholders by means of media mobilisation. We a have reached to thousands of stakeholders by means of Radio, TV, print media. More than 50 different media covered the news of our conference held in Nepal in November 1-4, 2022. Reaching to stakeholders means, our message reached to wider stakeholders. Our message means, risk informed tomorrows cities. Why we should prepare, plan risk informed tomorrows cities.
 
Description National consultation on co-production- a innovation on participatory and sustainable planning for tomorrow cities
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Effective solutions to societal problems. National-level civil society stakeholders including NGO/INGO and academia come together to share the learning on sustainable tomorrow cities planning.
 
Description OpenSEES Training of researchers and practitioners online course
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact 70 international researchers and practitioners were trained over a 6 week period on structural modelling and analysis under earthquake loading. This is capacity building.
 
Description Organic Law on Risk Management
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact Support in the discussion of the guidelines of the risk management law in Ecuador, under principles of governance and sustainability
 
Description Participation in UCLG-MEWA Environment Committee to introduce TCDSE
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Participation in several meetings and workshops with national institutions, such as the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, National Secretariat of Risk Management, National Secretariat of Planning, as well as several municipal institutions.
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact National and local level institutions sought support for the generation of policies related to risk reduction. They committed to support the work of the Hub and the implementation of the TCDSE pilot.
 
Description PhD and MSc researches guided
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Condition assessment of the bridges within Kathmandu Valley helped to assess the condition of bridges. It helped to prepare maintenance plan as well as retrofitting strategies of the bridges.
 
Description Positive changes in the Nairobi City Council government: Disaster Danagement Department
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact "60 new staff deployed to the departments of disaster management and emergency and firefighting services: asst. Director DM (1) ; Ass Director  - fire(1); principals DM officers (5); principal fire officers(2); chief fire officers (2); senior  DM officers (14) 10 old staff pursuing further studies on disaster risk management At least a representative from each department from the14 departments:  directors will be are being trained on integrating disaster risk into planning and formulation of DM plans and SOPs. Approximately 84 staff targeted to be trained on integrating disaster risks into planning and formulation of disaster management plans and SOPs"
 
Description Providing evidence to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for the production of Earthquake Loss Estimation Booklets
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
URL https://www.ibb.istanbul/News/Detail/36942
 
Description Quito Territorial Planning and Risk Management
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact We have participated in technical roundtables and other spaces for the creation of regulations, guidelines, plans and other public policy instruments related to territorial planning and risk management. There are several proposals to continue with this kind of work in the coming months, which could collapse if the Hub in Quito ceases to function. The timing and the political will to do this kind of work must be taken into account. Not all territories and contexts work in the same way.
 
Description Report for Urban Planning Department in Quito with results from workshops
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Representation in Solid Earth Hazards, New Delhi, India, January 2023
Geographic Reach Asia 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Request from Nairobi City Council Government for training on multi-hazard risk
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Short-term disaster prevention in Santa Rosa de Pomasqui (Quito)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The meeting with the municipality encourage them to clean and maintain the mitigation infrastructure constructed along the ravine. As a consequence, we avoided a disaster in the short term at Santa Rosa de Pomasqui town. Economic impacts.
 
Description Steering committee on Urban development in Kathmandu
Geographic Reach Asia 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description Supporting ward level Disaster Management Committee, required by DRRM Act (2017) of Nepal, and the DRRM Act of Lalitpur Metropolitan City (2019)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Technical-scientific presentation to the Quito Municipal Council
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact Several actions were taken in Quito after the debris-flow event occurred at La Gasca on January 31st 2022. The presentation made to the Municipal Council produced two main reactions on the Council members: first, they gained a clearer understanding about the triggers and circumstances that lead to the tragedy, from a scientific point of view; second, they were keen to support actions to improve neighbor security, including mitigation and education.
 
Description The Session on Nature-based solutions (NbS) to reduce risks of disaster (DRR)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.youtube.com/live/sJf0MTuB_I0?feature=share
 
Description Training of Municipal technical staff and researchers from the University especially on the methodological approach to participatory disaster risks informed planning
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact none known
 
Description Training of museum staff in Quito in social construction of risk
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact They feel it has been a capacity building activity, as reported in the evaluation workshop.
 
Description Training the staff of schools and museums in Quito.
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Improved educational and skill level of workforce| Changed public attitudes. 551 people visited the exhibit "Los barrios hablan", 18 people attended the workshops on gender, intersectionality and risk and co-produced the exhibit. The Museo Interactivo de Ciencias had the exhibit during July 2021-February 2022, with a total of 14630 visitors, and later this year, invited Tomorrow's Cities to participate in the activities of the Disaster risk management day in February on a 3 day event with schools on the subject. The Museo de la Ciudad had the exhibit during August 2021-February 2022, with a total of 23838 visitors. It has kept 3 installations in the permanent exhibit up to now. Also, they have incorporated on their own a new introductory video to the permanent exhibit that talks about the geographical setting of Quito and its historical relationship with volcanoes, ravines and rivers, an active seismic fault and steep topography, and the resources and hazards associated to them. The Carmen Alto Museum had the exhibit during May-November 2021, with a total of 6800 visitors and then incorporated two installations in their permanent exhibit. The digital educational platform reducirriesgosenquito.com impact can be measured with its social media accounts as well as Platform traffic: 18,000 visits, 54,000 events, Facebook: 480 likes, 599 followers, Instagram:261 followers We conducted a training course for 21 school teachers from 13 different schools in Quito, both municipal and state run schools for them to use the platform and teach about disaster risk prevention in history, social science, science, math and literature courses. We talked to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education and Quito Municipal Secretary of Education to promote the use of this tool for disaster risk education and prevention in schools. Their representatives were involved in the launch of the platform. With this experience, we've just been invited to produce an exhibit and memorial for the La Gasca aluvion from January 2022 of more than 30 fatalities, and more than 50 people affected. We are working with the Municipality and the Chamber of Industry to produce together with the community some activities, memorial and exhibit so they can share their story and learn from this experience by sharing how to develop the city to avoid these type of disasters.
 
Description UK Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction Steering Committee Member
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description UK NERC representative on the international advisory board of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.globalquakemodel.org/GEMNews/gem-uk-nerc-renew-partnership-2021
 
Description UKRI COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Steering Committee
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Workshops with students, teachers and museum staff on multi-hazard risk
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description 1001 - The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program
Amount ₺0 (TRY)
Funding ID 121M733 
Organisation The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 
Sector Public
Country Turkey
Start 11/2021 
End 10/2024
 
Description ARDEB 1001
Amount ₺0 (TRY)
Organisation The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 
Sector Public
Country Turkey
Start 11/2021 
End 10/2024
 
Description Bursary for hub researchers from the Tomorrow Cities project
Amount £800 (GBP)
Organisation University of Edinburgh 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 03/2022
 
Description Capacity Strengthening and Managing Risks in LMICs
Amount £88,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Edinburgh 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2019 
End 06/2019
 
Description Carmine Galasso - "Minority Report - Mitigating Environmental Disruptive Events Using People-Centric Predictive Digital Technologies To Improve Disaster And Climate Resilience"
Amount € 5,000,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 05/2024 
End 12/2027
 
Description Carmine Galasso - PCTWIN - People-Centered Tsunami early Warning for the INdian coastlines
Amount £1,531,863 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 02/2028
 
Description College of Science and Engineering internal GCRF fund
Amount £34,705 (GBP)
Organisation University of Edinburgh 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2020 
End 07/2020
 
Description Daphne Jackson Fellowship scheme
Amount £65,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Surrey 
Department Daphne Jackson Trust
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2022 
End 12/2024
 
Description GCRF Global Impact Accelerator
Amount £15,029 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Department Global Challenges Research Fund
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2020 
End 06/2020
 
Description GRIPP and T-AP Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World (RRR) (300k)
Amount £330,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 02/2024
 
Description Gemma Cremen - Towards next-generation education in sustainable and disaster-resilient infrastructure
Amount £40,000 (GBP)
Organisation British Council 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2023 
End 12/2024
 
Description Gender Responsive Resilience & Intersectionality in Policy and Practice (GRRIPP)
Amount £24,983 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2022 
End 10/2022
 
Description Global Development Research Division Research Endowment Trust Fund
Amount £500 (GBP)
Organisation University of Reading 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2022 
End 07/2023
 
Description Harriet Thompson - British Geological Survey University Funding Initiative (BUFI) - Collaborative Studentship
Amount £7,000 (GBP)
Organisation British Geological Survey 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2021 
End 05/2025
 
Description Ian Stewart - On the edge?
Amount £1,016,211 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/X014541/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2023 
End 06/2026
 
Description King's College London Impact Fund
Amount £4,000 (GBP)
Organisation King's College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2021 
End 07/2021
 
Description Maggie Creed - NERC Understanding geohazard processes and their impacts across India
Amount £1,000,000 (GBP)
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 02/2028
 
Description RDF Studentship
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation Northumbria University 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2022 
End 02/2024
 
Description Royal Society - Commonwealth Scientific Conference follow up grant
Amount £5,800 (GBP)
Organisation The Royal Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 08/2022
 
Description Sirin Tekeli Research Award
Amount ₺20,000 (TRY)
Organisation Sabanci University 
Sector Academic/University
Country Turkey
Start 12/2022 
End 12/2023
 
Description Suresh Chaudhary - Travel grant for presenting paper
Amount $1,500 (USD)
Organisation Academia Sinica 
Sector Academic/University
Country Taiwan, Province of China
Start 07/2023 
End 09/2023
 
Description Tayar Project (Kathmandu)
Amount £16,007,359 (NPR)
Organisation United States Agency for International Development 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 02/2021 
End 05/2022
 
Description Taylor F, Malamud B, Pelling M, Borie M, Mulligan J, Bukachi V Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Covid-19 Social Interventions in Slums, King's College London Faculty Research Fund,
Amount £4,500 (GBP)
Organisation King's College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2020 
End 04/2021
 
Description To attend American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022 conference in December 2022
Amount £750 (GBP)
Organisation British Society for Geomorphology 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2022 
End 12/2022
 
Description Transforming Political Capabilities for Equitable Resilience
Amount £869,726 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/T00259X/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2019 
End 10/2024
 
Description Turing Scheme
Amount £480 (GBP)
Organisation Northumbria University 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2022 
End 10/2022
 
Description UCL Emergency Fund
Amount £40,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2021 
End 06/2021
 
Description UCL Global Engagement Funds
Amount £5,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2023 
End 07/2023
 
Description UKRI/KCL on Adaptation Metrics
Amount £1,728,967 (GBP)
Funding ID MR/W008572/1 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2022 
End 04/2027
 
Description University of Edinburgh GCRF Seed Funding
Amount £13,990 (GBP)
Organisation Government of Scotland 
Department Scottish Funding Council
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2021 
End 05/2021
 
Description to attend the European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference in Austria.
Amount £500 (GBP)
Organisation British Society for Geomorphology 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 05/2022
 
Title A timeline of intensive (disaster) events in Quito from 1535 to 2019 
Description A timeline of over 1000 intensive events in Quito, from 1535 to 2019 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title ARIN GEODATA 
Description ARIN's (Africa Research and Impact Network) geospatial data repository, will provide open access to spatial data layers, and published maps. 
Type Of Material Data handling & control 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact "Development of an opening data centre to support planning for disaster risk reduction and operationalisation of the the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment in Nairobi. Work is ongoing on the identification of relevant databases and bringing together of stakeholders towards utility of a common open data center. " 
 
Title Acceleration Time Histories 
Description This includes acceleration time histories generated for Khokana region of Kathmandu based on Seismic Hazard Map for NBC-105:2020. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact none yet 
 
Title Automated river refinement for high resolution DEMs 
Description This is an algorithm which removes artificial peaks and troughs inside the river reach which are caused by the inability of satellite imagery to penetrate the water surface. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This algorithm improves flow routing in flood models, eliminating the need to remove peaks and troughs manually which is a very time consuming process. This will improve the efficiency and accruacy of flood modelling in areas prone to flood. 
 
Title Chattogram Earthquake Hazard Modelling 
Description Earthquake hazard scenarios data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results show planners and local governments how the earthquake hazard can affect urban settlement and how urbanization should be done in the future against this risk. 
 
Title Chattogram Flood Hazard Modelling 
Description Flood hazard scenario data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results show planners and local governments how the flood hazard can affect urban settlement and how urbanization should be done in the future against this risk. 
 
Title Chattogram Future Exposure Datasets 
Description These outputs include data on buildings, households, individuals and road network. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Chattogram Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description These outputs include individual and collective timelines, wheels of urban assets, land use plans and policies co-created by the community groups. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These outputs prove how community groups can gather and create collective outputs against potential hazards they can face in the future. 
 
Title Chattogram Land Use Plans 
Description Landuse plans before and after the validation workshop 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Urban plans drawn by different community groups through co-mapping will be a guide for local governments and authorities that prove how community oriented approach can generate robust plans. The plans that are generated following the validation workshop represents how communities revise their coproduced plans based on the hazard oriented policy development discussions. 
 
Title Chattogram Physical Fragility-Vulnerability Dataset Cox's Bazaar Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description Physical fragility data of buildings, infrastructure and road networks against earthquake and flood hazards 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset is important in terms of showing how urbanization can be affected by natural hazards. 
 
Title Chattogram Policy Outputs 
Description Policies that are developed through the validation workshop 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset shows how policies vary when hazard informed discussions are taking place. This is an important indicator for local governments to consider while curating participatory planning exercises. 
 
Title Codes for bias correction, downscaling of climate data, visualization, frequency analysis 
Description These codes can be used for climate change analysis (bias correction, downscaling), visualization and frequency analysis of rainfall extremes. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Cox's Bazaar Future Exposure Datasets 
Description These outputs include data on buildings, households, individuals and road network. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Cox's Bazaar Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description These outputs include individual and collective timelines, wheels of urban assets, land use plans and policies co-created by the community groups. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These outputs include individual and collective timelines, wheels of urban assets, land use plans and policies co-created by the community groups. 
 
Title Cox's Bazaar Land Use Plans 
Description Landuse plans before and after the validation workshop 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Urban plans drawn by different community groups through co-mapping will be a guide for local governments and authorities that prove how community oriented approach can generate robust plans. The plans that are generated following the validation workshop represents how communities revise their coproduced plans based on the hazard oriented policy development discussions. 
 
Title Cox's Bazaar Policy Outputs 
Description Policies that are developed through the validation workshop 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset shows how policies vary when hazard informed discussions are taking place. This is an important indicator for local governments to consider while curating participatory planning exercises. 
 
Title Cox's Flood Hazard Modelling 
Description Flood hazard scenario data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results show planners and local governments how the flood hazard can affect urban settlement and how urbanization should be done in the future against this risk. 
 
Title Cox's Physical Fragility-Vulnerability Dataset 
Description Physical fragility data of buildings, infrastructure and road networks against earthquake and flood hazards 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset is important in terms of showing how urbanization can be affected by natural hazards. 
 
Title Dar es Salaam Flood Hazard Scenario Outputs 
Description Flood hazard scenario outputs 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results show planners and local governments how the flood hazard can affect urban settlement and how urbanization should be done in the future against this risk. 
 
Title Dar es Salaam Future Exposure Datasets 
Description "Landuse plan data updated after the validation workshop, exposure data produced separately for each group and Dar es Salaam building typologies" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Dar es Salaam Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description "Landuse plan data hand-drawn by stakeholder groups during the meeting in the future visioning workshop" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These outputs prove how community groups can gather and create collective outputs against potential hazards they can face in the future. 
 
Title Dar es Salaam Land Use Plans 
Description "Landuse plan data updated after the validation workshop and road network data" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Urban plans that are generated following the validation workshop represents how communities revise their coproduced plans based on the hazard oriented policy development discussions. 
 
Title Database of current hazard, physical and social vulnerability in Nairobi 
Description An accessible dataset of current hazard, physical and social vulnerability in Nairobi was undertaken by KDI, using secondary data, previous studies and contemporary land-use data. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact none yet 
 
Title Database of key Disaster Risk Reduction actors in Nairobi. 
Description Database of key Disaster Risk Reduction actors in Nairobi. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Database on Nairobi risk loss data on floods & fire incidences, city population, building development and vulnerability. 
Description Database on Nairobi risk loss data on floods & fire incidences, city population, building development and vulnerability. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Dataset for "Detailed cartography of Cotopaxi's 1877 primary lahar deposits obtained by drone-imagery and field surveys in the proximal northern drainage" 
Description Contains the following datasets supporting the results in "Detailed cartography of Cotopaxi's 1877 primary lahar deposits obtained by drone-imagery and field surveys in the proximal northern drainage": 1) Drone-NDVI 25cm/pixel imagery for the four surveyed plains. 2) Geospatial vector layer for the geological fieldwork control points. 3) Geospatial vector layer for the 1877 deposit contact lines. 4) Geospatial vector layer for the 1877 deposit polygons. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact It will be useful to calibrate lahar flow models from Cotopaxi volcano, and consequently assess hazard for Quito. 
 
Title Dataset of extensive events in Quito 1535-2020 
Description This dataset compiles data and testimonies of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, as well as epidemics in Quito from 1535 to 2020. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Part of this dataset is published in the digital platform www.reducirriesgosenquito.com for educational purposes, and will be published in a peer review journal in 2022. Part of this dataset has also been used in Mueseum exhibitions (detailed in artistic outputs). 
URL https://reducirriesgosenquito.com/linea-del-tiempo/
 
Title Datasets supporting the paper 'Enhancing disaster risk resilience using greenspace in urbanising Quito, Ecuador' 
Description Outputs supporting the in-review paper including greenspace and land cover classifications. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Debris flow hazard in Tomorrowville 
Description Hazard maps and temporal intensity (flow depth, velocity etc) data for debris flows in Tomorrowville. This data is available to Hub members for use in the TCDSE and is not currently available to non-Hub members. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact none yet 
URL https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/TomorrowsCities/Shared%20Documents/U.%20Risk%20Working%20Grou...
 
Title Digital Elevation Models for each City 
Description Data base extracted from the Sentinel and SPOT satellite databases for use of various teams working across the Hub Cities. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact 3D models of each city have been produced and will be used in upcoming launch of the Quito Hub and the Annual All-Hub conference planned for May in Istanbul. 
URL https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/tomorrows-cities/
 
Title Drone imagery of Mukuru settlement, Nairobi, Kenya 
Description Mukuru drone imagery 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The data was used in the fire and flood modelling to build for future visioning. 
 
Title Dynamic risk and Vulnerability data and Static risk core 
Description "The Risk Vulnerability Assessment was designed as a result of the demand from the city stakeholders on data on social vulnerability and exposure of the community to hazard. Data to understand the magnitude of risk (hazard*exposure*vulnerabilty) in Mukuru SPA Slide deck on fire good and bad practice in Kibera" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The Metrics applied was in Cape Town were replicated in Mukuru. A total of 200 disparate settlements were analyzed as a unity of analysis (each structure was considered as a unit of analysis). However, the case Mukuru is unique with over 30,000 structures. Because of the area is large, finer analysis will be visible for the case of Mukuru. The Potential Fire Areas is considered as a unit of analysis, in classifying the potential risk areas but not in understanding the magnitude of risk (metrics for risk model). This could be adopted in understanding the magnitude of fire in dense areas. 
 
Title Earthquake Catalogue 
Description This includes information on historical and instrumental earthquake within Himalayan region from 1255 AD to 2020 AD. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This helps in identification of earthquake events location for ground motion data which will be used to validate the simulated results. 
 
Title Expansion of Quito 1986-2019 
Description Digital models of the urban expansion of Quito. Data extracted from Landsat imagery processes using LandTrendr 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact These images have been used in study site selection and in communication with the city authorities. 
URL https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/tomorrows-cities/
 
Title Extensive events dataset in Quito 1900-2020 
Description It compiles the morphoclimatic events data available from 1900 to 2020. We have published a version in the interactive time map that links urban development and these events in the platform www.reducirriesgosenquito.com for educational purposes. It was used for an infography to understand the relevance of the mudflow event experienced in Quito in Feb 2022. Will be published in its entirety when we publish the Forensic analysis paper. We have also shared it to be published in the geoportal CIU-Q from the College of Architects. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact not known yet 
URL https://reducirriesgosenquito.com/mapa-de-peltre/
 
Title Istanbul Community Land Use Plans 
Description "Landuse plans hand-drawn by the groups in the future visioning workshop transferred to the GIS environment" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Urban plans drawn by different community groups through co-mapping will be a guide for local governments and authorities that prove how community oriented approach can generate land use plans even if they are in conceptual level. 
 
Title Istanbul Disabled Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the disabled group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Istanbul Elderly Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the elderly group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by land use plans. 
 
Title Istanbul Risk Agreement Workshop datasets 
Description Data sets resulting from the participation of community groups after the risk agreement workshop in Istanbul including the computed impact metrics 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results showcase how TCDSE is a useful approach to enable the learning of communities and decision makers on how decisions on urban plans influence disaster risk. 
 
Title Istanbul Roman Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the Roman group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by land use plans. 
 
Title Istanbul Social Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the Social Beneficiries group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by land use plans. 
 
Title Istanbul Women Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the Women group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by land use plans. 
 
Title Istanbul Youth Group, exposure dataset 
Description "Landuse plan, building, household and individual data produced in the as the exposure dataset of the Youth group in Istanbul case study." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by land use plans. 
 
Title Istanbul base data for hazard modelling 
Description Building, infrastructure, road network and ground motion data Istanbul case study. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These data are important for researchers and local governments in terms of their usability as a basis for different hazard modeling. 
 
Title Kathmandu social science interview data 
Description Transcriptions and survey data from Kathmandu, early Spring 2021. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact not known 
 
Title Khokana VS1 Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of vs1 group for Kokhana 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Khokana VS2 Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of vs2 group for Kokhana 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Khokana VS3 Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of vs3 group for Kokhana 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Khokana VS5 Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of vs5 group for Kokhana 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Landuse and exposure data of the women group 
Description Landuse and exposure data of the women group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Literature based 3D velocity Model for Kathmandu 
Description This includes 3D point cloud with information on shear wave velocity, compressional wave velocity and density based on depth difference upto 30km. This 3D point cloud dataset serves as input for ground motion simulation work. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This serves as first velocity model, which will be iterated and updated with new information from passive seismology work in Kathmandu. 
 
Title Nablus Appartment Buildings Group Visioning Scenarios 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of the apartment buildings group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nablus Civil Societies Group Visioning Scenarios 
Description Landuse and exposure data of the civil socities group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nablus Community Service Group Visioning Scenarios 
Description Landuse and exposure data of the community service group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nablus Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description "Versions of the landuse plan data hand-drawn by the community groups in the future visioning workshop transferred to the GIS environment" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nablus Infrastructure Data 
Description Power network and road network data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact It is important in terms of showing the infrastructure network of the city that will be reshaped with the increasing population in the future. 
 
Title Nablus Seismic Hazard Data 
Description Seismic hazard scenario data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact In order to plan resilient cities, the seismic hazard map must be taken into account by local governments and authorities. 
 
Title Nablus Youth Group Visioning Scenarios 
Description Landuse and exposure data of the youth group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nairobi Business Group Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of the business group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nairobi Elders Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the elders group" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nairobi Fire and Flood Impact data 
Description "Produced flood and fire impact database for Mukuru and Kibera capturing the historical impacts from 2010 to 2021. " 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The data was used in validating the flood and fire modeling activities 
 
Title Nairobi Flood Hazard Data 
Description Flood hazard data and maps 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact In order to plan resilient cities, the flood hazard map must be taken into account by local governments and authorities. 
 
Title Nairobi Impact Calculation Outputs 
Description The data obtained as output in scenario analyzes 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The result data of scenario analyzes are important in terms of showing how different results will arise regarding the cities that will be shaped in the future with different data and different urban planning. 
 
Title Nairobi Women Group Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of the women group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nairobi Youth_1 Group Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of the youth1 group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title Nairobi Youth_2 Group Visioning Scenario 
Description Landuse plan and exposure data of the youth2 group 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data representing the visioning scenarios is important as they indicate how community visions are translated into valid land use plans, that can be used by local governments. 
 
Title National Disaster Risk Management politics for Quito 
Description Database of documents relating to DRM for the city of Quito 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Natural hazard economic losses and probability of hazards 
Description The dataset will be used to build the pricing model which provides guidance value to the proposed financial tool. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Pleaides and Hexagon DEM and imagery for KAthmandu 
Description Point cloud, DEM (1 m), hillshade (1 m), panchromatic (0.5 m), multispectral (2 m), and pansharpened multispectral (0.5 m) orthoimages generated from tri-stereo imagery. DEM (30 m), and panchromatic (4 m) orthoimage generated from three declassified HEXAGON images. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
URL https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/tomorrows-cities/
 
Title Quito Geotechnical Database 
Description This Quito Geotechnical Database has been compiled and digitised from an extensive review of soil geotechnical test results reported in published literature including reports, research papers, and dissertations. The database describes geotechnical and geophysical soil properties distributed throughout Quito, Ecuador, recorded at different locations and comprising the results of both in situ tests and geotechnical laboratory tests. A detailed User Manual is provided with the database. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This Quito Geotechnical Database has been compiled and digitised from an extensive review of soil geotechnical test results reported in published literature including reports, research papers, and dissertations. The database describes geotechnical and geophysical soil properties distributed throughout Quito, Ecuador, recorded at different locations and comprising the results of both in situ tests and geotechnical laboratory tests. A detailed User Manual is provided with the database. 
URL https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3m2ficmw3ltjx2m0yl4cwptkqm/
 
Title Rainfall Frequency Analysis: Python Codes 
Description Standard python codes for bias-correction and downscaling, rainfall frequency analysis. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact These codes were used for core analysis in this research. 
 
Title Rainfall datasets 
Description Extreme rainfall datasets for the historical and future projections (climate change) of rainfall in Kathmandu. This dataset was used for computation of rainfall extreme indices for future. Rainfall extreme like RX1day was used to quantify rainfall-related risk in future as direct input to flood modelling. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This can be used to understand the future projects of extreme rainfall, and to use it as input to flood modeling. 
 
Title Rapti Ethnic Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Ethnic group" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title Rapti Future Visioning Workshop Outputs 
Description "Landuse plan hand-drawn by community groups during the meeting in the future visioning workshop" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These outputs prove how community groups can gather and create collective outputs against potential hazards they can face in the future. 
 
Title Rapti Impact Calculation Outputs 
Description Impact calculation outputs for each visioning scenario, 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The result data of scenario analyzes are important in terms of showing how different results will arise regarding the cities that will be shaped in the future with different data and different urban planning. 
 
Title Rapti Madhesi/Muslum/Dalit Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Madhesi Muslum Dalit grup" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title Rapti Pahade Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Pahade grup" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title Rapti Planners and Authorities Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Planners And Authority group" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title Rapti Squatter Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Squatter group" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title Rapti Tharu Group Visioning Scenario 
Description "Landuse data updated after validation workshop and produced exposure data of the Tharu group" 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data produced for future scenarios (building, households etc.) is very important in that it shows local governments information that will be important in the urban order, such as the number of people who will live in the city in the future and the number of buildings in the city plan. 
 
Title SPOT-6/7 DEM and Imagery of Quito 
Description Point cloud, DEM (3 m), hillshade (3 m), panchromatic (1.5 m) and multispectral (6 m) orthoimages generated from stereo imagery. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
URL https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/tomorrows-cities/
 
Title Simulated ground motion database of five existing earthquakes 
Description This is a database of around 200 stochastically simulated earthquakes 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None yet 
 
Title Social and vulnerabillity data 
Description FGDs on community discussions for Kibera on Social vulnerabilities in Kibera 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The data will be used in developing the community visioning tools and in the developing of a working paper on community participation in disaster risk management 
 
Title Socio-Economic Data Attribute Table for Tomorrowville based on Real Data from Istanbul Low-Middle-High Income Districts 
Description The dataset for Socio-Economic Attribute Table for Tomorrowville is based on Real Data from two cities which are Nairobi for low-income zones and Kathmandu for middle and high-income zones. Real data that is derived from national and municipal data sources and processed for Istanbul's Low-Middle-High Income Districts is used as a benchmark. This dataset is used for estimations in DSE to differentiate between different income zones in Tomorrowville. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact It is used for estimations in DSE to differentiate between different income zones in Tomorrowville. 
URL https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:x:/r/sites/TomorrowsCities/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B05B3DDD3-9C...
 
Title The Stochastic Ground Motion Simulations for Istanbul Büyükçekmece Region 
Description This output folder contains simulated peak motions, simulated S-wave time histories, earthquake scenarios and fragility parameters data. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These results are important in terms of showing the earthquake hazard of the region for many different scenarios. 
 
Title The developed set of tools consists of a set of Python codes 
Description The additional database developed includes the transportation infrastructure of the Tomorrowville testbed in a geospatial database (shapefiles). Developed a set of tools/models to analyze infrastructure considering disruptions due to the occurrence of hazards. The infrastructure models have been coupled with an agent-based model that accounts for the implications of variations in infrastructure development on land values and resulting dynamic residential location choices. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Developed set of tools/models are to analyse infrastructure considering disruptions due to the occurrence of hazards. The infrastructure models have been coupled with an agent-based model that accounts for the implications of variations in infrastructure development on land values and resulting dynamic residential location choices. 
 
Title Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) engine, including input/output data for the demonstration testbed (Tomorrowville) 
Description TCDSE engine, including input/output data for the demonstration testbed (Tomorrowville) 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None Yet - the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment will be applied to ongoing planning processes in focus cities, to inform risk-sensitive resident-led urban planning. 
 
Title Tomorrowville 
Description This dataset contains the physical and social information of Tomorrowville, within a GIS database. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Tomorrowville is being used as a proof of concept of the operational version of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment, and can be leveraged for effective stakeholder engagement. 
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMXxaR7bJY
 
Title Urban development in Quito 
Description Compilation of important events in the urban development of Quito 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact this was used in exhibits (detailed in artistic outputs), and is being used in the development of a forensic paper, after which it will be published 
 
Title Validated simulation algorithm for Istanbul 
Description This is the validated version of stochastic simulation algorithm, EXSIM, for Istanbul - which can be used to simulate large magnitude earthquakes for this region. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This code will be used to simulate large magnitude earthquakes for Istanbul, and will be used in the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to inform the risk (from earthquake hazard) of future planning. 
 
Title Validated simulation algorithm for Istanbul 
Description This is the validated version of stochastic simulation algorithm, EXSIM, for Istanbul - which can be used to simulate large magnitude earthquakes for this region. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This code will be used to simulate large magnitude earthquakes for Istanbul, and will be used in the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to inform the risk (from earthquake hazard) of future planning. 
 
Title Written reports, videos and audios 
Description This dataset contains all the information gathered through the application of PAR methodologies in the San Francisco and San Luis Miravalle hillsides case studies 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Improved understanding of the underlying causes of vulnerability, social construction and negotiation of risk in areas with vulnerable populations. 
 
Description Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability (3CS) 
Organisation Ashoka University
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Hub research Prof Iain Stewart has been appointed as co-Director of the new interdisciplinary research centre at Ashoka University
Collaborator Contribution Prof Stewart was involved in the design of the new centre and will be at the heart of its aim to focus on communicating climate science and sustainability issues to publics and policy makers
Impact Healing Earth conference https://www.ashoka.edu.in/page/centre-for-climate-change-and-sustainability/
Start Year 2021
 
Description Collaboration with College of Architects of Ecuador 
Organisation College of Architects of Ecuador (CAE-P)
Country Ecuador 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We will we will co-produce and deliver workshops and training courses aimed at different audiences, on urban hazards (e.g. landslides) and risk. We will also produce new insights on green spaces from Earth observation data, which has been requested by the College.
Collaborator Contribution They have important data for the investigation (e.g. socioeconomic datasets) and provide access to key audiences for our engagement activities.
Impact No outputs or outcomes yet, but a series of activities are planned. This is an interdisciplinary collaboration involving geology, geography, anthropology, history and participatory action research.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation Coventry University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation Newcastle University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation United Nations (UN)
Department UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with UKRI GCRF Hub managers 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Collaborator Contribution Monthly online meetings, regular email exchanges and occasional in-person meet-ups to share experiences, perspectives and lessons learned with respect to managing the UKRI GCRF Hubs.
Impact xxx
Start Year 2019
 
Description Kathmandu City Steering Committee 
Organisation Government of Nepal
Country Nepal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Tomorrow's Cities team in Kathmandu has worked to form this Steering Committee based on interest from the Government of Nepal in how our research can inform the development of a new satellite city in Khokana.
Collaborator Contribution The partners have so far provided their time, interest and commitment - which have provided much needed legitimacy for this group to be formalised.
Impact While still in the formation stages, this group has already provided important access to people in key official positions in Kathmandu, relationships with whom will be impactful for our work. This was realised through the Kathmandu launch event, in which the following people attended and gave presentations: - Mr. Anil Pokharel, CEO of Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority - The Honourable Tara Devi Bhatt, Chair of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee - Mr Rabindra Maharjan, Chair of Ward 21 (Khokana) - Ms Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development
Start Year 2019
 
Description Kathmandu City Steering Committee 
Organisation Government of Nepal
Country Nepal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Tomorrow's Cities team in Kathmandu has worked to form this Steering Committee based on interest from the Government of Nepal in how our research can inform the development of a new satellite city in Khokana.
Collaborator Contribution The partners have so far provided their time, interest and commitment - which have provided much needed legitimacy for this group to be formalised.
Impact While still in the formation stages, this group has already provided important access to people in key official positions in Kathmandu, relationships with whom will be impactful for our work. This was realised through the Kathmandu launch event, in which the following people attended and gave presentations: - Mr. Anil Pokharel, CEO of Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority - The Honourable Tara Devi Bhatt, Chair of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee - Mr Rabindra Maharjan, Chair of Ward 21 (Khokana) - Ms Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development
Start Year 2019
 
Description Kathmandu City Steering Committee 
Organisation Government of Nepal
Country Nepal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Tomorrow's Cities team in Kathmandu has worked to form this Steering Committee based on interest from the Government of Nepal in how our research can inform the development of a new satellite city in Khokana.
Collaborator Contribution The partners have so far provided their time, interest and commitment - which have provided much needed legitimacy for this group to be formalised.
Impact While still in the formation stages, this group has already provided important access to people in key official positions in Kathmandu, relationships with whom will be impactful for our work. This was realised through the Kathmandu launch event, in which the following people attended and gave presentations: - Mr. Anil Pokharel, CEO of Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority - The Honourable Tara Devi Bhatt, Chair of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee - Mr Rabindra Maharjan, Chair of Ward 21 (Khokana) - Ms Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development
Start Year 2019
 
Description Kathmandu City Working Group 
Organisation Ward of the Lalitpur Municipality, Kathmandu
Country Nepal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Kathmandu team have convened this group around the community level work of the Hub, in order to include and legitimise community perspectives amongst national stakeholder (mainly decision makers). While this was initiated by Tomorrow's Cities, provisions for such a group was laid out in the DRRM Act 2017 and Local Government Act 2017 (as a "Ward level Disaster Risk management Committee").
Collaborator Contribution The Ward of the Lalitpur Municipality are coordinating the activities of this group.
Impact The Kathmandu team has built strong relationships with decision makers in Khokana at ward level, in particular with the Ward Chair, through sustained and intentional engagement over time. A combination of intentional engagement in Khokana which facilitated listening to the needs of the Ward Chair, with a clear multi-hazard offer have enabled trust to be built. The agreed collaboration with local leaders has supported the operationalisation and the reorientation of the Ward Disaster Management Committee towards greater inclusion in the development of a local risk informed land use plan. This progress at the Ward level is now opening up opportunities for engagement with policy makers at national level.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Leveraging MCR2030 and risk capacity support to Nairobi city 
Organisation African Centre for Technology Studies
Country Kenya 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The Nairobi Hub team convened and led at 2 bilateral meetings led by the Hub and facilitated a meeting at the Nairobi city offices by introducing the UN team to the city policymakers with regards to potential collaboration. Them have facilitated data access, data sharing, analysis, and modeling techniques.
Collaborator Contribution "UNDRR & UN coordination office are now pursuing signing of an agreement with the Nairobi CITY county government to officially commence the engagement. UNDRR is in discussion with the Hub to collaborate in capacity building as the await officially signing f bilateral agreement with the city authority. All partners have contributed to advancements in data access, data sharing, analysis, and modeling techniques."
Impact "1) The Hub is supporting the city to register, fill and upload relevant documents onto MCR2030 dashboard with the guide of UNDRR. 2) UNDRR and the Hub are co-developing a capacity building plan that will not only support Nairobi city but also other cities in Kenya. "
Start Year 2021
 
Description Partnership between the Quito City Museums Foundation and Tomorrow's Cities Quito 
Organisation Quito City Museums Foundation
Country Ecuador 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution As part of the partnership between the Quito City Museums Foundation and Tomorrow's Cities Quito, a series of activities have been planned with museums across the city, aimed at co-producing knowledge and generating educational activities for diverse audiences. Tomorrow's Cities is providing new insights and novel interdisciplinary and participatory approaches to public engagement.
Collaborator Contribution The Quito City Museums Foundation is providing museum space and practitioner public engagement expertise to work with Tomorrow's Cities to engage the public on disaster risk.
Impact This partnership has just begun but a series of workshops are planned, as well as museum exhibits. This collaboration is interdisciplinary, involving: geology, geography, anthropology, history and participatory action research methods.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Partnership with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality 
Organisation Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Country Turkey 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have been contributing to their capacity in terms of multi-hazard risk analysis and risk reduction. Bogazici University has taken the responsibility of representing the Istanbul Hub in general and of coordinating research activities between other collaborators with the IMM, especially for data exchange. In order to ensure its credibility and transparency, Istanbul Hub Office has been working with the Bogazici University's legal adviser to create data request forms.
Collaborator Contribution IMM and its departments are very responsive to our meeting calls and knowledge exchange requests. They have been sharing the data with Bogazici University directly, and Istanbul Hub's collaborators indirectly. They have been taking part in the research and been willing to enhance their capacity with Istanbul Hub's outputs.
Impact No completed outputs or outcomes yet, aside from relationship building and collaboration on research outputs. This is an interdisciplinary collaboration with contributions from hazard science, seismology, engineering, sociology, science and technology studies.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Partnership with Kenya Red Cross Society 
Organisation International Committee of the Red Cross
Department Kenya Red Cross Society
Country Kenya 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Development and implementation of research Stakeholder engagement, partnerships and networking
Collaborator Contribution Linkages to the Mukuru Spatial Planning Area (SPA) - the study area
Impact Participation in policy and community dialogues This has been an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving: community engagement, policy analysis, gender integration, hazard science and risk modelling.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Partnership with Nairobi City County Government 
Organisation Nairobi City Council
Country Kenya 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Advice on policy relating to disaster risk reduction (e.g. reviewing of the Disaster Risk Management Act (2015)
Collaborator Contribution Participation in research on disaster risk reduction, including sharing of data.
Impact NCCG participation in policy and community dialogues NCCG sharing inventories of hazards in Nairobi, DRR institutional mapping, and risk loss data NCCG sharing fire and flood modelling spatial metrics and aerial images of Mukuru NCCG sharing river flow data, historical flood dynamics data, and data on fire incidents in Nairobi This has been an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving: community engagement, policy analysis, gender integration, hazard science and risk modelling.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Partnership with Quito City Municipality 
Organisation Municipality of Quito
Country Ecuador 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Advice and evidence on disaster risk aspects of urban planning. Involvement in research.
Collaborator Contribution Access to data, participation in research and impact meetings and dialogues.
Impact Participation in key workshops. Interdisciplinary: anthropology, geology, Earth observation, hazards science, history.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Partnership with Turkish Republic Presidency - Strategy and Budget Department 
Organisation Turkish Republic Presidency
Country Turkey 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We initiated initial talks with the Strategy and Budget Department because they've been monitoring and evaluating public funds, which are relevant to our research.
Collaborator Contribution They have been contributing to the Istanbul Hub as a representative of the State and providing inputs for our research (mostly social science).
Impact Participation in workshops and meetings. This is an interdisciplinary collaboration involving: sociology, science and technology studies, hazards science, engineering.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Tomorrow's Chattogram: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Chattogram, Bangladesh 
Organisation Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
Country Bangladesh 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in the city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout Through this collaboration, the Tomorrow's Cities international team will support the local city team to develop: • An action plan to continue the implementation of the TCDSE throughout the completion of the development project being supported. • A co-produced process to replicate the TCDSE, with appropriate local context adaptations, in any other development project. • A trained team of local professionals, with appropriate support from the local university, capable of delivering the TCDSE in such other development projects.
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Chattogram is led by Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology from a research perspective, working closely with key city authorities and practitioners: Chattogram City Development Authority; Chattogram City Corporation; Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority; Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology; University of Dhaka Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Chattogram, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information; - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting.
Impact https://tomorrowscities.org/roundtable-bangladesh This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Chattogram: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Chattogram, Bangladesh 
Organisation University of Dhaka
Country Bangladesh 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in the city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout Through this collaboration, the Tomorrow's Cities international team will support the local city team to develop: • An action plan to continue the implementation of the TCDSE throughout the completion of the development project being supported. • A co-produced process to replicate the TCDSE, with appropriate local context adaptations, in any other development project. • A trained team of local professionals, with appropriate support from the local university, capable of delivering the TCDSE in such other development projects.
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Chattogram is led by Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology from a research perspective, working closely with key city authorities and practitioners: Chattogram City Development Authority; Chattogram City Corporation; Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority; Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology; University of Dhaka Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Chattogram, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information; - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting.
Impact https://tomorrowscities.org/roundtable-bangladesh This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Cox's Bazar: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 
Organisation Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
Country Bangladesh 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with the University of Dhaka to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout Through this collaboration, the Tomorrow's Cities international team will support the local city team to develop: • Capacity development on decision making risk reduction on future cities planning both in public and private sector. • Capacity development on different hazards and its impact assessment through training and workshop. • Empowerment of the citizens, stakeholders and beneficiaries in the decision making. • Hazardless mapping of considered area those could be implemented in the Master Plan preparation. • International collaboration and future research work on similar works on other cities of Bangladesh and other underdeveloped countries. • Multi-hazard vulnerability and risk assessment of the considered area.
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Cox's Bazar is led by the University of Dhaka from a research perspective, working closely with key city authorities and practitioners: Cox's Bazar City Development Authority; Cox's Bazar Paurashava Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Cox's Bazar, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information; - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting.
Impact Outcome: https://tomorrowscities.org/roundtable-bangladesh This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Cox's Bazar: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 
Organisation University of Dhaka
Country Bangladesh 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with the University of Dhaka to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout Through this collaboration, the Tomorrow's Cities international team will support the local city team to develop: • Capacity development on decision making risk reduction on future cities planning both in public and private sector. • Capacity development on different hazards and its impact assessment through training and workshop. • Empowerment of the citizens, stakeholders and beneficiaries in the decision making. • Hazardless mapping of considered area those could be implemented in the Master Plan preparation. • International collaboration and future research work on similar works on other cities of Bangladesh and other underdeveloped countries. • Multi-hazard vulnerability and risk assessment of the considered area.
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Cox's Bazar is led by the University of Dhaka from a research perspective, working closely with key city authorities and practitioners: Cox's Bazar City Development Authority; Cox's Bazar Paurashava Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Cox's Bazar, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information; - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting.
Impact Outcome: https://tomorrowscities.org/roundtable-bangladesh This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Dar Es Salaam: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 
Organisation Ardhi University
Country Tanzania, United Republic of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Mianzini is one of the 23 wards of Temeke Municipality, that form part of the greater Dar Es Salaam city of Tanzania. Mianzini is home to nearly 23 thousand people. It's been developed along a hilly terrain which, during the rainy season, sees its lower areas transforming into a small river prone to landslides along its banks. Along the slopes, informal housing is the predominant feature. Adding to the challenges, the settlement grapples with inadequate infrastructure services, such as pit latrines, and lacks a storm-water drainage system, making it vulnerable to flooding. The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with Ardhi University to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in Mianzini ward, Temeke Municipality of Dar Es Salaam. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Dar Es Salaam is led by Ardhi University from a research perspective, working closely with local city authorities and community groups including elders, youth, valley residents, and local leaders. Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Dar Es Salaam, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting
Impact Outcome: https://tomorrowscities.org/mianzinis-dar-es-salaam-journey This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Nablus: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Nablus, Palestine 
Organisation An-Najah National University
Country Palestine, State of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub have partnered with An-Najah National University to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area in the city of Nablus, Palestine. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. The IRT work with the in-city team and support the application of the TCDSE by providing: • Research leadership in each of the core work packages of the TCDSE methodology • Training and mentoring to the local city team and city stakeholders through a linked and carefully structured Capacity Strengthening Programme to build understanding and fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the city teams. • Support to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities and universities. • Full financial, administrative and project management support throughout Through this collaboration, the Tomorrow's Cities international team will support the local city team to develop: • An action plan to continue the implementation of the TCDSE throughout the completion of the development project being supported. • A co-produced process to replicate the TCDSE, with appropriate local context adaptations, in any other development project. • A trained team of local professionals, with appropriate support from the local university, capable of delivering the TCDSE in such other development projects.
Collaborator Contribution Local City Team in Nablus is led by An-Najah National University from a research perspective, working closely with key city authorities and practitioners: Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG) Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF); National Center Disaster Risk Management (NDRRMC); North Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) Towards the goal of reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's Nablus, this team work with the International Team from Tomorrow's Cities Hub to provide: The authority for action that is required if the outcomes of the TCDSE are to be implemented to facilitate low-risk urban planning in the City. Contact point for local stakeholder engagement and involvement of community groups and other city practitioners Provide contact points for administrative, financial, and communication purposes throughout the project Be responsible for the delivery of the TCDSE in the city, providing the key project information: - Desired outputs and outcomes; - Proposition of case study site with supporting information; - Institutional critique: challenges (communication, relationships, data and knowledge) to be overcome through Tomorrow's Cities engagement; and - Legacy Vehicle which will continue the work of Tomorrow's Cities). The team provide the multidisciplinary research expertise capable of collaboratively delivering with the International TC team, each stage of the TCDSE in-city, including data management: Future Visioning (Stage 1): participatory engagements that explore desired urban futures with different city stakeholders, incorporating expectations for land uses and critical urban assets, as well as expected policies to tackle the negative impacts of future natural hazards. Visioning Scenarios (Stage 2): render these desired futures into detailed virtual representations that make Future Visions more realistic and connected to data-driven trends. Computational Model & Computed Impact Metrics (Stage 3): subjects Visioning Scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events. This leads to an understanding of the consequences of the decisions made during future visioning and scenario building before a brick is laid. Maps of damage states combined with different impact metrics (number of casualties, of displaced households, etc) enable a clear visualisation of the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. Risk Agreement and Learning (Stage 4) opens up a collective definition of risk that accounts for the objective impact of hazards and the subjective priorities of key community and institutional groups that engaged with the TCDSE. Using digital tools, stakeholders unpack the consequences of spatial and policy decisions and how they increase or decrease disaster risk. They also assess the equity of the distribution of risk across space and the impacts of planning decisions on poor and disadvantaged communities in the event of natural hazard events, earthquakes, landslides or floods. The city team will then repeat Stage 1, modifying some aspects of the future vision. These modifications then lead to changes in the visioning scenarios. The new visioning scenarios are now exposed to the same hazard events and the impacts metrics are recalculated. This leads to both a refined understanding of critical decisions leading to risk, and to discussions about how to transfer that learning into the actual decision environment of cities. This helps to promote policy uptake by institutions. The process can be repeated as often as required so that these new insights into decisions and their consequences lead to safer development planning and better decision making. Institutionalisation (Stage 5) happens once stakeholders have learned enough from the process of iteration, and supports the uptake of the concrete lessons and outputs from the TCDSE (e.g., actual plans and policy ideas into their institutional environments for a process of pro-poor risk reduction that is meaningful and long-lasting.
Impact Engagement: https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-nablus-palestine Blog Output: https://tomorrowscities.org/palestinian-women-changing-future Outcome: https://tomorrowscities.org/najah-national-university-event This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Tomorrow's Rapti: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Rapti City, Nepal 
Organisation National Society for Earthquake Technology
Country Nepal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub, together with our local research team in Nepal, have partnered with the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area of the Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC), Rapti, also known as 'Rapti City'. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. Towards this collaboration the international team will: 1. Facilitate in incorporating tested work programme to facilitate evidence-based decision making for low risk urban futures in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal. 2. Implement a linked and carefullv structured Capacity Strengthening programme to build understanding and help fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the citv authorities (i.e., PIDA and palikas) 3. Implement a fully funded package including support from International Team of experts to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities, and universities. 4. Plan and maintain long term relationships with the city, as part of the Hub's global community of practice comprising city governments, community leaders, global agencies and universities, to share lessons and peer support as part of continuous learning on how best to reduce risk in future urban development.
Collaborator Contribution The Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal (PIDA), is responsible for the implementation of special infrastructure projects identified and prioritised by the province. The main objective of the PIDA is to implement projects on fast track having an important contribution to the development of the Province. PIDA is working on a Master plan of Lumbini Provincial Capital City, in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal, also known as 'Rapti City'. PIDA partnered with the Tomorrow's Cities Hub in order to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in the context of developing Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC) in Rapti Valley. PIDA work collaboratively with Tomorrow's Cities lead organisations in Nepal, led by the National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET), to collaboratively deliver the TCDSE through it's methodological stages: 1. Future Visioning (WP 1): Explore possible urban futures engaging with communities and city stakeholders, incorporating physical environment, demographic projections and economic and policy frameworks constraining future development. 2. Visioning Scenarios (WP2): Render the desired futures into detailed virtual representations (e.g., GIS) encapsulating the phvsical and social attributes of the community in question. 3. Multi Hazard Impacts (WP3): Subject future scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events that exposes the decisions made during visioning and scenario building to impacts generated by fixed hazard events - before a brick is laid. Map with different risk metrics clearly visualize the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. 4. Risk agreement (WP4): Open up definitions of risk and enable enhanced equity decision making. 5. Capacity Strengthening: Capacitate local engineers, urban planners and social mobilizers (if available) in utilizing this novel Decision Support Environment and expand its reach, institutionalization of developed TCDSE is required through standardized and awareness programs. Specific responsibilities of the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) in this collaboration are: l. Assigning PIDA focal person and team who will be engaged dedicatedly in this work as an in-kind contribution of the PIDA. 2. Facilitation to identifying and mobilise number of representatives or staff from the city-area wards of local municipalities as an in-kind contribution from local governments. 3. Identification of local stakeholders who will be engaged in TCDSE implementation. 4. Facilitating and providing required connection and contacts with relevant stakeholders including government authorities, local academic institutions, civil society organizations, community groups. 5 Sharing relevant secondary data, survey reports and other available documentation. 6. Facilitation in organizing meetings. workshops. seminars with community and other stakeholders.
Impact Engagements: https://tomorrowscities.org/singing-women-groups Outputs: https://tomorrowscities.org/shaping-visioning-scenarios-future-rapti-city-community-representatives-and-planners-0 https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-migrants https://tomorrowscities.org/unequal-risk-kathmandu This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Tomorrow's Rapti: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Rapti City, Nepal 
Organisation Nepal Development Research Institute
Country Nepal 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub, together with our local research team in Nepal, have partnered with the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area of the Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC), Rapti, also known as 'Rapti City'. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. Towards this collaboration the international team will: 1. Facilitate in incorporating tested work programme to facilitate evidence-based decision making for low risk urban futures in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal. 2. Implement a linked and carefullv structured Capacity Strengthening programme to build understanding and help fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the citv authorities (i.e., PIDA and palikas) 3. Implement a fully funded package including support from International Team of experts to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities, and universities. 4. Plan and maintain long term relationships with the city, as part of the Hub's global community of practice comprising city governments, community leaders, global agencies and universities, to share lessons and peer support as part of continuous learning on how best to reduce risk in future urban development.
Collaborator Contribution The Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal (PIDA), is responsible for the implementation of special infrastructure projects identified and prioritised by the province. The main objective of the PIDA is to implement projects on fast track having an important contribution to the development of the Province. PIDA is working on a Master plan of Lumbini Provincial Capital City, in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal, also known as 'Rapti City'. PIDA partnered with the Tomorrow's Cities Hub in order to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in the context of developing Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC) in Rapti Valley. PIDA work collaboratively with Tomorrow's Cities lead organisations in Nepal, led by the National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET), to collaboratively deliver the TCDSE through it's methodological stages: 1. Future Visioning (WP 1): Explore possible urban futures engaging with communities and city stakeholders, incorporating physical environment, demographic projections and economic and policy frameworks constraining future development. 2. Visioning Scenarios (WP2): Render the desired futures into detailed virtual representations (e.g., GIS) encapsulating the phvsical and social attributes of the community in question. 3. Multi Hazard Impacts (WP3): Subject future scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events that exposes the decisions made during visioning and scenario building to impacts generated by fixed hazard events - before a brick is laid. Map with different risk metrics clearly visualize the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. 4. Risk agreement (WP4): Open up definitions of risk and enable enhanced equity decision making. 5. Capacity Strengthening: Capacitate local engineers, urban planners and social mobilizers (if available) in utilizing this novel Decision Support Environment and expand its reach, institutionalization of developed TCDSE is required through standardized and awareness programs. Specific responsibilities of the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) in this collaboration are: l. Assigning PIDA focal person and team who will be engaged dedicatedly in this work as an in-kind contribution of the PIDA. 2. Facilitation to identifying and mobilise number of representatives or staff from the city-area wards of local municipalities as an in-kind contribution from local governments. 3. Identification of local stakeholders who will be engaged in TCDSE implementation. 4. Facilitating and providing required connection and contacts with relevant stakeholders including government authorities, local academic institutions, civil society organizations, community groups. 5 Sharing relevant secondary data, survey reports and other available documentation. 6. Facilitation in organizing meetings. workshops. seminars with community and other stakeholders.
Impact Engagements: https://tomorrowscities.org/singing-women-groups Outputs: https://tomorrowscities.org/shaping-visioning-scenarios-future-rapti-city-community-representatives-and-planners-0 https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-migrants https://tomorrowscities.org/unequal-risk-kathmandu This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Tomorrow's Rapti: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Rapti City, Nepal 
Organisation South-Asia Institute for Advanced Studies
Country Nepal 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub, together with our local research team in Nepal, have partnered with the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area of the Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC), Rapti, also known as 'Rapti City'. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. Towards this collaboration the international team will: 1. Facilitate in incorporating tested work programme to facilitate evidence-based decision making for low risk urban futures in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal. 2. Implement a linked and carefullv structured Capacity Strengthening programme to build understanding and help fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the citv authorities (i.e., PIDA and palikas) 3. Implement a fully funded package including support from International Team of experts to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities, and universities. 4. Plan and maintain long term relationships with the city, as part of the Hub's global community of practice comprising city governments, community leaders, global agencies and universities, to share lessons and peer support as part of continuous learning on how best to reduce risk in future urban development.
Collaborator Contribution The Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal (PIDA), is responsible for the implementation of special infrastructure projects identified and prioritised by the province. The main objective of the PIDA is to implement projects on fast track having an important contribution to the development of the Province. PIDA is working on a Master plan of Lumbini Provincial Capital City, in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal, also known as 'Rapti City'. PIDA partnered with the Tomorrow's Cities Hub in order to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in the context of developing Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC) in Rapti Valley. PIDA work collaboratively with Tomorrow's Cities lead organisations in Nepal, led by the National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET), to collaboratively deliver the TCDSE through it's methodological stages: 1. Future Visioning (WP 1): Explore possible urban futures engaging with communities and city stakeholders, incorporating physical environment, demographic projections and economic and policy frameworks constraining future development. 2. Visioning Scenarios (WP2): Render the desired futures into detailed virtual representations (e.g., GIS) encapsulating the phvsical and social attributes of the community in question. 3. Multi Hazard Impacts (WP3): Subject future scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events that exposes the decisions made during visioning and scenario building to impacts generated by fixed hazard events - before a brick is laid. Map with different risk metrics clearly visualize the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. 4. Risk agreement (WP4): Open up definitions of risk and enable enhanced equity decision making. 5. Capacity Strengthening: Capacitate local engineers, urban planners and social mobilizers (if available) in utilizing this novel Decision Support Environment and expand its reach, institutionalization of developed TCDSE is required through standardized and awareness programs. Specific responsibilities of the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) in this collaboration are: l. Assigning PIDA focal person and team who will be engaged dedicatedly in this work as an in-kind contribution of the PIDA. 2. Facilitation to identifying and mobilise number of representatives or staff from the city-area wards of local municipalities as an in-kind contribution from local governments. 3. Identification of local stakeholders who will be engaged in TCDSE implementation. 4. Facilitating and providing required connection and contacts with relevant stakeholders including government authorities, local academic institutions, civil society organizations, community groups. 5 Sharing relevant secondary data, survey reports and other available documentation. 6. Facilitation in organizing meetings. workshops. seminars with community and other stakeholders.
Impact Engagements: https://tomorrowscities.org/singing-women-groups Outputs: https://tomorrowscities.org/shaping-visioning-scenarios-future-rapti-city-community-representatives-and-planners-0 https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-migrants https://tomorrowscities.org/unequal-risk-kathmandu This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Tomorrow's Rapti: Applying the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience in Rapti City, Nepal 
Organisation Tribhuvan University of Nepal
Country Nepal 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The international team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub, together with our local research team in Nepal, have partnered with the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to a development area of the Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC), Rapti, also known as 'Rapti City'. The TCDSE is a flexible framework to support inclusive and evidence-based decision making, leading to a low-disaster-risk and more equitable urban development. The TCDSE aims to facilitate multi-sectoral, people centred, evidence based, transparent and accountable decision-making. Acknowledging the systemic nature of the causes of disasters, Tomorrow's Cities advocates for and facilitates inclusive, multi-sectoral engagement of scientists, engineers, politicians, economists, private sector groups and, critically, representatives of the urban citizens who will live in the cities we will help to plan. Tomorrow's Cities "International Research Team"(IRT): Comprises of 20+ technical, research and operational support personnel deployed to work on the city program from around the world. Towards this collaboration the international team will: 1. Facilitate in incorporating tested work programme to facilitate evidence-based decision making for low risk urban futures in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal. 2. Implement a linked and carefullv structured Capacity Strengthening programme to build understanding and help fill capacity gaps so that ownership of the TCDSE passes to the citv authorities (i.e., PIDA and palikas) 3. Implement a fully funded package including support from International Team of experts to help guide national, municipal and community actors through the programme, building capacity and commitment in local communities, municipalities, and universities. 4. Plan and maintain long term relationships with the city, as part of the Hub's global community of practice comprising city governments, community leaders, global agencies and universities, to share lessons and peer support as part of continuous learning on how best to reduce risk in future urban development.
Collaborator Contribution The Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority of Lumbini Province, Nepal (PIDA), is responsible for the implementation of special infrastructure projects identified and prioritised by the province. The main objective of the PIDA is to implement projects on fast track having an important contribution to the development of the Province. PIDA is working on a Master plan of Lumbini Provincial Capital City, in Rapti Valley, Lumbini Province, Nepal, also known as 'Rapti City'. PIDA partnered with the Tomorrow's Cities Hub in order to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in the context of developing Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC) in Rapti Valley. PIDA work collaboratively with Tomorrow's Cities lead organisations in Nepal, led by the National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET), to collaboratively deliver the TCDSE through it's methodological stages: 1. Future Visioning (WP 1): Explore possible urban futures engaging with communities and city stakeholders, incorporating physical environment, demographic projections and economic and policy frameworks constraining future development. 2. Visioning Scenarios (WP2): Render the desired futures into detailed virtual representations (e.g., GIS) encapsulating the phvsical and social attributes of the community in question. 3. Multi Hazard Impacts (WP3): Subject future scenarios to earthquake, flood and landslide events that exposes the decisions made during visioning and scenario building to impacts generated by fixed hazard events - before a brick is laid. Map with different risk metrics clearly visualize the spatial distribution of impact and help diagnose risk drivers back through complex causal chains in urban decision-making. 4. Risk agreement (WP4): Open up definitions of risk and enable enhanced equity decision making. 5. Capacity Strengthening: Capacitate local engineers, urban planners and social mobilizers (if available) in utilizing this novel Decision Support Environment and expand its reach, institutionalization of developed TCDSE is required through standardized and awareness programs. Specific responsibilities of the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) in this collaboration are: l. Assigning PIDA focal person and team who will be engaged dedicatedly in this work as an in-kind contribution of the PIDA. 2. Facilitation to identifying and mobilise number of representatives or staff from the city-area wards of local municipalities as an in-kind contribution from local governments. 3. Identification of local stakeholders who will be engaged in TCDSE implementation. 4. Facilitating and providing required connection and contacts with relevant stakeholders including government authorities, local academic institutions, civil society organizations, community groups. 5 Sharing relevant secondary data, survey reports and other available documentation. 6. Facilitation in organizing meetings. workshops. seminars with community and other stakeholders.
Impact Engagements: https://tomorrowscities.org/singing-women-groups Outputs: https://tomorrowscities.org/shaping-visioning-scenarios-future-rapti-city-community-representatives-and-planners-0 https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-migrants https://tomorrowscities.org/unequal-risk-kathmandu This partnership aims to apply the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) to inform future development. The TCDSE is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at achieving the methodological integration necessary for a process that aims to reduce future disaster risk. The TCDSE requires the mobilisation of different actors, now and in the future who hold a variety of priorities and expertise. The TCDSE is a boundary object in which interdisciplinarity significantly modifies the approach of all these actors. This leads to a sum which is greater than its parts. The first stages of the TCDSE aimed at understanding the context, its needs and plans using social science techniques. The next stages are aimed at developing impact metrics based on physical data and engineering techniques. All these phases generate evidence-backed policy advice. The whole process requires a very clear focus on the overall challenge. Consequently, this partnership includes expertise from: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, political science, and stakeholders from local city public and policy institutions.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Transforming Understanding of Disasters Through Interdisciplinary Events 
Organisation Istanbul Technical University
Country Turkey 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution As part of research proposal to the British Academy Knowledge Frontiers (submitted in Sept 2021-2 year project-£200,000), new stakeholder partnerships have been established with Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture, ARADA (community led Arts for Social change NGO in Istanbul, and Buyukcekmece Municipality in West Istanbul.
Collaborator Contribution New partners will play a central role in developing new approaches to interdisciplinary working to reduce poverty, and enhance disaster resilience in West Istanbul
Impact We still await the decision from the British Academy as to whether this project has been funded or not
Start Year 2021
 
Description United Cities and Local Governments Peer Learning Event and Massive Open Online Course 
Organisation Ardhi University
Country Tanzania, United Republic of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Tomorrow's Cities and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) General Secretariat, together with UCLG-Africa joined forces in three-day event especially dedicated to participatory, risk-informed urban planning in African cities. During the event, members of the Tomororw's Cities International Team presented the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment framework with participants having the opportunity to experience first-hand the Hub's Future Visioning and Visioning Scenario Development stages. Following this event, UCLG approached Tomorrow's Cities to co-develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Towards this objective, Tomorrow's Cities will provide all the required technical content necessary to develop the course content, based on the Tomorrow's Cities Capacity Strengthening programme. This capacity strengthening programme titled the "Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) Course" aims to enhance the capacity of professionals in partner cities, including academics, practitioners, and policy professionals in utilizing the TCDSE to capacitate local teams in the adaption and deployment of the TCDSE methodology. The course has been developed to train the city professionals from various disciplines and/ or institutions that are working together in City development and planning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) sectors. All national and international TC hub members have contributed to developing this course, with the major contributions from the work package leads, module leads and work package teams.
Collaborator Contribution Between September 28-30, 2023, around 40 participants joined the peer learning event hosted by the Municipality of Temeke and Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam. The exchange was the result of a collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities Urban Risk Hub, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UCLG Africa. This collaboration builds on UCLG's city-to-city learning approach and the ongoing efforts by local and regional governments in Africa to localize the global agendas for sustainable development (Agenda 2030), resilience and disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for DRR), and climate action (Paris Agreement). Complimenting it with the research and methodologies developed around future-oriented participatory risk informed urban planning within the Tomorrow's Cities hub, and the "pathways to equality" coming out from the GOLD VI report. As a continuation of this collaboration, UCLG are working with Tomorrow's Cities to develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Once developed this MOOC will be uploaded on UCLG's #LearningWithUCLG platform, and will be available in English, French, and Spanish. Towards this output, UCLG will provide the technical infrastructure, including access to their learning platform, and will facilitate collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities and a learning consultant to develop the course content based on previous learning from across the UCLG learning platform. UCLG will also be responsible for the formal launch of the course and translation from English into Spanish and French. UCLG will provide expertise to work collaboratively with the Tomorrow's Cities team to produce quality self-learning materials developed on the basis of the review, selection and adjustment of the available existing guides and materials on Tomorrow's Cities methodology, including instructors' modules, presentations and implementation experiences with partner cities. The self-learning materials will be hosted in UCLG Learning's platform and benefit from UCLG's experience developing interactive learning resources and existing learning communities among local and regional governments. The specific objectives of this assignment are: 1. Review existing content (written material, audiovisual, graphic, bibliographic references, etc.) to identify key learning objectives for respective audiences, and define a general framework and pedagogical structure for the MOOC to be developed. 2. Adapt existing materials to an easy-to-follow format, focusing on key highlights and messages for local and regional governments, and develop the necessary audiovisual and interactive resources to foster deeper learning and reflections based on the framework and contents previously defined. 3. Upload the finalized self-paced course into the platform, making it accessible to UCLG's constituency and other interested partners as a free-to-access self-paced online course, linking it up with existing contents and ongoing activities. It is anticipated that the MOOC will be launched in September 2024 as a legacy product of the Hub project.
Impact Output-Technical Report: https://tomorrowscities.org/co-creating-tomorrows-cities-africa
Start Year 2023
 
Description United Cities and Local Governments Peer Learning Event and Massive Open Online Course 
Organisation International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Tomorrow's Cities and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) General Secretariat, together with UCLG-Africa joined forces in three-day event especially dedicated to participatory, risk-informed urban planning in African cities. During the event, members of the Tomororw's Cities International Team presented the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment framework with participants having the opportunity to experience first-hand the Hub's Future Visioning and Visioning Scenario Development stages. Following this event, UCLG approached Tomorrow's Cities to co-develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Towards this objective, Tomorrow's Cities will provide all the required technical content necessary to develop the course content, based on the Tomorrow's Cities Capacity Strengthening programme. This capacity strengthening programme titled the "Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) Course" aims to enhance the capacity of professionals in partner cities, including academics, practitioners, and policy professionals in utilizing the TCDSE to capacitate local teams in the adaption and deployment of the TCDSE methodology. The course has been developed to train the city professionals from various disciplines and/ or institutions that are working together in City development and planning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) sectors. All national and international TC hub members have contributed to developing this course, with the major contributions from the work package leads, module leads and work package teams.
Collaborator Contribution Between September 28-30, 2023, around 40 participants joined the peer learning event hosted by the Municipality of Temeke and Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam. The exchange was the result of a collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities Urban Risk Hub, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UCLG Africa. This collaboration builds on UCLG's city-to-city learning approach and the ongoing efforts by local and regional governments in Africa to localize the global agendas for sustainable development (Agenda 2030), resilience and disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for DRR), and climate action (Paris Agreement). Complimenting it with the research and methodologies developed around future-oriented participatory risk informed urban planning within the Tomorrow's Cities hub, and the "pathways to equality" coming out from the GOLD VI report. As a continuation of this collaboration, UCLG are working with Tomorrow's Cities to develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Once developed this MOOC will be uploaded on UCLG's #LearningWithUCLG platform, and will be available in English, French, and Spanish. Towards this output, UCLG will provide the technical infrastructure, including access to their learning platform, and will facilitate collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities and a learning consultant to develop the course content based on previous learning from across the UCLG learning platform. UCLG will also be responsible for the formal launch of the course and translation from English into Spanish and French. UCLG will provide expertise to work collaboratively with the Tomorrow's Cities team to produce quality self-learning materials developed on the basis of the review, selection and adjustment of the available existing guides and materials on Tomorrow's Cities methodology, including instructors' modules, presentations and implementation experiences with partner cities. The self-learning materials will be hosted in UCLG Learning's platform and benefit from UCLG's experience developing interactive learning resources and existing learning communities among local and regional governments. The specific objectives of this assignment are: 1. Review existing content (written material, audiovisual, graphic, bibliographic references, etc.) to identify key learning objectives for respective audiences, and define a general framework and pedagogical structure for the MOOC to be developed. 2. Adapt existing materials to an easy-to-follow format, focusing on key highlights and messages for local and regional governments, and develop the necessary audiovisual and interactive resources to foster deeper learning and reflections based on the framework and contents previously defined. 3. Upload the finalized self-paced course into the platform, making it accessible to UCLG's constituency and other interested partners as a free-to-access self-paced online course, linking it up with existing contents and ongoing activities. It is anticipated that the MOOC will be launched in September 2024 as a legacy product of the Hub project.
Impact Output-Technical Report: https://tomorrowscities.org/co-creating-tomorrows-cities-africa
Start Year 2023
 
Description United Cities and Local Governments Peer Learning Event and Massive Open Online Course 
Organisation Temeke Municipal Council
Country Tanzania, United Republic of 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Tomorrow's Cities and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) General Secretariat, together with UCLG-Africa joined forces in three-day event especially dedicated to participatory, risk-informed urban planning in African cities. During the event, members of the Tomororw's Cities International Team presented the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment framework with participants having the opportunity to experience first-hand the Hub's Future Visioning and Visioning Scenario Development stages. Following this event, UCLG approached Tomorrow's Cities to co-develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Towards this objective, Tomorrow's Cities will provide all the required technical content necessary to develop the course content, based on the Tomorrow's Cities Capacity Strengthening programme. This capacity strengthening programme titled the "Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) Course" aims to enhance the capacity of professionals in partner cities, including academics, practitioners, and policy professionals in utilizing the TCDSE to capacitate local teams in the adaption and deployment of the TCDSE methodology. The course has been developed to train the city professionals from various disciplines and/ or institutions that are working together in City development and planning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) sectors. All national and international TC hub members have contributed to developing this course, with the major contributions from the work package leads, module leads and work package teams.
Collaborator Contribution Between September 28-30, 2023, around 40 participants joined the peer learning event hosted by the Municipality of Temeke and Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam. The exchange was the result of a collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities Urban Risk Hub, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UCLG Africa. This collaboration builds on UCLG's city-to-city learning approach and the ongoing efforts by local and regional governments in Africa to localize the global agendas for sustainable development (Agenda 2030), resilience and disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for DRR), and climate action (Paris Agreement). Complimenting it with the research and methodologies developed around future-oriented participatory risk informed urban planning within the Tomorrow's Cities hub, and the "pathways to equality" coming out from the GOLD VI report. As a continuation of this collaboration, UCLG are working with Tomorrow's Cities to develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introducing Tomorrow's Cities future-oriented and participatory risk-informed planning approach. Once developed this MOOC will be uploaded on UCLG's #LearningWithUCLG platform, and will be available in English, French, and Spanish. Towards this output, UCLG will provide the technical infrastructure, including access to their learning platform, and will facilitate collaboration between Tomorrow's Cities and a learning consultant to develop the course content based on previous learning from across the UCLG learning platform. UCLG will also be responsible for the formal launch of the course and translation from English into Spanish and French. UCLG will provide expertise to work collaboratively with the Tomorrow's Cities team to produce quality self-learning materials developed on the basis of the review, selection and adjustment of the available existing guides and materials on Tomorrow's Cities methodology, including instructors' modules, presentations and implementation experiences with partner cities. The self-learning materials will be hosted in UCLG Learning's platform and benefit from UCLG's experience developing interactive learning resources and existing learning communities among local and regional governments. The specific objectives of this assignment are: 1. Review existing content (written material, audiovisual, graphic, bibliographic references, etc.) to identify key learning objectives for respective audiences, and define a general framework and pedagogical structure for the MOOC to be developed. 2. Adapt existing materials to an easy-to-follow format, focusing on key highlights and messages for local and regional governments, and develop the necessary audiovisual and interactive resources to foster deeper learning and reflections based on the framework and contents previously defined. 3. Upload the finalized self-paced course into the platform, making it accessible to UCLG's constituency and other interested partners as a free-to-access self-paced online course, linking it up with existing contents and ongoing activities. It is anticipated that the MOOC will be launched in September 2024 as a legacy product of the Hub project.
Impact Output-Technical Report: https://tomorrowscities.org/co-creating-tomorrows-cities-africa
Start Year 2023
 
Title Building Footprint Generator 
Description Three independently working software options (MATLAB script, Python script and standalone executable) for generating XY coordinates and footprints from tabular data. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Not yet 
URL https://github.com/TomorrowsCities/BuildingXyFootprintGenerator
 
Title Github/readthedocs repository 
Description The online version of the capacity strengthening material (to be uploaded when complete) 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact The online version of the capacity strengthening material (to be uploaded when complete) 
URL https://github.com/TomorrowsCities/capacityStrengthening
 
Title HAIL-CAESAR landscape evolution model 
Description Open source flood and landscape evolution model. The original model was developed in the University of Edinburgh prior to the start of the hub. My work in the hub has improved the model so that it can be used in more diverse geographic locations and can incorporate different drivers of flooding. The model has also been tested and calibrated in an urban context for the first time. The current version was released (update) in 2021 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact Can allow high resolution dems to be used to produce high resolution flood maps with reasonable computational time. 
URL https://hail-caesar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
Title Impact Metrics Scenario Dashboard 
Description A publicly available web dashboard to compare impact metrics for different land-use scenarios. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Not yet 
URL https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/bdb65f60a88b4f3fa4e0ad869b4b621b/
 
Title Istanbul Resilient Urban Development-Decision Support Environment 
Description A platform that acts as a repository for disaster risk knowledge including GIS background. 
Type Of Technology Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact It's in beta test level. Since not released; no impacts are measured or witnessed yet. 
URL https://tomorrowsistanbul.geoperformans.com/en
 
Title Istanbul Resilient Urban Development-Decision Support Environment 
Description The online platform and GIS background for Istanbul will act as a gateway to risk information. The website provides the core data of hazard, loss, exposure, vulnerability as well as the maps that visualising those data in the selected areas. 
Type Of Technology Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact It's in beta test level. Since not released; no impacts are measured or witnessed yet. 
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul
 
Title Layer Excluder 
Description Two independently working software options (QGIS script and standalone executable) for excluding requested layers from land-use plan. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Not yet 
URL https://github.com/TomorrowsCities/LayerExcluder
 
Title Preliminary operational version of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment 
Description This software forms the computational model of the preliminary version of the operational DSE published in Earth's Future 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2021 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact This software has been used to inform the computational model of the final version of the operational DSE. It has resulted in a journal publication in Earth's Future. 
 
Title TC On-line Future Visioning Webtool 
Description Digital platform to carry out the future visioning activities on a webtool 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Digital platform to carry out the future visioning activities on a webtool. 
URL https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/05b52c5936cc47e98648a7c53e7b9514/
 
Title TCDSE Launch User Guide 
Description Detailed technical report that explains everything related with TCDSE from installation to tutorial section. This report will be used by users to assist them about usage of the software program. 
Type Of Technology Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Detailed technical report that explains everything related with TCDSE from installation to tutorial section. This report will be used by users to assist them about usage of the software program. 
 
Title TCDSE Matlab Desktop Application 
Description This is a software platform designed by using MATLAB programming. This program will help users to calculate impact metrics by supplying exposure, hazard and vulnerability data. In addition, WP2 Application will be embedded inside this program to generate a more user friendly environment with a lot of flexibility. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Visioning Scenario Application will be embedded inside this program to generate a more user friendly environment with a lot of flexibility. 
URL https://github.com/TomorrowsCities/ComputationalModellingDesktopApp
 
Title TCDSE Matlab Visioning Scenario Computational Model Data Production Tool 
Description This program will help users to generate building, household and individual layer dataset just by giving land use data along with some probability distributions. Users will be able to generate synthetic dataset by using this program with their own customisation. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact This program will help users to generate building, household and individual layer dataset just by giving land use data along with some probability distributions. Users will be able to generate synthetic dataset by using this program with their own customisation. 
URL https://github.com/TomorrowsCities/DataProductionMatlab
 
Title The physical impact model scoring system 
Description Github repository related to the physical impact model scoring system 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact This model will score the impact in TCDSE Applications. 
URL https://github.com/robgen/rankFragilityVulnerability
 
Title Tomorrowville data schema 
Description Github repository related to the first consistent Tomorrowville data schema 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact The first consistent Tomorrowville data schema (then moved to the Tomorrowcities GitHub username) 
URL https://github.com/robgen/tomorrowville
 
Title Turkey, Istanbul-A Seismic resilience analysis software program for a transportation network around Fikirtepe neighbourhood, Istanbul, Turkey 
Description The software is a by-product of a paper that currently is under review. It has been developed to analyse a transportation network around the Fikirtepe neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact The software can be used to analyse the aforementioned case study network and provide an analysis framework and data schema for similar analysis of general transportation networks. 
 
Title Urban Growth Modelling 
Description The model aims to forecast the spatial distribution of urban settlements in line with the SDGs and for the assessment of future disaster risk using open-access multi-temporal satellite imagery spanning approximately the last 20 years. The framework applicable to everywhere on Earth is revealed since it depends on open data and well-known machine learning RF algorithm and supports the authorities in terms of; Urban growth estimation, Support decision-making mechanisms, Better planning, Risk mitigation. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2022 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Not yet 
 
Title kirstybayliss/california-inlabru-forecasts: Updated to include paper revisions 
Description Updates forecasts to use 1985-2005 as model input (1984-2004 forecasts are still included in the forecasts folder). Updates code to include pairwise comparison plots and fix minor issues in running. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2022 
URL https://zenodo.org/record/5793156
 
Description 12th National Conference of Earthquake Engineering, Salt Lake City, June 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 12NCEE: Reimagining Risk and Resilience
12NCEE was the U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) every 4 years in conjunction with federal and local partners. This milestone conference brought together professionals from the U.S. and international earthquake community, across a broad range of disciplines: architecture, civil and structural engineering, seismology, geology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, business, public policy, the social sciences, regional planning, emergency response, and regulation. 12NCEE was held in Salt Lake City, Utah from June 27-July 1, 2022.
Hub Co-Is Prof Carmine Galasso, Dr Gemma Cremen, and Dr Roberto Gentile were all invited to give presentations at the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://12ncee.org/about
 
Description 2021 Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) International Pacific Rim Forum on Regional Scale Simulations of Earthquake Ground Motions and Infrastructure Response for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof Galasso was invited to give a talk (online) on 'A Multi-Level Framework for Region-Specific Engineering Validation of Simulated Ground Motions', at the 2021 Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) International Pacific Rim Forum on Regional Scale Simulations of Earthquake Ground Motions and Infrastructure Response for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering, Berkeley, CA, USA, June 16-17, 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description 25 minutes of coverage in Kathmandu news programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Nepali news network, News24Nepal, took part in the Kathmandu launch event in order to record footage for their Development Forum programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description A public talk on 'Tomorrow's Cities' as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's 'Inspiring Talks' series. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Prof Iain Stewart gave a public lecture as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's 'Inspiring Talks' series. The talk led to media interest in the Tomorrow's Cities project, e.g. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18305940.protect-worlds-disaster-vulnerable-cities-need-storytelling-says-iain-stewart-not-numbers/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KkesDIGIt4
 
Description All HUB Kathmandu Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact John McCloskey brief the project and city team submitted out put and updates. New city selection criterion were discussed. From Kathmandu team, Project Manager Arun led the meeting where all researcher from 5 organization were present. The team included, Sangeeta Singh, Suraj Lamichhane, Basanta Raj Adhikari, Gokarna Motra, Deepak Chamlagain, Ravi Pangeni, Sangita Adhikari, Bhola Ghimire, Ramesh Guragain, Vibek Manandhar, Netra Timsena, Dilli poudel, Rojina Manandhar, Rojina Hyaiju, Shankar Shrestha, Divas Basnyat, Dharam Raj Uprety, Januka Gyanwali and John Mccloskey. They discussed the current status of the project and what TCDSE will lool like going forward. Suraj and team presented the city selection criteria and proposed Rapti city for research. The outcome of the meeting was all agreed to visit Rapti in couple of days. 10 people were selected for the visit.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/UrbanRiskHub/status/1587000617419030530?s=20
 
Description An Overview of Multi-Hazards and Risks in Turkey 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Web article: An Overview of Multi-Hazards and Risks in Turkey
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/overview-multi-hazards-and-risks-turkey
 
Description Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) International Convention Structural Engineering: Getting Smarter to New and Future Challenges, Manila, Philippines, 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof Galasso was invited to give the keynote talk (online) on New Technologies and Digital Tools for Assessing Multi-Hazard Risk of Community Assets at the 2021 Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) International Convention Structural Engineering: Getting Smarter to New and Future Challenges, Manila, Philippines, May 20-22, 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Bangladesh: Future Visioning Workshop in Chittagong 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact "The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

Future Visioning is the first stage of the TCDSE. It is a co-production, people-centric process whereby stakeholders, including influential and marginalized urban voices, gather to collectively imagine, discuss, and propose visions for the future aimed at reducing disaster risk.

In December 2023 future visioning workshops were held in Chittagong (Bangladesh) with 82 representatives from four segregated groups (informal workers, civil society, farmer and fishermen, landless). Each group shared their views through individual river, collective river, wheel of urban assets, visioning statement, hazard brainstorming, co-mapping, and policy exercises."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Bangladesh: Future Visioning Workshop in Cox's Bazaar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

Future Visioning is the first stage of the TCDSE. It is a co-production, people-centric process whereby stakeholders, including influential and marginalized urban voices, gather to collectively imagine, discuss, and propose visions for the future aimed at reducing disaster risk.

In December 2023 future visioning workshops were held in Cox's Bazaar (Bangladesh) with 79 representatives from four segregated groups (informal workers, civil society, farmer and fishermen, landless). They shared their views through individual lriver, collective river, wheel of urban assets, visioning statement, hazard brainstorming, co-mapping, and policy exercise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Bangladesh: Project Launch Workshop and MoU Signing with Chittagong Develop Authority 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities has finalised agreements to begin work in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This launch event included the official MoU Signing for Tomorrow's cities work in Chittagong among Chittagong Development Authority, Dhaka University, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Tomorrow's cities. Discussion on the TCDSE and details schedule for different activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Bangladesh: Project launch Workshop and MoU Signing for Cox's Bazar Development Authority 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities has finalised agreements to begin work in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This launch event included the official MoU Signing among Cox's Bazar Development Authority, Dhaka University, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Tomorrow's Cities. The signing was followed by discussion on the Tomorrow's Cities Descision Support Environment methodology and agreement on a detail schedule for different activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Cities and Resilience Seminar: Imagining future African cities in the post-COVID-19 world 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact On Thursday 3 September 2020, the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN), in collaboration with the Nairobi Risk Hub, hosted a seminar on the theme Resilient African cities beyond COVID-19.The Resilient African cities beyond COVID-19 seminar brought together a wide spectrum of stakeholders from diverse fields of urban planning, policy and governance, transport, architecture, disaster risk management and resilience, among others. The discussions were centered on three contexts:

The context of COVID-19 and African cities
How research can be used to influence resilience post-COVID-19, with empirical evidence being drawn from the following three projects; A systems approach to air pollution (ASAP), Governance of Socio-technical Transformation (GoST) and the Nairobi Risk Hub, all supported through ARIN
Current trends in building resilience in African cities and how researchers can respond to the impacts of COVID-19.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/cities-and-resilience-seminar-imagining-future-african-cities-post-c...
 
Description Current Risk Management approaches in Kathmandu 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog highlighting Current Risk Management approaches in Kathmandu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/current-risk-management-approaches-kathmandu
 
Description Current risk management approaches in Istanbul 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Blog highlighting insights into risk management approaches in Istanbul
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/current-risk-management-approaches-istanbul
 
Description Current risk management approaches in Nairobi 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Blog highlighting insights into Current risk management approaches in Nairobi
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/current-risk-management-approaches-nairobi
 
Description Current risk management approaches in Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog highlighting insights into current risk management approaches in Quito
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/current-risk-management-approaches-quito
 
Description Dr Sophie Blackburn (OBU) on social contracts and climate adaptation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An interview by Cimpatico Studios of one of our Co-Is, Sophie Blackburn, where she discusses her work for Tomorrow's Cities

Cimpatico Studios produces live-stream talk shows about complex global challenges, featuring professionals from around the world who are working on these issues. All of Cimpatico Studios' episodes are streamed directly to cimpatico.tv, an invite-only professional network designed to help professionals share knowledge and coordinate their efforts to improve outcomes of common interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGVYcX91OU
 
Description DwD-UKADR-DRG-UKCDR International Conference 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact This was an international event, led by one of our Co-Is (Andrew Collins, Northumbria University) and included a session dedicated to Tomorrow's Cities and the UKRI GCRF Deltas Hub. This was an important networking event for reaching into the global NGO community looking at DRR, and sparked much interest in the Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://gadri.net/events/2019/04/dwd-ukadr-drg-ukcdr-international-conference-2019.html
 
Description EGU Blog: Democratising the concept of risk: The Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact This blog article is authored by Dr. Roberto Gentile and the Early Career Risk Working Group in the Tomorrow's Cities Hub (in particular, Dr. Maria Evangelina Filippi, Dr. Gemma Cremen, Dr. Luke Jenkins, Dr. Emin Yahya Mentese, Prof Carmine Galasso, Prof John McCloskey) was published in the blog of the Geodynamics (GD) Division of the European Geosciences Union(EGU).
The article explores how we can battle the rapid urbanisation and reduce the disaster risk for the poor people in the future through the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment for risk-informed, pro-poor urban planning, and design.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2022/06/15/democratising-the-concept-of-risk-the-tomorrows-cities-...
 
Description EGU General Assembly 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB researchers made presentation on Multi-Hazard in The EGU 2021 Conference which aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.egu21.eu/
 
Description Eco Communities workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The purpose of this event was to explore the concept of Ecocities as means of addressing the the complex relationship between the human environments with the natural ecosystem, in the context of the Lalitpur Metropolitan city area. The outome of this has been to create link with the Mayor of the Lalitpur Municipality and other stakeholders that are key to Tomorrow's Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ecuador Educaction for discussing its engagement in our projects 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meeting with the Ministry of Educaction for discussing its engagement in our projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Meeting for discussing and articulating the activities of the lab and the modelling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meeting with the mayor advisor for discusing how to articulate the work of the lab and the modelling
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Meeting for discussing the political aproach and strategy with local government, given La Gasca's 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with the team in order to define the comunicational strategy for the next two months
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Meeting to define the political aproach for promoting the engagement of the local government 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A meeting to define the strategy to engage the local government in our future events
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Meeting with USFQ to validate a workshop for teachers on the platform "Reducir Riesgos en Quito" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Meeting with USFQ to validate a workshop for teachers on the platform "Reducir Riesgos en Quito"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Monjas´s river activities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Municipality requires support for dealing with high risk areas. They need to sensibilize and explain the risk to communities and from TC we have methodologies to do so.This was the first meeting for articulate activities in this part of the city.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Protection Parameters and Risk Mitigation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meeting with the Housing and development ministry for supporting their initiative of building protection parameters and risk mitigation regulations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Visit TC exhibitions in Quito San Luis Miravalle community group 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact visit temporary exhibits with different audiences to promote risk culture in Quito, participants are perceptive with each interactive activity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Visit TC exhibitions in Quito San Luis Miravalle community group 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Visit the temporary exhibitions with different audiences to promote risk culture in Quito, participants are perceptive with each interactive activity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Workshop on Interdisciplinary Tools for Natural Risk Management in Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop intended to present some case studies around natural risk management and its importance for the public policy debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.facebook.com/MuseoCiudadUIO/videos/348137093478812
 
Description Ecuador Workshop on a post evaluation of our exhibitions with cultural mediaton team from our museum allies 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop intended to promote debate around the way our exhibitions were conceibed and desplayed and evaluate the coproduction process.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador Workshop on the importance of bringing historical analysis on the natural risk management 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A workshop intended to show how historical analysis become essential for natural risk management in the city
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.facebook.com/MuseoCiudadUIO/videos/310616661015310
 
Description Ecuador Workshop on the importance of historical and scientifical outcomes as educational tools in natural risk management on the local arena 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop intended to present some case studies around the use of historical data anda science outcomes to create critical thinking and promote action on communities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.facebook.com/MuseoCiudadUIO/videos/1147647755971113
 
Description Ecuador: Community Scenario building Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities research team in Quito, Equador, held this workshop to build a scenario with the community of Santa Rosa de Pomasqui considering future urban expansion. During the workshop researchers presented the planning scenarios previously developed by the research team to the community in order to validate the previously constructed scenario to obtain a final scenario that reflects the community's conception of planning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Exhibition at Yaku Water Museum: The Paths of Water. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This exhibition is the result of the research and social work of La Cabina de la Curiosidad and Wayku project (both collaborators of Tomorrow's Cities Quito). The exhibition makes a deep inquiry into the geography that make up the streams and river basins of the city of Quito and the country in general. It presents the journey of water and explains the importance of building with awareness of the risks that this particular geography can bring.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Exhibition at the Architecture Museum of Ecuador: The Neighborhoods Speak 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Exhibition of the material produced in the workshops on gender, intersectionality and risks: maps, politicized phrases and plasticine sculpture.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Government and Community Stakeholders General Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact General meeting with the main partners and stakeholders from the Quito Hub (mainly public officers from the Quito municipality and the study case area administration) to share the Hub's work plan (until March 2023) and record their feedback and observations. Additionally, this meeting was to share the different steps and activities of the work plan in which the stakeholders and partners will be involved.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Interdisciplinary talks around risk and urban development in Musuems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Quito Hub team prepared a series of talks (10 sessions in total) for the Museo de la Ciudad and the Museo del Carmen Alto with speakers from the Hub but also from other stakeholders (Municipality, organised communities, other experts outside the Hub, artists that collaborated in the exhibits). These talks where aimed at discuss publicly the relationship between risk and urban development, as well as how interdisciplinarity help understand and communicate about this complex problem and to listen to different stakeholder points of view.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.facebook.com/MuseoCiudadUIO/videos
 
Description Ecuador: Meeting with public officers from the Municipality (specifically the Secretary of Planning) and the Empresa Publica Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (Metropolitan Public Water and Sanitation Company) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was an introductory meeting to the project, the methodology and the different work phases and activities After this, a discussion was opened to explore different possibilities in which these two public entities could get involved and participate more actively in the project. And also how the DSE methodology can be used and applied by these institutions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Meeting with the new Metropolitan Director of Risk Management of the Quito Municipality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meeting between the researchers involved in the Urban Lab and policy instruments development and the new Metropolitan Director of Risk Management of the Quito Municipality and his team to discuss the involvement of this unit in the project and the future transfer of knowledge of the project results.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Meeting with the new authorities of La Delicia Zonal Administration, Quito City. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities research team in Quito met with the new authorities of La Delicia Zonal Administration to present the project, progress, preliminary results and discuss their collaboration in future activities. The meeting concluded that zonal administration officers should be involved in future activities, and will share the information of results and models and continue the collaboration with the municipality in other areas of the city.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Meeting with the new authorities of the Municipality of Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities Research team in Quito met with the new authorities of the Municipality of Quito (following local elections) to present the project, progress, preliminary results and discuss their involvement in future activities. Participants included:
Secretary of Environment
Secretary of Territorial Coordination and Citizen Participation
Secretary of Security and Risk Management
Secretary of Planification
Secretary of Social Inclusion
Secretary of Territory, Habitat and Housing
Secretary of Culture

It was agreed that municipal officers would collaborate in the future activities, share the information of results and models and continue the collaboration with the municipality in other areas of the city.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Meeting with the new authorities of the Pomasqui Parish Government, Quito City. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities research team in Quito met with the new authorities of the Pomasqui Parish Government (following local elections) to present the project, progress, preliminary results and discuss their collaboration in future activities. It was agreed that parish officers will collaborate in future activities, share the information of results and models and continue the collaboration with the municipality in other areas of the city.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Methodologies Workshop with officers from public institutions (national and local level). 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities research team in Quito City held a two-day capacity-building workshop on the TCDSE methodologies with the objective of institutionalize this tool. The workshop delegates were public officers from local and national institutions with responsibilty for urban planning and disaster management and reduction.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Panel at the Global Development Network Conference 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This panel event was organized as a collaboration between the Tomorrow's Cities team in Quito with the Municipality of Quito and Clever Cities and was held as part of the framework of the Global Development Network Conference 2023 that took place in Quito. The panel aimed to discuss the contributions of the experiences from different sectors (academia, community, local government) to share and discuss cases of the recovery and restoration of streams, hillsides and landscapes and application of nature-based solutions to reduce the impacts of mass movements and floods in the city of Quito. Subsequently, these interventions could be published in a possible publication to inform public policy and future development projects where the new ""Verde Azul"" ordinance will be applied. Panel oarticipants:
Secretary of Environment of the Municipality of Quito
La Delicia Zonal Administration
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Geophysical Institute of the Universidad Politecnica Nacional
Quito Urban Information Centre of the Pichincha College of Architects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.gdn.int/gdc2023
 
Description Ecuador: Quito Hub General Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Meeting to gather all the researchers involved with the Quito case both from the local and the international team to discuss the work plan and the planned activities for each WP.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/TomorrowsCities/Shared%20Documents/I.%20Cities/Quito/Internal...
 
Description Ecuador: Special session on 'Special session on lessons from social sciences and related disciplines' at IAVCEI Cities on Volcanoes 4. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hub researcher Prof Jenni Barclay was asked to chair a session on 'lessons learned from social sciences and related disciplines' at the IAVCEI Cities on Volcanoes 4. This session brought together lessons from social sciences and humanities to risk professionals and academics in volcanology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Stakeholder Risk Agreement Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

A key stage in the method is the 'risk agreement' workshops which bring city stakeholders together to collectively assess the risk modelling results, including Impact Metrics. This workshop consisted of the following objectives:
(1) Apply the exercise-priority game designed for risk negotiation, promoting a receptive and empathetic attitude that allows different voices to be heard.
(2) Open dialogue between different actors around risk, for responsible and conscious decision-making that contributes to the urban planning of the neighbourhood and city.
(3) Debate about different scenarios integrating disaster risk due to natural hazards, in order to reach common agreements.

The main outcome of this activity was the creation of a space where actors were open to dialogue, flexible and sensitive to the dynamics that were proposed as well as the importance of the articulation of all actors in making conscious and responsible decisions. It was very interesting to see the community members so empowered and involved in participating in the exercises, as well as the members of the institutional roundtables who were very open to listening.

As a final reflection, it was thought that the negotiation exercise could possibly lead to joint work on the elaboration of another scenario that includes the conclusions and needs that were raised at the time of negotiation. Considering the risk factors due to natural hazards, the socio-economic factors that mark the dynamics of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood and the competencies and obligations that imply the articulation with public institutions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ecuador: Technical analysis of the La Gasca disaster 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The technical analysis of the La Gasca disaster carried out by the Tomorrow's Cities Quito team was presented
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Visit to the exhibition "Los Barrios Hablan" by members of the neighbourhood Valle del Sur. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In the context of the exhibition we conducted a guided tour of the exhibition with residents of the Valle del Sur neighborhood. As part of the exhibition we had a space for reflection in which we invited people to share their experiences around disaster risk and if their actions to build their neighborhood would have been different knowing the condition of risk in which they are. In addition, we closed the visit with an exercise in which people wrote on colored cards phrases about risk addressed to authorities or even to their own community, these cards were then placed in the available space we have in the exhibition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Web Platform Reducing Risks in Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The digital platform "Reducir Riesgos en Quito" was built using a participatory methodology that includes the contribution of teenagers from a public school in the city, to disseminate relevant scientific and historical information. With the aim that knowledge and awareness about the environment allow us to build new generations involved in reducing risks from natural hazards in Quito.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://reducirriesgosenquito.com/
 
Description Ecuador: Workshop - Drone flight: Looking at the risks from above 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop was divided into four parts. The first was for the presentation of the project, the second was a drone flight and mapping of past events, then there was an exercise aimed at visualising the neighbourhood in the future, and finally, to commemorate Environment Day, the Environmental Unit of the zonal Administration, together with the community, planted several species of trees in the area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Workshop - Future Visioning of Risk in Quito (Case study) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop was divided into three parts. In the first, there were keynote presentations on two topics: 1) The decision support environment (DSE), the modules that compose it and its operationalization in the territory, which was in charge of the Tomorrow's Cities team; and 2) The geophysical and socio-environmental characteristics of the intervention case "Santa Rosa de Pomasqui", in charge of the team of the Zonal Administration La Delicia. These presentations were the starting point to contextualize the expected scope of the intervention. The third moment of the workshop was the "visioning" exercise among the guests.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Workshop - Recognizing our footprints to reach our desired space 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The workshop started with the presentation of the participants, then the first exercise, which consisted of the construction of a timeline, then the second exercise aimed at visualizing and building the desired space and finally the closing of the workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Workshop on data collection and ways to make data visible. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop by expert scientists on data collection and publication for citizen science application.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ecuador: Workshop on gender, intersectionality and risks 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 5 workshops directed mainly (but exclusively) to women in the city of Quito, where the question is: How do we experience disasters from a risk and intersectionality approach? Through feminist methodologies and art.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities researchers were successful in securing a number of presentations at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022 (EGU22), contributing to it with the presentations across multiple sessions.

Session NH10.1, Innovative approaches for multi-hazard risk assessments and their applications to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Mapping future exposure to multiple hazards in Tomorrow's Cities: the Khokana, Kathmandu, Nepal case study

Aditi Dhakal, Suresh Chaudhary, Ramesh Guragain, Vibek Manandhar, Roberto Gentile, Gemma Cremen, Carmine Galasso, and John McCloskey
Mon, 23 May, 14:26-14:33

Characterising the dynamic physical vulnerability of Tomorrow's Cities to multiple natural hazards
Roberto Gentile, Vibek Manandhar, Gemma Cremen, Luke Jenkins, Emin Mentese, Ramesh Guragain, Carmine Galasso, and John McCloskey
Mon, 23 May, 14:33-14:40

A Novel Decision Support Environment for Risk-Informed Urban Planning in Tomorrow's Cities
John McCloskey, Mark Pelling, Gemma Cremen, Carmine Galasso, Ramesh Guragain, and Vera Bukachi
Mon, 23 May, 16:10-16:17

A State-of-the-Art Approach to Modeling Future Multi-Hazard Risk, supporting People-Centred Decision Making
Gemma Cremen, Carmine Galasso, John McCloskey, and the Tomorrow's Cities Early Career Risk Working Group
Mon, 23 May, 16:17-16:24

Physics-based simulations of multiple hazards for risk sensitive land use planning
Luke Jenkins, Maggie Creed, Karim Tarbali, Manoranjan Muthusamy, Robert Sakic Trogrlic, Jeremy Phillips, Hugh Sinclair, Carmine Galasso, and John McCloskey
Mon, 23 May, 16:24-16:31

Unleashing the power of the interdisciplinary in disaster risk reduction: reflections from an early career researcher group developing a risk-informed decision support environment for Tomorrow's Cities
Maria Evangelina Filippi, Robert Sakic Trogrlic, Gemma Cremen, Alejandro Barcena, Emin Mentese, Roberto Gentile, Maggie Creed, Luke Jenkins, Manoranjan Muthusamy, Karim Tarbali, Aditi Dhakal, Vibek Manandhar, Miksen Rai, Sangita Adhikari, Mehmet Kalaycioglu, Bosibori Barake, Dilli Prasad Poudel, Carmine Galasso, and John McCloskey
Mon, 23 May, 17:32-17:39

Stakeholder Perceptions of Multi-hazards and Implications for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Istanbul
Emin Yahya Mentese, Robert Šakic Trogrlic, Ekbal Hussein, Harriet Thompson, Emine Öner, Aslihan Yolcu, and Bruce D. Malamud
Mon, 23 May, 17:46-17:53

Session NH4.2, Physical and data-driven models for seismic risk assessments toward disaster reduction
The effects of large-scale geological characteristics on the average spatial pattern of earthquake-induced ground motions
Karim Tarbali, John McCloskey, Himanshu Agrawal, and Carmine Galasso
Fri, 27 May, 15:35-15:40

Session NH9.9, Natural hazards: urban growth and health impacts
Dynamic risk scenarios for single and multi-hazards in the Global South: Nairobi, Istanbul and Kathmandu
Bruce D. Malamud, Robert Šakic Trogrlic, Ekbal Hussain, Harriet Thompson, Emin Yahya Mentese, Emine Öner, Aslihan Yolcu, Emmah Mwangi, and Joel Gill
Mon, 23 May, 08:35-08:45

Modelling increasing natural-hazard risk due to urban growth in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Carlos Mesta, Gemma Cremen, and Carmine Galasso
Mon, 23 May, 10:30-10:37
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.egu22.eu/
 
Description Flood meeting in Nepal 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact This was the first meeting that was specifically dedicated to the flooding issue in Kokhana (Kathmandu), the site chosen for the development of a new smart city. The meeting involved researchers from Tribhuvan University, University of Edinburgh, University of York, as well as partners such as Practical Action and NSET. We visited the site in Kokhana, met local representatives (including the Ward Chairman), exchanged knowledge of the current physical and social "setup" in the Kathmandu basin, and discussed available tools (monitoring modelling) and strategy for the coming year.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Frontiers of Development symposium: Disaster resilience 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Members of our Istanbul Team and Advisory Board were invited to lead the following sessions:
- The importance of governance in resilience building and embedding disaster resilience into broader development interventions
- Understanding vulnerabilities and crisis points including systemic vulnerabilities

One of our Istanbul Co-Is, Professor Erdal Safak, was event co-chair.

The primary purpose of the symposium was to bring together academicians and experts from different disciplines focused on disaster studies, to encourage the establishment of new research and project networks and partnerships, and to support multifaceted and multifaceted projects.

As a result, a new multi-hazard research group has formed, and a grant was awarded for a project involving one of our Co-Is, Dr. Max Hope, on 'Investigating Approaches to Encourage Seismic Retrofitting in Less Developed Countries'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/RAEngGlobal/status/1284073006600527874
 
Description Geoportal of the Quito Urban Information Centre launched 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 9 September Tomorrow's Cities Quito participated in the launch of the College of Architects of Ecuador's Geoportal of the Quito Urban Information Centre. This innovative digital tool allows users to access georeferenced data for the entire metropolitan district of Quito.

The Geoportal will provide access to information on types of soil and mechanical properties useful for hazards modelling, urban growth data, environmental services and relevant information for risk management (e.g. public and open spaces, immediate aid units, community police stations, medical centres and other relevant services).

Daniel Andrade, Tomorrow's Cities Quito City Lead, said: "We hope to provide scientific information that will be co-produced with our strategic partners. The existence of this geoportal is extremely useful for scientific research".

The College of Architects of Ecuador has been a strategic partner of Tomorrow's Cities Quito since 2019. The partnership with the College of Architects of Ecuador will provide key information for Tomorrow's Cities Quito's research, as well as generating data jointly for the city.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/geoportal-quito-urban-information-centre-launched
 
Description Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof Galasso was invited to give a talk (online) and be a panelist on Efficient risk data sharing: A dedicated disaster risk data library at the 2020 Understanding Risk Forum, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank, USA, December 1, 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hub Co-I, Lucy Pearson (GNDR) attended this event in New York in September. She had conversations with UNDP, UNDRR and INGOs about the work of the Hub, pointing them towards future updates on the website, and talked about the focus of urban risk and the combination of local and scientific knowledge at an event during this conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description High Level Political Forum side event 'A post-COVID world where global impact for resilience is achieved with local action' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The COVID pandemic highlights the importance of local action. How can we bolster it in a coherent manner, to ensure global impact? During this event we will discuss what hinders effective localisation of resilience and what actions can UN, governments and society take to support local action. GNDR and partners have developed a set of recommendations for how local actors can lead risk-informed development. This event will expand on this work and engage participants in an online discussion that will inform the development of concrete policy recommendations for all of society to accelerate implementation of the SDGs through local action.

As a result, international development actors were made aware of how critical local action on multi-hazard issues is, and of Tomorrow's Cities plans to address this through research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description IPCC Summary for Urban Policymakers Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hub researchers Eva Filippi, Max Hope and Mark Pelling participated in an IPCC Summary for Urban Policymakers workshop. The workshop ran from the 18-20 July with IPCC Lead Authors building on the 6th Assessment Report to produce essential updates on the status of climate change associated loss and damage, risk, adaptation options and enabling conditions for urban policy makers. This is a key activity in communicating the findings of the IPCC to city level policy makers so that the time limited opportunity to build equitable and sustainable resilience into ongoing and projected urban development is achievable.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Interflam conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hub Co-I, David Rush (University of Edinburgh) attended this conference in London in September. It brought together engineers, scientists, practitioners and regulators from around the globe to discuss fire disaster risk. As a result of networking and presenting on the Hub's work, David has been Invited to participate in Development of Urban FRAME - a tool on Urban Fire Risk Assessment and Mitigation Evaluation - with the World Bank.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Twitter campaign aimed at raising the profile of the Tomorrow's Cities project amongst DRR and development actors at local, national and international levels. KPIs = new followers on Twitter and visits to website.

As a result:
IDDRR video views: 1,297

Average monthly impressions (how many people see our tweets each month): 5,976
Average impressions per day in previous 28 days: 420
IDDRR impressions: 4,801

Average engagement rate (how much people like, reply, retweet or click links on our tweets): 1.29%
IDDRR engagement rate: 4.1%

Average new followers per month: 28
IDDRR new followers: 16

Average daily visits to website 13 October 2019 - 12 October 2020: 18
Largest amount of visits to website on one day 13 October 2019 - 12 October 2020: 209
IDDRR visits to website: 100
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWrXPw_9ePUNYCUKdUMgGT2FkH55oNqXZ
 
Description Interview with the Technical Secretary of Planning, Ecuador 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact An interview carried out by the Technical Secretary of Planning for Ecuador with members of the Tomorrow's Cities team in Quito. They discussed in detail the mission of the Hub and their contributions to it, and, in particular, how this relates to the role of risk management in land use planning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.planificacion.gob.ec/la-secretaria-tecnica-de-planifica-ecuador-dialogo-sobre-la-importa...
 
Description Istanbul City Partners meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was the first formal meeting of Istanbul partners, including the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the National DRR authority (AFAD). The purpose was to introduce the Hub to key partners (for the first time since being awarded funding), build relationships and develop a shared understanding of what the Hub's work in Istanbul should aim to achieve and initiate co-production of work plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Istanbul MEL workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was an early engagement aimed at co-producing the first draft of the Istanbul Theory of Change diagram. It included key researchers from across the Istanbul team, as well as participants from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the National Disaster Risk Reduction Authority (AFAD). This was a key moment of engagement between these stakeholders, planting the seeds of shared understanding and building relationships, which we have drawn on many times since then. Another key outcome was that the impact agenda of the Hub was understood and accepted by all stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Earthquake Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The purpose of this event was to... The main outcome was that new connections were made with key stakeholders, with the potential for future collaboration in the Istanbul work plan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality signing protocols with Bogazici University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A press release about the signing of two important protocols with Bogazici University, related to the work of Tomorrow's Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.ibb.istanbul/News/Detail/37330
 
Description Istanbul workshop on earthquakes 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The purpose of this event was to work towards making Istanbul more resilient to earthquakes. The outcomes have been to raise awareness of and interest in Tomorrow's Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Istanbul workshop to build capacity on communication and engagement 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a capacity building workshop funded through the additional GCRF capacity building funding we received from the Scottish Funding Council via the University of Edinburgh. The purpose was to build understanding of and capacity for communication within a challenge-led research programme. The participants included key researchers from the Istanbul team, as well as members of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and involved engagement with the community leader from a local case-study site, during a site visit. Beyond increasing understanding of the role of communication as a process (i.e. not merely an output) within challenge-led research, participants reported a shift in perspective on the impact that their research and co-production activities were aiming to achieve. We also believe that a key relationship was formed with the community leader, who could play a strong role in the community engagement activities of the Hub. Strong relationships were also formed with two experts in risk communication, who helped deliver the workshop, which provides potential access to global networks in this area as well as potential collaborations on risk communication in Nepal and Kenya.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description John McCloskey met with different government stakeholders in Kathmandu, Nepal 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A progress and plan from each institution and discussion about way forward. Plus a new city selection criterion discussion. The institution involved are Ministry of Urban development, Department of Hydrology and meteorology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Joint thematic session on Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal with national stakeholders 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact On the occasion of the 23rd Earthquake Safety Day in Nepal, NSET Jointly organized a Thematic Session on "Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal" with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) and Madhyapur Thimi Municipality on 20 Jan 2021. In the event, Prof. John McCloskey (PI) and Ms. Sangeeta Singh (City Research Lead, Kathmandu) presented on the project, its overall goal, specific impact objectives and the project's goal of focusing on engagement and impact with interdisciplinary research.

It was a good platform to discuss and showcase the project's objectives and to highlight the focus of the project on Tomorrow's scenario of Risk. This event was co chaired by the chief of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) and Mayor of Madhyapur Thimi Munincipality. It had international attendance by academicians from universities, professionals working in DRR and from government bodies including many municipality personnel, Development Organizations and Funding organizations . Therefore, it was a great platform for more exposure and to spread out the word on the project to a wider range of audience, discussing on the pertinent issues and challenges associated. It also provided Hub personnel to engage and discuss with other researchers associated with other ongoing research projects in the DRR sector in Nepal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Kathmandu launch event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Launch event was attended by a range of people from the policy and government sectors. The main speaker was the Honourable Tara Devi Bhatt, Chair of Sustainable development and Good Governance Committee, Government of Nepal; Mr Anil Pokhrel, Cheif Executive of National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority, Government of Nepal; Mr. Rabindra Maharjan, Mayor of Khokana District Authority; Ms Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development. There was a wide and deep commitment to the aims of the Tomorro's Cities Hub. The meeting was followed by discussions leading to plans for further engagement and specific actions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7JJlvIvkLM
 
Description Kathmandu partners meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact xxxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Kenya. Identifying research opportunities to support BCRUP 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event aimed at identifying key research opportunities and relevant organizations and co-developing the plan for the initial research engagements to support BCRUP. Key research/academia organization identified and a decision to have the initial multi-disciplinary research workshop focused on Building Climate Resilience for The Urban Poor (BCRUP) Initiative-Kenya, 2020-2030 was made. To be held on 29th July, 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Kenya: 2 day Kibera Visioning Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Kibera visioning workshop was the 1st step to the implementation of the Tomorrows cities decision support environment (TCDSE) in Nairobi. It was a participatory research activity with the Kibera community to explore alternatives for a good future city. 5 community groups (men, women, youth, business people and the elders) with guidance from both Nairobi and international researcher were able to come up with maps to map aspirations for a better Kibera by 2050.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1602591887780724738?s=20
 
Description Kenya: 4 day Training: Implementation of the Nairobi Visioning workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The purpose of this training was to equip the Nairobi team ahead of the Kibera visioning workshop that was to be held in 2 weeks. A representative from the international team (Thaisa) guided the team through the visioning implementation process. Among those being trained were also community mobilizers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1600084109887348736?s=20
 
Description Kenya: 9th Africities Summit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The AFRICITIES summit is a Pan Africa conference that is convened by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa's (UCLG-A) and brings together the leadership of cities and sub national governments and their associations for the advancement of decentralization and local governance. This 9th summit themed "The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the implementation of UN Agenda 2030 &AU Agenda 2063"
Nairobi Risk hub lead Dr. Joanes Atela was a panelist in a session "Informality shaping risk intergration in urban planning"where he presented the utcomes emerging from the Nairobi Risk hub (Mukuru and Kibera case)

Policy analyst, Charle Tonui, convened a side event "Accelerating partnerships for resilience building in the urban setting in Sub-Sahara Africa". The side event was co-organised by MRC2030, UNDRR Africa, ARIN
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1527599780607696896?s=20&t=ocyv6w6R4V3m-L1oEZyzIA
 
Description Kenya: ARIN International conference: Building just and resilient community system (case presentation of Nairobi Risk hub work). Side event termed "Rights and resilience for just transition in Africa" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Nairobi Risk hub team presented their work in the 2nd theme of the ARIN2023 conference. This theme focuses on the implications of transition processes on local community systems, with spotlight on the vulnerable and marginalized groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/arin_africa/status/1600777107692736512?s=20
 
Description Kenya: ARIN Summer School 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Hub organised 2 side events at the annual Africa Research and Innovation Network (ARIN) summer school. The 1st side event presented policy transition in Distaster Risk Reducation in Nairobi and launch of Risk Academy . Dozens of participants attended; endorsed the risk academy to support capacity building not only in Nairobi but also across Africa.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.arin-africa.org/arin-ash-summer-school/
 
Description Kenya: Building Climate Resilience With the Urban Poor: 2 day workshop on the 25th and 26th July 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The workshop was aimed at provide a momentum for collaborative action around vulnerability modelling/mapping and climate adaptation planning aimed at improving the urban poor neighborhoods.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Kenya: Building Climate Resilience for The Urban Poor (BCRUP) Initiative-Kenya, 2020-2030 Multi-Disciplinary Research Workshop Focused 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was the first Hybrid Multi-Disciplinary Research Workshop Focused on Building Climate Resilience for The Urban Poor (BCRUP) Initiative-Kenya, 2020-2030.
The State Department of Housing and Urban Development-Kenya hosted a Partners' meeting towards the implementation of BCRUP initiative on 5th May 2022 at Panafric Hotel, Nairobi. The State Department acknowledged the role of urban and resilience stakeholders, which include researchers and academia. The State Department granted an opportunity to ARIN on behalf of researchers and academia to share potential contribution of risk science and research in the delivery of BCRUP in Kenya.
The aim of this follow-up workshop, which took place on the 29th July 2022, was to bring together urban and resilience researchers and academia to deliberate, identify niches and co-develop strategic approach towards catalyzing contribution of multi-disciplinary research to the achievement of the goal and key objectives of BCRUP in Kenya.
The workshop underscored the role of Resilience Stakeholders including the researchers and academia as well as the contributions of risk science and research in the delivery of BCRUP. Among the key recommendations generated include the Development of a Joint Plan of Action with clear deliverables and formation of a Research Working Group to support BCRUP implementation. The plan of action will then be forwarded to the incoming ministerial cabinet (after the August general election) to be included in the national planning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1552922521103749121?s=20&t=Ba-MTYgzXpyP6nE4vjBfug
 
Description Kenya: Commissioning of the Gigiri Fire Substation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The event was to commission the Gigiri Fire Substation located at Karura Ward, Westlands constituency of Nairobi Kenya. The project was undertaken by National Metropolitan Services in collaboration with Nairobi City Council Government and Scorpion Properties Limited. The event was officiated by NMS Director General Lt. Gen. Mohamed Badi.
The Nairobi Team of the Tomorrow's Cities Hub were represented at the event and the county government acknowledged the contribution of Nairobi Risk Hub in capacity building and strengthening policy support towards reducing disaster in the city. (See in the attached governor's speech)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NMS_Kenya/status/1550467175689109505?s=20&t=tFWzRs-XjEQeeZiDAa1NwQ
 
Description Kenya: Engaging High-School Students on Disaster Risk Reduction in Nairobi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Nairobi Hub researchers visited the Nyabisase Mixed school with a student population of 2000 students, to discuss the role of youngsters/students in preventing disaster risks in their communities....the becoming of DRR champions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Kenya: Kibera transect walk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Nairobi team and the representative from the international team went for a transect walk through Kibera with a focus on the study areas ahead of the Nairobi Kibera visioning workshop. This was meant to help the international team to be familiarize with the area and the whole team reflect on possible strategies s to introduce discussions about hazards into future visions., to add visual aids to support decisions, and to work with different geographical scales during the co-mapping exercise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1600122832733601793?s=20
 
Description Kenya: Meeting with Building Climate Resilience for the Urban Poor Programme Directors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact On 15th July 2022 the Nairobi Hub (represented by the City Lead Prof Joanes Atela and Dr Charles Tonui) was invited to a consultative meeting with Programme Directors of the Building Climate Resilience for the Urban Poor (BCRUP) Programme of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development, and Public Works. The BCRUP had requested expertise to discuss disaster and climate risk assessments and potential future collaborations.

Following this meeting BCRUP programme have requested future work with the hub particularly in the area of research and capacity support, together with other city stakeholders, including Kenya Red Cross and UN Making Cities Resilience programme.

Following this meeting, an MoU is being developed between the Nairobi Hub and the BCRUP programme setting out areas of collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Kenya: Meeting with the Head of Planning, Finance & Economic section at UNHabitat 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Members of the Tomorrow's Cities research team in Nairobi held a meeting with the Head of Planning, Finance & Economic section at UNHabitat. This meeting was aimed at presenting the outcomes and achievements of the project in Nairobi in general to explore potential avenues for impact. This was also an opportunity to invite the UNHabitat to collaborate with TC and participate at the forthcoming impact workshop in Nairobi.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Kenya: Meeting with the Nairobi County Government representatives 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities researchers in Nairobi held a meeting with representatives from the Nairobi City County Government in Kenya. This meeting was aimed at presenting the outcomes and achievements of the project in Nairobi to explore potential avenues for impact. This was also an opportunity to sensitize and invite the departments on the forthcoming impact workshop in Nairobi, as well as scope for ideas to best structure and plan for the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Kenya: Meeting with the State Department for Urban Development units 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Members of the Tomorrow's Cities research team from the UK and Nairobi held a meeting with representatives from various units of the State Department for Urban Development in Kenya. This was aimed at presenting the outcomes of the Tomorrows Cies Decision Support Environment project in Nairobi to explore potential avenues for impact. This was also an opportunity to sensitize and invite the departments on the forthcoming impact workshop in Nairobi, as well as scope for ideas to best structure and plan for the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Kenya: Nairobi Risk Agreement workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

A key stage in the method is the 'risk agreement' workshops which bring city stakeholders together to collectively assess the risk modelling results, including Impact Metrics.
In the city of Nairobi (Kenya), the TCDSE has been applied to a development area within a slum settlement called Kibera. This risk agreement workshop was aimed at facilitating a dynamic interaction between the Kibera community groups and the computational risk outcomes, consequently enhancing their comprehension of the drivers of impacts and the various effects on the different visioning scenarios they had developed. The workshop also presented an opportunity for the participants to identify potential policy modifications, both spatial and non-spatial from the above interaction.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Kenya: Partnering for a More Resilient Kenya 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Hub researcher Charles Tonui made a presentation at the Private Sector Roundtable (virtual): Partnering for a More Resilient Kenya held on 28th October 2021. it was organised by UNDRR, ARISE, UN-OCHA, UNDP and Connecting Business initiative (CBi)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://mailchi.mp/un/kenya-roundtable?e=0ca9981e13
 
Description Kenya: Policy dialogues with the Nairobi City County Government 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Throughout 2021, and contuning in 2022, the Nairobi Hub team team have been engaging in policy diualogues with the Nairobi City County Government on Disaster Risk Reduction policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://geodata.arin-africa.org/documents/75
 
Description Kenya: Science summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA7): Session on Nature Based solutions for reducing disaster risks 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Nairobi Risk hub lead was part of the panel in the UNGA 7 (United Nations General Assembly) where he highlighted opportunities for Nature-based solutions in the disaster risk reduction for the urban poor. The session was organized by UNESCO
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/arin_africa/status/1572995559354499074?s=20
 
Description Kenya: Tomorrow Cities Kibera Visioning Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow Cities Kibera Visioning Workshop goal was to contribute to risk reduction in future cities by generating potential Kibera futures based on Kibera residents' visions. This involved Kibera residents and Tomorrow's Cities representatives. The purpose of this workshop was to generate scenarios from the visions shared by the community for the future Kibera in 2050.
This workshop come in an opportune time to already start the momentum of having a participatory research even as the implementation of the TCDSE begins.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/NairobiRisk_hub/status/1527606153898762242?s=20&t=ocyv6w6R4V3m-L1oEZyzIA
 
Description Kenya: Tomorrow's Cities meeting with the -BCRUP writeshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities Nairobi Team met with officials from the Ministry of Housing anf Urban Development for Nairobi city. The aim of the meeting was to develop a joint work plan and concept for implementing the Building Climate Resilience for the Urban Poor (BCRUP) programme in Kenya (The Republic of Kenya launched the Building Climate Resilience for the Urban Poor (BCRUP) initiative on behalf of the global community during the 2019 Climate Action Summit). The workplan to implement this programme in Nairobi and across Kenya was discussed and informed by the experience of the city in engaging with the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment methodology and wider research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Kenya: UNDRR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022, Side Event: Urban multi-hazard risk policy transitions for addressing systemic risk 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The 7th session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) took place from the 23rd-28th May 2022, organized and convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and co-chaired by the Government of Indonesia.
Tomorrow's Cities Hub hosted this official side-event of GPDRR2022, as a hybrid in-person and online session.
The Sendai Framework urges national and subnational governments to address the understanding, quantification and appropriate policies and interventions to manage systemic risk. To open a constructive dialogue on entry points for decision making and action arising from work on multi-hazard urban risk reduction, this session brought together a diversity of perspectives drawing on the experiences of various stakeholders learning from the UKRI-GCRF Tomorrow's Cities Hub.
The session advocated that a better understanding of systemic risk can be achieved by promoting people-centred decision making that accounts for the dynamic interactions between multiple hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities, and impacts across space. Our collective experience confirms that this framing enables policy actors to address the challenge of mainstreaming multi-hazard risk reduction into urban planning and development. This primarily consists of opening spaces for actors to engage in collaborative processes that bring local voices and science into policymaking at both city and national levels.
This webinar was broadcast in English, with Spanish, and Nepali translation available. 56 attendees participated online with a further 40 in-person.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/join-us-global-platform-disaster-risk-reduction-2022
 
Description Kenya: UNDRR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Online Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The 7th session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) took place from the 23rd-28th May 2022, organized and convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and co-chaired by the Government of Indonesia.
The GP2022 aimed to take stock of Sendai Framework implementation, recommend actions for policy makers, highlight good practices and raise awareness. The outcomes will be synthesized in the co-Chair's summary and will contribute to the inter-governmental midterm review of the Sendai Framework scheduled for 2023.
Tomorrow's Cities researchers participated in events and discussion both in-person and online, hosting an official side-event, and an interactive online platform.
The Tomorrow's Cities exhibition on the interactive online platform was visited by over 300 people throughout the week.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/join-us-global-platform-disaster-risk-reduction-2022
 
Description Kenya: UNDRR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction: Event Reflections by Earth Negotiations Bulletin 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities Hub Early Career Researcher, Dr Gemma Cremen was invited by Earth Negotiations Bulletin to participate in their closing video of the UNDRR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Sendai Stocktaking and the Way Forward
Video description (From Earth Negotiations Bulletin): "The mid-term review of the Sendai Framework process will conclude in 2023. Interim findings of consultations, discussions, and meetings, formed the basis of discussions at the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Delegates reflect on progress and identify gaps in implementation".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://vimeo.com/714440274
 
Description Khokana Stakeholders meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Met with Ward Level disaster management committee (WDMC) which works on mitigating the local disaster and ward chairs and discussed about their expectation from our side. John ha asked the team to provide any document they need for their work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Large outdoor fire and built environment ISO committee TC92/WG13(or14), and IAFSS working group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Throughout 2021, Hub researcher David Rush as been part of the ISO Committee, to formally recognise Informal Settlement fires within ISO technical review documents
Drafting review papers on current SOTA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Making cities Resilient (MCR)2030- Tomorrows Cities collaboration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Hub hosted a collaboration meeting with the UNDRR Making Cities Resilient (2030) programme (MCR2030) aimed at exploring opportunities to create synergy and leverage on ongoing activities within the Hub and MCR2030
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Membership of the Disaster Risk Reduction Executive Committee, Nepal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact One of our Nepali Co-Is, Dr. Netra Prasad Timsina, has become a member of the Disaster Risk Reduction Executive Committee, which is the second highest DRR related decision making body in Nepal. Having a researcher working in the Hub project at high level decision making spaces will help generate policy impact that are conducive to the urban poor in tomorrow's cities. It will also help the project to leverage the power to reach to the policy makers, and share insights from the research through policy briefs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Modelling and quantifying tomorrow's risks from natural hazards for future urban development 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact On 4th February 2022, Prof Galasso was invited to give a talk (online) on 'Modelling and quantifying tomorrow's risks from natural hazards for future urban development' by University of California, Irvine, USA,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nairobi DRR Stakeholder Meeting and Dinner 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To review the Nairobi hub work plan, providing useful advisory to the work plan, and discuss any strategic and constructive next steps for the hub. The Chief Officer, Disaster Management & Coordination department in the Nairobi City Government, attended the dinner on behalf of the Governor. The Hub Directors, UK based researchers, Nairobi based researchers and DRR stakeholders got a chance to sit together and collectively reviewed the Nairobi work plan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nairobi Hub initial partners meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Held on 17th January in Nairobi and attended by 19 partners including a team from the UK; the Hub directors (John & Mark), Eliane (Hub operations manager) and Gordon (UK coordinator for Nairobi), Nairobi based partners including ACTS, KDI, UoN, NCCG, UNHabitat, UNISDR, Torchlight Group and World Bank. The meeting aimed at introducing the Tomorrow's cities project to the Nairobi partners and conducting an initial institutional analysis for the Nairobi research plan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nairobi Hub launch and policy workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This event was aimed at discussing the plans for the project in line with the policy direction to transition from a crisis management towards urban planning for risk reduction, understand the Nairobi DRR policy landscape, to officially launch the project and to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between ACTS the Nairobi City County Government (NCCG).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.ash-net.org/nairobi-disaster-risk-hub-signs-an-mou-with-the-nairobi-city-government/
 
Description Nairobi Sub-WP3 Stakeholder Committee Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This is the Initial bi-weekly meeting for Nairobi's WP 3 (stakeholder engagement meeting. It incorporates both hub researchers and strategic focal persons from different organizations (who are not part of the hub) to facilitate stakeholder engagement to leverage and help make a decision an a contextualized DSE implementation impact case plan for Nairobi
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal Urban Dialogues 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Our City Lead, Sangeeta Singh, has been engaging with (including convening) regular research-policy-practice dialogues on urban development in Nepal. This are productive forums which provide a space for expert and practitioner input to government policies on urban development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.greeninstitute.institute/event/nepal-urban-dialogue-monthly-series/
 
Description Nepal: A presentation with Asian Disaster Risk Reduction Network (ADRRN) on Understanding Risk Theme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hub researcher Ramesh Guragain was invited to shar experience on Understanding Risk to professional and practitioners from I/NGOs and UN organizations in Asia through the Asian Disaster Risk Reducation Network
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Bi-Lateral meeting with governmental institutions who are in our Steering committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A Meeting with Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) followed by meeting with Padma Mainali (Chair of SC, Ministry of Urban Development) , Kamal Ram Joshi (Department of hydrology and Meteorology), Rudra Singh Tamang (Ministry of Foreign affairs) was held for discussion of the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Capacity Strengthening Workshops in Rapti 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact From May to September 2023, the Tomorrow's Cities team held a series of capacity strengtheing workshops for project stakeholders in Rapti, Nepal. Each workshop focussed on a specific 'stage' of the TCDSE methodology with the objective of enabling the participants to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology in Rapti. On average 27 individuals participated in each workshop, including representatives from Rapti City, Dang comprising following Municipalities:
Rapti Rual Municipality: All 9 wards
Gadhawa Rual Municipality: Ward 1,2,3
Shitaganga Municipality: Ward 8,9
Kathmandu Valley.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/capacity-strengthening-rapti-nepal
 
Description Nepal: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology meeting for future data 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Physical team meet with the management of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology to form a strong partnership in receiving data from DHM in near future as city is planning to extend to other focus area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Future Visioning Workshop in Rapti 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Future Visioning Workshop or Work Package (WP) 1 is a crucial component of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) - a framework of a computation tool comprising physical and social sciences to analyse future multi-hazard risks. As a part of the preparatory activities prior to the deployment of the workshop in Rapti, preliminary fieldwork, community engagements, and co-production activities were carried out by Tomorrow's Cities Researchers from SIAS, Nepal. These field activities deployed methods like Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), interviews, transect walks, Participatory Hazard Mapping (PHM), observation and informal talks followed by field verification in the risk-prone villages, as known through PHMs, like Karangekot (Ward no. 5 of RRM), Supaila (Gadhawa Rural Municipality or GRM) and Bhulke (Ward no. 5 of RRM). Honed by the place-based knowledge through fieldwork and engagements, the workshop broadly aimed to co-produce the Community's and Authority's visions for a resilient and equitable capital city in the Rapti Valley over the next 30 years or so. The Valley comprises RRM, wards 1, 2 & 3 of GRM and wards 8 & 9 of Shitganga Municipality (SM). Future visioning workshops were held in June 2023 with 46 community participants.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-rapti-nepal
 
Description Nepal: HEC-RAS Training 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A learning from TC's on flood modeling and sharing knowledge in HEC-RAS (hydrological engineering center river analysis system) The training was held at hub office at IOE and ran for 5 days. The training was attended by engineers from Ministry of energy and water supply plus the engineers from local municipalities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Interview with Nepal Live Today: In Nepal, climate change effects are stark in all three ecological zones: Dr Dharam Raj Uprety, thematic lead, Practical Action Nepal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Hub researcher Netra Timalsena and impact lead Dharam Uprety for the city of Kathmandu, was interviewed by media outlet Nepal Live Today on the impacts of climate change in Nepal and South Asia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.nepallivetoday.com/2022/07/17/interview-in-nepal-climate-change-effects-are-stark-in-all...
 
Description Nepal: Kathmandu Steering Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The aim of the session was to provide an opportunity to the sector representatives to explain their understating of DRR in the city and how project can influince in decision making with RSLUP.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nepal: Khokana Visit and Ward Chair meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities project in Kathmandu is focussed on a site in the ward of Khokana. During a field visit in September 2022 the project team met with the and Ward level Disaster Management committee to provide an update on the project of implementing the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment to support the Ward in planning the New Town Development Project slated for the area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Khokhana Community engagement on earthquake hazard and vulnerability 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Engagement with the Khokhana community throughout 2021 focussed on building typology and road network at Khokhana and associated seismic risk, and the importance or structural assessment and retrofitting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nepal: Making Tomorrow's Rapti Disaster Resilient: MoU Signing Ceremony 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities research team in Nepal held a one-day kick -off workshop to share the City Scoping and Set-up activities of the Tomorrow's Cities project in Rapti City and undertake the formal MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) Signing Ceremony between the Tomorrow's Cities project and the Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA), Lumbini Province, Nepal. The MoU sets out the intention for all parties to work collaboratively towards making Tomorrow's Rapti city disaster resilient.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/rapti-nepal-joins-tomorrows-cities-hub
 
Description Nepal: Meeting with Ward Disaster Management Committee (WDMC) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The aim of the meeting was to introduce the WDMC about the TC project and community engagment plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nepal: Meeting with policymakers 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A one on one meeting with Mr. Sushil Gyanwali and Anil Pokherel, Former chief of National reconstruction Authority and Chief of NDRRMA to discuss about the TC's project and future plan. From tomorrow's city John Mccloskey and Suraj Lamichhane were involved in the discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Meeting with ward level disaster management committee (WDMC) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A meeting with WDMC was conducted with view of understanding what they want from the project as a final document so that they can plan accordingly. Ramesh, Arun, Suraj, Dilli, attended the meeting with the people from WDMC. Dilli has given them the draft version of the Disaster handbook to the team.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Nepali Holy Festival Teej Celebrations featuring Singing by Women Groups on the theme of Tomorrow's Rapti City 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Women Groups from Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) in Nepal have expressed in singing their future aspirations and wishes to build Tomorrow's Rapti City resilient to the risks of multi-hazards. They have raised their concerns to consider multiple hazards while developing and implementing plan for the Lumbini Provincial Capital City (LPCC), Rapti City. Rapti faces risks from various hazards, notably earthquake, flood, landslide, fire, epidemics & others. Tomorrow's Cities is providing technical support to reduce disaster risks and build resilience in future Rapti city.

The women groups from the Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) participated in a Singing Contest organized in Rapti while marking TEEJ festival. TEEJ is a popular festival of Nepali Hindu women celebrated with joy and hope. TEEJ Singing is one of the main components of this celebration. The contest was focused on the theme of making planned, inclusive, equitable and resilient future Rapti City where women groups could express their wishes, aspirations and ideas for making disaster resilient Rapti city. The event was organized in Rapti on September 17, 2023 with the support from Tomorrow's Cities project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/singing-women-groups
 
Description Nepal: New Proposed city Visit and Stakeholders meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Team from Kathmandu along with John Mccloskey met with province level and local level stakeholders in Rapti. The team included for the visit are Suraj, Arun, Basanta, Ramesh, Januka, Rojani, Dilli, Suresh, Netra and Local level stakeholders are mayor of Rapti municipality, CEO of PIDA(province level infrastructure Development Authority) where team discussed about their expectation from the project if the city is selected for the next phase of research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Podcast- Examining the landscape to determine the history and changes of the earth through geomorphology 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Hub researcher Mikael Attal delivered a podcast as part ofthe 'Finding Genius' podcast channel. The podcast focussed on Hub research on Himalayan rivers and the hazards associated with them. The podcast received very positive feedback and questions from a range of people, mostly academics, mostly from India and Nepal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/examining-the-landscape-to-determine-the-history-and-c...
 
Description Nepal: Rapti Valley Visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Kathmandu team (10 people) visited Rapti Municipality via Butwal for possible next new city. John is really excited with the meetings that held during the visit.
Team visited Ministry of Urban Development ( Lumbini Province), Province Infrastructure Development Authority (PIDA) and Mayor of Rapti Rural Municipality followed by site visit. The team included John, Suraj, Arun, Basanta, Ramesh, Januka, Rojani, Dilli, Suresh, Netra. The purpose of the visit to talk with stakeholders present in the city for the research in next phase.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Reducing impact of hydro-climatic disaster in Nepal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Hub researcher Dharam Raj Uprety took part in a high level media discussion on increasing hydro-climatic disaster in Nepal, causes, and consequences. The debate was held between the spokesperson of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). The interview was mainly focuses on the needs of advancement of early warning system, EWS message needs to reach to risk exposed communities, how NDRRMA, and DHM should work together with other agencies in reducing the risk of increasing impact of hydro-climatic disaster together with other disaster. The interview was broadcasted in prime time when many people watch TV/news, and the interview was taken by a national coverage high impact TV channel names AP NEWS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqCz721RtDc&feature=youtu.be
 
Description Nepal: Research Sharing Workshop with WDMC, Khokana 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Ongoing collaboration and engagement with the Ward Development Management Committee for the Khokana traditional area of Kathmandu, Nepal. Engagement centres on the elaboration of Himalayan seismicity along with seismic hazard scenario in Kathmandu valley and Tomorrow's Cities Hub approach in reducing seismic risk.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nepal: Risk Agreement Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

A key stage in the method is the 'risk agreement' workshops which bring city stakeholders together to collectively assess the risk modelling results, including Impact Metrics.

The risk agreement workshops in Rapti, Nepal, brought together 62 members of the local community, and included:

Recap of previous workshop activities and a general in plenary
Introduction to WP4 Risk Agreement - to understand key terminologies, Hazard scenario frequency & impact metric.
Exercise on Dashboard - identify the areas with high hazard intensity with different scenarios
Risk Reveal - listing, discussion and understand of different policies.
Disaster Risk Reduction intervention/policy implications -Identifying and detailing implementation challenges and Strategizing
Sharing results by each group at the plenary.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Nepal: SWAT training 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact SWAT (soil and water assessment tool) training on the basis of the knowledge gained through Baghmati basin analysis using SWAT The training was held at hub office at IOE and ran for 5 days. The training was attended by engineers from Ministry of energy and water supply plus the engineers from local municipalities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Slope stabilization Technique training to Government Stakeholders 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact It is training to the governmental stakeholders, where they learn about different technical knowledge we learnt during executing our project. Through this training we tried to show importance of our approach in making good working DRR model. The training was held at hub office at IOE and ran for 5 days.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Stakeholder Meeting followed by 2nd Steering committee Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact John visited all stakeholder in Kathmandu. The purpose of the visit was to talk discuss the implementation of the project outcomes in the policy and also have a good communication in getting data for the research.

• Lalitpur Metropolitan City (Mayor: Chiribabu Mahajrjan)

• (MoUD (Padam Mainali)

• DHM (Kamal Ram Joshi)

• MoFAGA (Rudra Singh Tamang)

• DMG (Dr. Sudhir Rajaure)

SC member is looking for their input in the policy implementation, they will help us if there will be challenge in that regard. Collective result is missing and they are looking for helping in the policy intervention.

Mr. Padma Mainali asked to have next Steering committee meeting where one session will be on the policy and other on technical.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nepal: Training on Aqua-Crop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A training on water and crop interaction modeling. The training was held at hub office at IOE and ran for 5 days. The training was attended by engineers from Ministry of energy and water supply plus the engineers from local municipalities. The training was led by Prof. Vishnu Pandey and Dr. Suraj Lamichhane from IOE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Nepal: Validation Workshop on Visioning Scenario Development for Tomorrow's Rapti 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This workshop was held with the local community in Rapti city as part of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment methodology. The workshop focussed on the:
Discussion of the Land Use Plans
Hazard brainstorm - outlining negative impacts
Impact priority exercise - voting on the wheel of assets
Policy discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/validating-future-visions-rapti-valley
 
Description Nepal: Visioning workshop with communities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The engagement activity were held to understand the community perspective on future Khokana. How the researcher can look into their concern in the potential document we are preparing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nepal: Workshop on Risk Agreement in Khokana 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A risk agreement workshop held at Mystic mountain hotel in presence of Mark Pelling and lead from all partners organization. A risk map and the learning from khokana is shared to be utilized in next cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description News artcile: Bogazici University works for tomorrow's Istanbul 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interviews with a local media outlets, including online print and radio. The purpose was to raise the profile of the Hub's work in Istanbul amongst the public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.arkitera.com/haber/bogazici-universitesi-yarinin-istanbulu-icin-calisacak/
 
Description Newsletter for stakeholders in Istanbul 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Regular newsletters (8 sent so far) in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Newspaper article: COVID-19 shows why Kenya needs to move from emergency response to integrated risk preparedness 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Article published in Kenyan Newspaper, The Standard, highlighting insights and the approach of the Nairobi City project, and its relevance to the implications of Covid-19. Our blog describing this is here: https://www.tomorrowscities.org/covid-19-shows-why-kenya-needs-move-emergency-response-integrated-risk-preparedness
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/article/2001395777/we-need-to-step-up-our-disaster-preparedn...
 
Description OECD Workshop on Building Systemic Climate Resilience in Cities 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact On the 7th July 2022 Hub Co-Director Prof Mark Pelling was invited to present at the OECD Workshop on Building Systemic Climate Resilience in Cities. The event was attended by 100 online participants, with speaker contributions focussing on how to build systemic climate resilience in cities, which were considered by the OECD to be "invaluable, enlightening and guiding future policy discussions". Prof Pelling's specific contributions focussed on the time limited opportunity for reducing risk - the opportunity to reduce risk is constrained by urban growth happening now into the next 2 decades.
The OECD will use the inputs from the event in the OECD Horizontal Project on Building Climate and Economic Resilience in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, including a paper to be prepared for the COP27.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMw5AQ9DRbA
 
Description Palestine: Capacity Strengthening Training to support future implementation of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact From May to September 2023, The Tomorrow's Cities team held a series of capacity strengtheing workshops for project stakeholders in Nablus, Palestine. Each workshop focussed on a specific 'stage' of the TCDSE methodology with the objective of enabling the participants to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology in Nablus City. On average 35 individuals participated in each workshop, including representatives from the local community, municipality, and city officials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/TomorrowsCities/Shared%20Documents/U.%20Risk%20Working%20Grou...
 
Description Palestine: Future Visioning Workshop, Nablus 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

Future Visioning is the first stage of the TCDSE. It is a co-production, people-centric process whereby stakeholders, including influential and marginalized urban voices, gather to collectively imagine, discuss, and propose visions for the future aimed at reducing disaster risk. Future visioning work in Nablus, palestine took place on 11-12 June 2023 with 5 community groups participating. With this event, researchers have translated different community groups' visions and aspirations into representations of the future through policies and land use. Groups consist of women, youth, civil societies, community service, residents of building blocks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/future-visioning-nablus-palestine
 
Description Palestine: Tomorrow's Cities Deployment in Nablus, Stakeholder Engagement Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction Center at An-Najah National University, as the lead partners for Tomorrow's Cities in Nablus, organized an insightful engagement event aimed at enlightening decision-makers and policy influencers in Nablus about the pivotal outcomes of the Tomorrow's Cities deployment in the city. This event also served to communicate the vision different social groups have for the city's future captured during the project's activities through maps, data, and policies. Alongside the workshop, a three-day exhibition of photos and maps was held, showcasing the project's progress from its inception to its latest phases.

The event provided an opportunity to observe the reactions of decision-makers and policy drafters, in addition to collecting their feedback on implementation mechanisms, available opportunities, and overcoming challenges.

The workshop saw the participation of key figures, including heads of institutions, policymakers, specialists, and representatives from entities directly linked to the project. Among the attendees were representatives from Nablus Municipality, the Ministry of Local Government, the Engineers Syndicate, the Northern Electricity Distribution Company, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the Municipal Development and Lending Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Civil Defense, and the Palestinian Red Crescent. Additionally, representatives from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the official Palestinian media were present. The event also welcomed partners from the centre, including Sura Municipality and the Palestinian National Center for Disaster Risk Reduction. Furthermore, the international Tomorrow's Cities team participated remotely.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/najah-national-university-event
 
Description Palestine: Validation Workshop, Nablus 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction Center at An-Najah National University, as the lead Tomorrow's Cities partner in Palestine, held a workshop as part of work package 2 of the tomorrow's cities project in Nablus. This risk Validation Workshop , a pivotal component of Work Package 2 (WP2) within the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment Project. The workshop commenced with a blended training approach, featuring sessions delivered by the international team to local facilitators, planners, and note-takers. This encompassed both an online seminar and comprehensive face-to-face training sessions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.najah.edu/en/reports/an-najah-university-completes-validation-workshop-for-work-package-...
 
Description Physics based simulations of earthquake shaking 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog highlighting the novel research of Tomorrow's Cities and its relevance to planning of future urban development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/physics-based-simulations-earthquake-shaking
 
Description Presentation of CLURB for future engagement 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Introduction to an accesible data management system for small and low recurses municipalities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation to UK Ambassador and Mayor of Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was a workshop requested by the UK Ambassador as a result of their involvement in the Quito initial partners meeting, in order to provide further information on Tomorrow's CIties.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation to UK Ambassador to Quito 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was a workshop to explore ways in which the British Embassy in Quito can support Tomorrow's Cities, through interactions with the private sector. As a result, we have built a closer relationship with private sector and maintainted a continuing relationship with the Embassy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Prof Rossetto Interview with Turkish New Channel NTV 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview with Turkish News Channel NTV. The purpose was to raise the profile of the Hub's work in Istanbul. As a result, NTV are following progress of the HUB in Istanbul and wish to be informed of any developments and invited to future events. They have also made contact with our local partners Bogazici University (KOERI)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3wxD_I
 
Description Quito partners meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was the first official meeting of Quito partners, which included participants from Quito municipality, the Minister of the National Secretariat of Risk Management, the Ward Ambassador of the UK in Quito, the Commercial Officer of the British Embassy in Quito, and community members from the neighbourhood San Fransisco de Miravalle. The purpose was to build relationships and start the process of co-producing the Quito work plan. Some key outcomes were a meeting was set-up to present the project to the newly elected Mayor of Quito, and a better understanding of the community perspective of DRR in Quito.
- Separate out - number of discrete meetings were held.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Resilient Quito: a vision of the future 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The purpose of workshop was to facilitate a consensus on the future resilience of Quito among the key actors involved in the development and implementation of public policies, the identification of obstacles and opportunities to enable this transition and the determination of how science, history and art could contribute to this process. From the collective discussions of the workshop, a trajectory of urban development in Quito has been characterized. Obstacles and opportunities to enable an urban transition were identified, including how science, history and art could contribute to this process. In particular, participants highlighted that universities can become key actors for generating knowledge and mediating between governments at all levels, as well as with the public. This has informed the development of research and engagement activities for our Quito team, and build key relationships with city stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Royal Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Development Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Istabul team worked closely with RAE from October 2019 to plan contributions to this event, with members of our team organising and co-chairing two out of the three sessions, as well as co-chairing the whole event. The purpose was to bring together researchers, innovators and practitioners from across disciplines and the globe to discuss disaster resilience. This has resulted in new and strengthened relationships with private and practitioner communities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Strengthening Community-based Disaster Management Institution To Tackle COVID - 19 And Local Disasters 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article in Nepal national online newspaper highlighting the importance of community-based disaster risk management in relation to Covid-19 and referencing the work of Tomorrow's Cities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2020/04/26/strengthening-community-based-disaster-management-institut...
 
Description Tanzania: Capacity Strengthening Training to support future implementation of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in Dar Es Salaam. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact From November 2023 to January 2024, The Tomorrow's Cities team held a series of capacity strengtheing workshops for project stakeholders in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Each workshop focussed on a specific 'stage' of the TCDSE methodology with the objective of enabling the participants to implement the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology in Dar Es Salaam. On average 30 individuals participated in each workshop, including representatives from the local community, municipality, and city officials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023,2024
 
Description Tanzania: Future Visioning Workshop for Dar Es Salaam 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

Future Visioning is the first stage of the TCDSE. It is a co-production, people-centric process whereby stakeholders, including influential and marginalized urban voices, gather to collectively imagine, discuss, and propose visions for the future aimed at reducing disaster risk.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Tanzania: Tomorrow Cities Launch in Mianzini 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact This event marked the official launch of the Tomorrow Cities project in Mianzini settlement, Dar Es Salaam. The event included results sharing from the four working groups, as well as the planting of two trees; one by Honorable Mayor of Temeke (Abdallah Mtindina) and Tomorrow Cities Project Leader(Mark Pelling)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Tanzania: Validation Workshop in Dar Es Salaam 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

The second 'stage' of the TCDSE is the Visioning Scenario Development stage, in which visions created in the previous stage are transformed into scenarios representing future urban contexts. This includes the built environment and the social context policies that reduce potential hazard impacts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description The Visioning of a Future Resilient Nairobi 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact On 7 August 2020 the Nairobi Risk Hub hosted a consortium of stakeholders at the The Nairobi Visioning Workshop. The workshop brought together key policy actors drawn from the National and County Governments, civil society, UN agencies, professional societies, the private sector and academia. This workshop facilitated the stakeholders to identify a shared vision for a future resilient Nairobi.

The participants first identified potential challenges and opportunities towards building resilience for the urban poor. Largely private sector driven development with minimal government regulation stood out as a key impediment to urban poor resilience. While acknowledging the critical role played by the private sector in service provision, participants thus advocated for government regulation of private sector service provision and the need for a balance in both government and private led development to enhance resilience of the urban poor. Secondly, they established the role of science in integrating disaster risk management in urban planning and development processes as a key contributor towards a more resilient Nairobi.

By creating a shared vision of a future resilient Nairobi, this workshop was the first step in establishing a Community of Practice around Disaster Risk Reduction. Going forward, this Community of Practice will guarantee continuous contribution to the city's resilience building by either helping guide the research or as participants in the research itself.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/visioning-future-resilient-nairobi
 
Description To protect the world's most disaster vulnerable cities, we need storytelling, says Iain Stewart, not numbers 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article in a UK national newspaper on the importance of risk communication, which highlights the work of Tomorrow's Cities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18305940.protect-worlds-disaster-vulnerable-cities-need-storytel...
 
Description Tomorrow's Cities Invited Participation at the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Annual Retreat 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Director of Tomorrow's Cities, together with our co-lead for Istanbul participated in the United Cities and Local Government Global Retreat 2024. The week-long event gathered partners from around the globe to exchange ideas and plans aimed at promoting sustainable urban development and local governance.
During the event our research lead for Istanbul presented an overview of the Tomorrow's cities project in Istanbul, focussing on the deployment of the tomorrow's cities decision support environment (TCDSE), its findings. The report is a summary first published in Turkish and with English language translation. The report describes the methodological steps of the TCDSE and for each step identifies key outcomes or findings. Istanbul is one of Tomorrow's Cities Learning Cities, the work undertaken here has been instrumental in shaping the TCDSE approach as well as providing input to local to national level planning for urban risk management.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/uclg-global-retreat-2024
 
Description Tomorrow's Cities and Covid-19: a discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog reflecting on how Covid-19 has changed the context for working and will likely change the local and policy landscape for the Tomorrow's Cities Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/tomorrows-cities-and-covid-19-discussion
 
Description Tomorrow's Cities researchers interviewed on BBC World Service 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The magnitude 7 earthquake which took place off Turkey's Aegean coast on 30 October 2020 left 178 buildings collapsed or damaged in Izmir province and on the Greek island of Samos. 113 people are known to have died as a result of the disaster.

Professor Eser Çakti, City Research Lead of Tomorrow's Istanbul, and Professor Tiziana Rosetto, UK Coordinator of Tomorrow's Istanbul, were interviewed by BBC World Service's Science in Action show about the impact of the earthquake, how urban areas can be prepared for seismic activity and what measures Turkey is taking to reduce disaster risk in its cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/tomorrows-cities-researchers-interviewed-bbc-world-service
 
Description Transportation Network Resilience IMM SUMP ARUP Meeting 3 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop aims to initiate an exchange of ideas and potential collaboration between the Hub researchers and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality official involved in planning and implementing the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan of Istanbul. Specifically, the Hub research focuses on (1) the multi-hazard resilience of transportation network and (2) the social resilience inequality that arises from the topology and capacity of the transport infrastructure, and the objective of the meeting is to explore how this knowledge and analysis can inform and support the development of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey E-Municipality, Istanbul Journal (Turkish) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact An article about stakeholder engagement Tomorrow's Cities Project and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.online.ebelediye.info/090/42/
 
Description Turkey Article: Earthquake, Afterthoughts: 21 years on from the Kocaeli 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Web article: Research and implementation projects were initiated regarding the earthquake hazard and risk; new laws and regulations were enacted for earthquake risk management and new structuring mechanisms were introduced to governmental institutions and organizations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/afterthoughts-21-years-kocaeli-earthquake
 
Description Turkey Directorate General of Infrastructure and Urban Transformation at Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Stakeholder Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Since the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change - Infrastructure and Urban Transformation General Directorate works on the existing housing stock, it is recommended that the future meetings to be held with the TOK? (Turkish Mass Housing Authority) administration on new housing areas and social housing strategies. We are planning to make meetings with TOK? with the reference of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, as TOK? is an affiliated institution of the same Ministry..
OUTCOMES:
1.For the cities of 2050 to be more resilient, the model parameters in DSE should be covering land tenure / property rights in the city,
2.There has to be strategies to control rent seeking demands of stakeholders (by the community and others) in the Decision Fora that are going beyond the DRR theme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Stakeholder Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The meeting with AFAD was with top level decision making. Therefore, we have agreed with AFAD to have new meetings for the involvement of the institution in Tomorrow's Cities DSE work. There will be meetings to get more information about the preparation and content of City Level DRR Plans in Turkey which were newly finished. We learned that the only plan that is still in process of finalization is the DRR Plan for Istanbul, therefore we are also waiting for that to be finished.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Earthquake Samos-Sigacik, Highlights the Importance of Multi Hazards and Physics Based Ground Motion Modelling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Web article: To emphasis the Importance of Multi Hazards and Physics Based Ground Motion Modelling
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/samos-sigacik-earthquake-highlights-importance-multi-hazards-and-physics...
 
Description Turkey IDRC2020 Resilience in Megacities Congress, Turkey 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB theme leaders participated in the Resilience in Megacities Conference and presented project perspective and findings regarding DRR for the poor. idRc 2020, with the theme " Resilience of/in Megacities ", is organized by the international peer-reviewed Resilience Journal and its editorial group. They aim to have a meeting on the issues of resilience in different disciplines under a common platform. As a result of the meeting, Istanbul Researchers want to present their works to the groups who are involved in resilience studies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.idrcongress.org
 
Description Turkey Istanbul & Quito Research Knowledge Exchange Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Knowledge Exchange between Istanbul and Quito and broaden research areas through research meetings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Chamber of Industry - KOERI - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact on DRR with Istanbul Chamber of Industry, together with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and private sector representatives to ensure that the measures deemed beneficial and necessary are taken and the relevant research and studies conducted in issues pertaining to the professional groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Fire Resilience Workshop 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Fire Team and stakeholders including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Fire Brigade Department Directorates, NGOs, academicians to have a discussion around 1.Validation our fire + earthquake research; 2. get insight into fire risk regulation and implementation and 3. provide us the backbone information and factor weightings for the fire risk index.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Hub Learning Workshop #1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB researchers came together in order to exchange knowledge, strengthen interdisciplinary foci and equitable partnership between UK and other four city researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Hub Learning Workshop #2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB researchers came together in the second workshop in order to exchange knowledge, strengthen interdisciplinary foci and equitable partnership between UK and other four city researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Interdisciplinary Research Workshop #2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact This workshop is intended for the Istanbul Hub participants who have been undertaking research and stakeholder activities. The idea of this workshop dates to July 2020 where the Istanbul Hub had its first Learning Workshop. With this workshop, we aim to:
• Improve research communication among research teams from various disciplinary backgrounds and build up common grounds
• Exchange knowledge in terms of opportunities and challenges of the interdisciplinary research in Istanbul
• Strengthen interdisciplinary foci of the Istanbul research
• Discuss stakeholder engagement, stakeholder groups and their relevance with Istanbul's Theory of Change
• Monitor actionable outcomes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1354800954726486016
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Interdisciplinary Research Workshop #3 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact This workshop is intended for the Istanbul Hub participants who have been undertaking research and stakeholder activities. The idea of this workshop dates to July 2020 where the Istanbul Hub had its first Learning Workshop. With this workshop, we aim to:
• Improve research communication among research teams from various disciplinary backgrounds and build up common grounds
• Exchange knowledge in terms of opportunities and challenges of the interdisciplinary research in Istanbul
• Strengthen interdisciplinary foci of the Istanbul research
• Discuss stakeholder engagement, stakeholder groups and their relevance with Istanbul's Theory of Change
• Monitor actionable outcomes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Planning Agency Vision 2050 Educational and Social Policies and Poverty Framework Approach / Consultation Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Social Science Lead Sibel Kalaycioglu made Consultancy brief for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Vision 2050 Planning Agency on how to implement social policies in future urban plans. Stakeholder Engagement for project impact towards 2050 planning works.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality-KOERI Istanbul Chamber of Industry Meeting - Risk Analysis in Industrial Structures Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact on DRR with Istanbul Chamber of Industry, together with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and private sector representatives to ensure that the measures deemed beneficial and necessary are taken and the relevant research and studies conducted in issues pertaining to the professional groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality-KOERI Overpasses Resilience Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop aims to initiate an exchange of ideas and potential collaboration between the Hub researchers and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality transport planning. Specifically, the Hub research focuses on (1) the multi-hazard resilience of transportation network and (2) the social resilience inequality that arises from the topology and capacity of the transport infrastructure, and the objective of the meeting is to explore how this knowledge and analysis can inform and support the development of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality urban plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul RUD-DSE Workshop #1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The development of Istanbul's RUD-DSE platform with KOERI ECRs, UK Lead and Risk Communication Specialist Iain Stewart on the general flow of the system and bugs, physical science content and communication aspects.
OUTCOMES:
1. Design and practicality of the platform is appreciated.
2. Moderation will play a critical role:
o It is important to avoid overlapping contents.
o Misguiding content must be filtered.
3. Some tutorials and analysis codes can also be given as content.
4. Although system's name is 'Decision Support Environment' it is not at this stage yet. It is more of a platform for enabling access to risk information. This must be discussed before final version is released online.
5. Risk Data Taxonomies can be adopted and applied in data input
6. TC Istanbul teams research findings can be given and highlighted here
7. The system seems adoptable for other cities as well
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrowsistanbul.geoperformans.com/en
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Academicians Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which academicians identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within the scientific findings/outcomes" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Media Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which media members identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within the news" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Media Press Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which media members identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within the press" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Media TV Reporters Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which media members identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within the news" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Public Relations Advisory Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which media members identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within the PR activities" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Risk Communication Workshop-Urban Planner's Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop started with a brief introduction to 'risk communication' and explanation of the context of the workshop with Tomorrow Cities. It gave an overview of common mistakes and misconceptions relating to the communication of disaster threats. Open discussion session, in which urban planners identify some of the motivators and barriers that they have encountered in "integrating risk within spatial planning" and communicating risk to others (other departments, policy makers, journalists, general public).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1354445506727071747
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Safeguarding Risk Mapping Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact To define Tomorrow's Cities' safeguarding policy as to anticipate, mitigate and address harm caused to any person as a result of coming into contact with our people and activities as a HUB.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul Transportation Network Resilience Workshop 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The workshop aims to initiate an exchange of ideas and potential collaboration between the Hub researchers and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality transport planning. Specifically, the Hub research focuses on (1) the multi-hazard resilience of transportation network and (2) the social resilience inequality that arises from the topology and capacity of the transport infrastructure, and the objective of the meeting is to explore how this knowledge and analysis can inform and support the development of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality urban plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Istanbul VR Earthquake Apartment: A proof-of-concept for seismic risk communication 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A virtual reality proof-of-concept film for seismic risk communication in Istanbul.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHRwUXot2jI
 
Description Turkey Istanbul, Interdisciplinary Research Workshop #1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact This workshop is intended for the Istanbul Hub participants who have been undertaking research and stakeholder activities. The idea of this workshop dates to July 2020 where the Istanbul Hub had its first Learning Workshop. With this workshop, we aim to:
• Improve research communication among research teams from various disciplinary backgrounds and build up common grounds
• Exchange knowledge in terms of opportunities and challenges of the interdisciplinary research in Istanbul
• Strengthen interdisciplinary foci of the Istanbul research
• Discuss stakeholder engagement, stakeholder groups and their relevance with Istanbul's Theory of Change
• Monitor actionable outcomes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1329625509299412992
 
Description Turkey Multi-hazard interactions to inform disaster risk reduction in Istanbul 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact In order to develop DRR inclusive urban development strategies we need to understand the breadth of hazards that can affect the city and their potential interactions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/tomorrows-cities-multi-hazard-interactions-inform-disaster-risk-redu...
 
Description Turkey Presidency Strategy and Budget Directorate Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussions on the possible data sources for DSE to better represent the Turkish case. They listed the strategy documents that contain the policies and data that can be used for Turkish city case in DSE and shared the addresses of those documents that can be accessed online.
OUTCOMES:
1. The possible micro data source for socio-economic part of the DSE that can be used in agent-based modelling is TurkStat's Income & Living Conditions Survey which can be acquired if a Turkish city case study is officially continuing in the project in 2022.
2. The strategies of Turkey to be used in policy bundle (for DRR, urbanization, housing and poverty) in DSE can be found in 11th Development Plan of Turkey, Central Government Yearly Programme for 2022,
3. As a data source for country level but can be used in DSE for the employment-based assumptions on sectors; the National Employment Strategy document is underlined to show the figures of different social vulnerable groups and woman in different economic sectors.
4. The 2019 dated Report that is submitted to UN about Turkey's Recent Developments in terms of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is defined as covering many important figures that can be used for Turkish case study in Tomorrow's Cities Project (which is online at the webpage: www.surdurulebilirkalkinma.gov.tr)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Presidency of Strategy and Budget Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact City Lead and Social Science lead visited the Presidency of Strategy and Budget in the capital city to be able to learn more about the future development plans of this important decision maker institution and aiming to create impact in their development and sustainability plans through research findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Sibel Kalaycioglu appearance on 3rd International Disaster and Resilience Congress led by Interior Ministry, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency AFAD. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Social Science Team Lead made a talk in the congress which was held within the framework of the activities of "October 13, International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction" on the AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) campus. Sibel is one of the organising and scientific committee member of the organisation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijhSJFKJdmk
 
Description Turkey State Hydraulic Works General Directorate Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact by research findings and Data acquisition for further hazard related research in the Istanbul HUB such as flash floods, earthquakes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey State Hydraulic Works Istanbul Directorate Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact by research findings and Data acquisition for further hazard related research in the Istanbul HUB such as flash floods, earthquakes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter August 2020 English 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter August 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1297564004089569280
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter December 2020 English 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1344643089407877120
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter December 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1344634638485094401
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter February 2021 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter January 2021 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter July 2020 English 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1305806515228602368
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter July 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1297568396175974400
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter March2021 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter Mayis 2021 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter November 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter October 2020 English 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1323963643902480386
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter October 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1323291899785060353
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter September 2020 English 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1323294679530672129
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul Newsletter September 2020 Turkish 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact To give important news and research monthly updates of Istanbul HUB to make our audience and stakeholders aware of our outputs and the impact we aim to create. Regular newsletters in Turkish sent to 428 non-academic stakeholders, with the purpose of raising awareness, building relationships and influencing key actors in the city. Content is integrated with website content and posts on twitter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1308752268712464384
 
Description Turkey Tomorrow's Istanbul, Stakeholder Engagement Kick off Meeting #1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact by presenting Risk drivers in Istanbul. Societal and governance aspects supporting multi-risk informed urban expansion, Challenges and opportunities, Tools and means for improved communication of disaster risks were presented to wide range of stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1323181316767186944
 
Description Turkey, Istanbul Futures Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Meeting to create an agreed vision for the resilient Istanbul of the future: Discussion around obstacles and opportunities by facilitating scenarios among groups in the workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkey, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Planning Agency Vision 2050 Educational and Social Policies and Poverty Framework Approach / Consultation Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Social Science Lead Sibel Kalaycioglu made Consultancy brief for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Vision 2050 Planning Agency on how to implement social policies in future urban plans. Stakeholder Engagement for project impact towards 2050 planning works.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey, Istanbul Team and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact HUB Co-Director and Istanbul Researcher met to make engagement with international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. The purpose is working together to require map data which revolutionises disaster management and risk reduction.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.hotosm.org/what-we-do
 
Description Turkey, Istanbul Transportation Network Resilience HUB Workshop 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop aims to initiate an exchange of ideas and potential collaboration between the Hub researchers and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality transport planning. Specifically, the Hub research focuses on (1) the multi-hazard resilience of transportation network and (2) the social resilience inequality that arises from the topology and capacity of the transport infrastructure, and the objective of the meeting is to explore how this knowledge and analysis can inform and support the development of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality urban plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey: 1st stakeholder meeting and a focus group discussion with the Mukhtars of surrounding neighbourhoods 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This meeting aimed to introduce the Tomorrow's Cities project and the concept of disaster risk to the neighbourhood leads, known as Mukhtars. During the meeting, Mukhtars declared their willingness to cooperate in research activities, particularly providing with social structure data needed for the computational model of TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Article: Afet Riskini Azaltmada Afet Risk Iletisiminin Yeri ve Önemi 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Webpage article on "The Role and Importance of Disaster Risk Communication in Disaster Risk Reduction".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.tesev.org.tr/tr/research/afet-riskini-azaltmada-afet-risk-iletisiminin-yeri-ve-onemi/
 
Description Turkey: Büyükçekmece Municipality Vision 2050 Manager and TC Researchers Operational Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB WP1 Future Visioning Team researchers met with the Vision 2050 Manager of the Büyükçekmece Municipality, Dr. Ali Kaya to discuss on Future Visioning Study to be held in the area; venue for the activities, contact data acquisition and organising kick-off meeting with assigned members of staff of Strategic Planning, Climate Change, Social Services, Infrastructure Services, Recreation Services, Information Technologies and R&D Departments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Büyükçekmece Municipality and Tomorrow's Cities Collaboration Kick-Off Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact In Istanbul, the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment will be piloted in a development area within Büyükçekmece Municipality, as part of the Istanbul 2050 developments. In June 2022, Lead researchers from the Istanbul Hub met with the Vice Mayor of the Büyükçekmece Municipality to discuss in detail the collaboration between the HUB and the municipality in order to deliver the pilot project.
The meeting led to a commitment from the municipality to assign members of staff and allocate them time to dedicate to the project from the Departments of: Strategic Planning; Climate Change; Social Services; Infrastructure Services; Recreation Services; Information Technologies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Community Groups Risk Agreement Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Tomororw's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) methodology aims to reduce risk in future urban developments, using a collaborative and co-creation approach with the involvement of local stakeholders, giving voice not only to the planning authorities, municipalities, the government and the private sector, but also to the communities who will live in these future cities.

A key stage in the method is the 'risk agreement' workshops which bring city stakeholders together to collectively assess the risk modelling results, including Impact Metrics.

The risk agreement workshops in Istanbul brought together 36 members of the local community. The first versions of Land use plans for each community group were created based on the spatial and non-spatial aspirations and policy expectations through the Future Visioning Activity. Then, the process of how alternative vision scenarios were created by determining policy priorities, and of how land use plans were updated and how the urban texture was modelled were explained.

During the round table discussions, each group was able to see the physical and social impacts of their own scenarios visually and numerically on the dashboard with the help of TCDSE computational modelling. Then, policy discussions regarding the identified risks began: Prioritising potential policy changes, discussing these modifications and their implementation challenge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1716740070185595178
 
Description Turkey: Deep Dive into Earthquake Resilience | Marmara Region 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities researchers were invited to participate in the Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) is a biennial international urban forum organised by Marmara Municipalities Union. MARUF23 brought together leaders in urban planning and disaster reduction to hold passionate debates on how to make cities more liveable, sustainable, resilient, and inclusive.
""Deep Dive into Earthquake Resilience | Marmara Region"" event aimed to understand all aspects of the potential earthquake's impact on the Marmara Region and measures to reduce its damage, we will discuss strategies to enhance resilience in the face of earthquakes, the current state of disaster risk management in the Region along with future projections.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.marmaraurbanforum.org/etkinlik/depreme-dayanikliliga-derin-dalis-marmara-bolgesi?l=en
 
Description Turkey: Emin Mentese participated in Understanding Risk 2022 as one of the TC speakers in "Democratising the Concept of Multi-Hazard Risk toward a more Equitable, Disaster-Resilient Future" session. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Understanding Risk is a global community of experts and practitioners with interest in the field of disaster risk identification, specifically risk assessment and risk communication.
Emin Y. Mentese participated in Understanding Risk Global Forum 2022 in "Democratising the Concept of Multi-Hazard Risk toward a more Equitable, Disaster-Resilient Future" session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://hopin.com/events/ur22is-live/registration
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Disabled 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning.
In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together young people living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the project.
Although the number of the participants quite low, the group was representing a wider disabled community, as one of the participants was a political party's representative, Istanbul Head of Disabled Commission, and a non-governmental disabled organisation representative at the same time. Other two also had public roles in which they had access to the disabled communities, especially those in need of social assistance. Therefore, the observations, expectations, challenges and worries they reflect regarding their present and future lives as well as their surroundings in the scope of DRR was representing almost the entire disabled community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1573361332367368198?s=20&t=MUKgOggRV6Msqg2gjqECYg
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Elderly Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together this time elderly people living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1573361332367368198?s=20&t=MUKgOggRV6Msqg2gjqECYg
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Elderly Women 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning.
In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together elderly women living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the project.
In terms of economic well-being, the most disadvantaged group encountered so far was given a voice to express their observations, expectations, challenges and worries regarding their present and future lives as well as their surroundings in the scope of DRR.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1573361332367368198?s=20&t=MUKgOggRV6Msqg2gjqECYg
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with NGOs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together this time NGOs living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Roma People 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together this time The Roma people living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Women-Risk Comms Meeting in Güzelce Neighbourhood 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Basic information about the project and local disaster risks have been introduced to a women's group. Their major concerns, expectations and level of risk awareness were explored through semi-structured discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul/en/node/126
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Women-Risk Comms Meeting in Hürriyet Neighbourhood 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Basic information about the project and local disaster risks have been introduced to a women's group. Their major concerns, expectations and level of risk awareness were explored through semi-structured discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul/en/node/126
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Women-Risk Comms Meeting in Ulus Neighbourhood 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Basic information about the project and local disaster risks have been introduced to a women's group. Their major concerns, expectations and level of risk awareness were explored through semi-structured discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul/en/node/126
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with Youth 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together young people living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the project.
Focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted on 21st September by Prof. Dr. Sibel Kalaycioglu. Mehmet Kalaycioglu, Emrullah Dar, Ekin Ekici and Emine Öner also attended the meeting. Emrullah Dar made a presentation about the risk and hazards of a potential earthquake in IIstanbul and answered participant questions regarding Büyükçekmece-specific projections. As per the team's requests, the group was gathered by the Municipality authorities, more specifically by the Head of Social Services Division.
All the participants were university students coming from four different neighbourhoods with different socio-economic statuses. The group was smaller and the neighbourhood diversity was less than expected. Even though it may not be a representative sample, the participants were able to provide a clear picture of their social and physical environments. They contributed to the discussions to a great deal by expressing their insightful observations, expectations and worries regarding their present and future lives as well as their surroundings. With their significantly high levels of consciousness and awareness, they were able to answer all the questions elaborately. Moreover, because this group is too young, they have no experience of a strong earthquake (such as in 1999) and their disaster perception and experience is different than older groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul/en/node/129
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with beneficiaries of social assistance 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together this time people who get social assistance living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1575792444058533888?s=20&t=BsTVF5Wij48EzKp31V0rvA
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Focus Group Discussions with the Syrian 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Focus group discussion (FGD) which is the starting point of the Future Visioning activities aiming for understanding the worries, experiences, expectations and challenges of the communities and their risk perception in the process of urban planning. In that sense, TC Istanbul Team brought together this Syrian migrants living in the case study area of Büyükçekmece Municipality. Collected and collated quantified and qualified data out of the discussion will be translated into spatial plans which will feed into subsequent work plans of the TCDSE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning Workshop with Communities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The future visioning exercise enabled participants to see thoroughly how desired spatial plans created by themselves would look like through the lens of disaster risk reduction policies.
We organised the Future Vision workshop with seven community groups who had participated in the Focus Group Discussions having conducted since July in Büyükçekmece case study area. The aims at the visioning exercise with the community are basically to translate their future aspirations into disaster risk oriented future urban environment, to provide guidelines for translation of conceptual visions into qualitative spatial components and participatory design of future land use patterns responding to spatial needs to develop policies.
The researchers have come up with a roadmap to guide the facilitators so that they could moderate the round table activities efficiently and aggregate the accurate outputs out of the discussions.
Each seven table provided with multilayer maps to present the significant information about the planning area. Since the prioritised risk for the case study area is the earthquake, we used earthquake risk and physical vulnerability maps to be able to explain the participants where the risky areas are located and what are the levels of these risk factors on a spatial dimension. We also prepared a settlement catalogue with diverse density attributes to be able to collect information about what their desired urban patterns are.
At the end of the process, we had the opportunity to learn how they rank disaster risks and policies as well as prioritise their assets considering the impact of these risks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrows.istanbul/en/node/135
 
Description Turkey: Future Visioning-Scenarios Linkage Methodology Development Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Following the focus group discussion on 28th September, on 29th and 30th September, the team held hybrid workshop. Istanbul team and some international colleagues have met in-person for the first time. It was most definitely a great boost for the team spirit and the efficiency of the teamwork. The team had the chance to discuss and brainstorm face-to-face. After reflecting on the previous day's focus group discussion meeting with its challenges and strengths, the 2-day meetings mostly revolved around the methodology and how to translate future visioning (WP1) outputs into the spatial and policy inputs required by visioning scenarios (WP2).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1585910307809292290
 
Description Turkey: Hub Meeting with Vice-Mayor of Büyükçekmece Municipality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Researchers from the Tomorrow's Cities Hub in Istanbul met with the Vice-Mayor of Büyükçekmece Municipality - the case study area for Hub work in Istanbul. The researchers presented the project progress and unertook an evaluation of the project with the decision makers in municipality to obtain lessons learned. Additionally, the new collaborations on capacity strengthening and the implementation of the TCDSE going forward were discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1645681572534681600?s=20
 
Description Turkey: Hub Researchers Interview with 24TV 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Lead Hub researchers in Istanbul (Eser Çakti and Emin Mentese) were interviewed by 24TV on the Tomorrow's Cities Disaster Resilient Cities Exhibition which opened to the public on 21st June 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/yirmidorttv/status/1677346484964974593?s=46&t=Kdb3nn73ekj7YtViEEEglg
 
Description Turkey: ICONHIC 2021 Istanbul Prep Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB UK Lead Tiziana Rossetto represented Tomorrow's Istanbul Research on behalf of Istanbul Team on the prep workshop of ICONHIC 2022 Conference which is the stage for engineers, researchers, insurers, policymakers and NGO-representatives to join forces, exchange ideas and opinions, advance scientific and technical innovations targeted at natural disasters, and ultimately converge their specialty knowledge towards a unified approach to a more sustainable and resilient future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://iconhic.com/2021/
 
Description Turkey: Interviews with 3 Private Sector (Construction) Representatives 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact As the company owners are business people which have different priorities, the interview method was chosen instead of a focus group. The names of the construction companies in Büyükçekmece district and their contact numbers which are working in different quarters of the district are provided by the Zoning & Building Permit Unit in the Municipality.
The main objectives of the construction sector interviews in our study can be summarised as 1) to familiarise private sector members with the Tomorrow's Cities project, 2) to find out the private sector's level of awareness regarding disaster risks, relevant policies and urban planning, 3) to get ideas on disaster risk reduction and preventive measures based on building construction and urban design in the district 4) to technically assist future visioning from the community by their experiences, expectations and proposals regarding to housing, infrastructure and urban design that can be further discussed with decision-makers on a consistent basis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul City Council Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Social Science Lead Prof. Dr. Sibel Kalaycioglu introduced the project to the audience of Istanbul City Council (ICC) members. Presentations prepared by City Co-Lead Emin Mentese and researcher Emrullah Dar and the ICC team was informed about the planned working modality. Stakeholder analysis was also discussed and ICC committed to providing relevant stakeholders and put the Hub research team in contact with civil society organisations from the working groups who are operating in Büyükçekmece (the site area the Hub is focussed on).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul Hub Resarchers interviewed by National Açik Radio 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities research leads in Istanbul (Eser Çakti and Emin Mentese) were interviewed by the National Acik Radio on the Tomorrow's Cities Earthquake Resilient Cities Exhibition which was opened to public on 21st June 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://acikradyo.com.tr/podcast/239624
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul Multi Hazard Scenario Workshop 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To understand multiple single hazards impacting Istanbul and their possible interrelationships, what multi-hazard relevant scenarios are relevant and important, how and for whom could these multi-hazard scenarios be used in the context of different stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1455908847877607425
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul Multi Hazard Scenario Workshop 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To understand multiple single hazards impacting Istanbul and their possible interrelationships, what multi-hazard relevant scenarios are relevant and important, how and for whom could these multi-hazard scenarios be used in the context of different stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul RUD-DSE Workshop #2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The development of Istanbul's RUD-DSE platform with KOERI ECRs, UK Lead and Risk Communication Specialist Iain Stewart on the general flow of the system and bugs, physical science content and communication aspects.
OUTCOMES:
1. Design and practicality of the platform is appreciated.
2. Moderation will play a critical role:
o Legacy
o Sustainability
3. More user-friendly, interactive interface
4. Although system's name is 'Decision Support Environment' it is not at this stage yet. It is more of a platform for enabling access to risk information. This must be discussed before final version is released online.
5. Two-way communication should be prioritised.
6. TC Istanbul teams research findings can be given and highlighted here
7. Social Context and vulnerability can be added.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tomorrowsistanbul.geoperformans.com/en
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul Research Planning Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact All Istanbul HUB researchers and directors came together in Istanbul order to plan RIP period research activities and organised the work plans 2019 going forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1205487555304738816
 
Description Turkey: Istanbul Transportation Network Resilience Workshop 4 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The workshop aims to initiate an exchange of ideas and potential collaboration between the Hub researchers and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality transport planning. Specifically, the Hub research focuses on (1) the multi-hazard resilience of transportation network and (2) the social resilience inequality that arises from the topology and capacity of the transport infrastructure, and the objective of the meeting is to explore how this knowledge and analysis can inform and support the development of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality urban plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1478010205929627651
 
Description Turkey: Marmara Municipality Union-City Leads Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Marmara Municipalities Union (MMU) is the first and the largest regional Local Government Association in Turkey with more than 190 municipality members from the Marmara Region.
MMU carries on activities in areas such as environment, urbanisation, migration and social cohesion, local diplomacy, local economic development, resilience, urban technology and innovation. On these areas, MMU's activities include training, consulting, corporate capacity building, raising awareness, supporting scientific researches, advocating local democracy, and organising events and meetings which gather relevant stakeholders.
Istanbul Co-Leads made a presentation to the general secretarial of the union in order to get a chance TCDSE to be implemented amongst the local government members of the union when it is completed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1593175328242823169?s=20&t=TMp3vLE53gTM6PFXvL49ww
 
Description Turkey: Marmaraton Community and Youth Engagement Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities co-lead in Istanbul City was invited to co-lead community engagement work in Marmarathon, on August 17-18 on the anniversary of the Düzce earthquake. The workshop invites young people to produce creative solutions for neighbourhood volunteer organisations in case of disasters and to develop sustainable, resilient, innovative and inclusive projects for the future.
Marmarathon's program, enriched with supportive trainings and mentors, provided participants with the opportunity to develop ideas and projects on how to establish volunteer neighbourhood organisations, how to determine their responsibilities and how to ensure their functionality by raising awareness and knowledge within the scope of disaster management including before, during and after disasters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/MarmaraUrban/status/1691740709018079410
 
Description Turkey: Media Coverage of Earthquake Resilient Cities Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities Earthquake-Resilient Cities Exhibition was held in Istanbul from 21 June-27 August 2023. During these 9 weeks 24,245 people visited the exhibition. The exhibition was featured in over 500 media articles, broadcasts, and interviews at local and national level.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sinematuru.com/2023/08/15/bogazici-universitesinden-depreme-dayanikli-sehirler-sergisi/
 
Description Turkey: Meeting with Marmara Municipality Union to Support Institutionalisation of the TCDSE 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities project in Istanbul has focussed a case study application of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) on a development area in the Marmara municipality. In January 2024 the Tomorrow's Cities team in Istanbul met withe the Marmara Municipality Union (MMU) as the regional local government (with around 200 members) to discuss if and how the TCDSE process, methodology, and/or findings may be taken up at municipality level. During this meeting:
MMU made a request to the local Toomrrow's Cities team to begin capacity strengthening modules to raise awareness of the local governments on disaster risk reduction (DRR).
The MMU committed to provide with the opportunity to integrate and endorse the Tomorrow's Cities project as a good practice example and include in their new strategy documents, within 6 months following the local elections.
MMU confirmed that they can benefit from TCDSE in Spatial Strategy Framework Document revision.
It's been offered that MMU can bring together other municipalities (BÇM and Balikesir or Bursa municipalities) for knowledge exchange in their mentor program, a kind of peer-learning exercise where municipalities that have different kinds of implementation and approaches come together and learn from each other. It's usually very productive and educating.
MMU can integrate TCDSE within their training programs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Turkey: Meeting with Vice Mayor and Municipality Directors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact After having conducted series of focus group discussions in the district municipality where case study area is located, a followup meeting was held with the vice mayor, directorate of social support services, of planning and projects and of strategy development on community focus group discussions reflections as well as the plans going forward regarding future visioning workshop and capacity strengthening activities in Istanbul.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1577001785654665216
 
Description Turkey: OpenSees Course 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact OPENSEES software training/course given by Istanbul HUB early career researchers for internal and external early career researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey: Planning Tomorrow's Cities Together 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact In this panel discussion, held as part of the Tomorrow's Cities Disaster Resilient Cities Exhibition, the importance of participation in urban planning was discussed. The question of what role participatory planning could play in the construction of disaster-resilient cities was examined, and actions that would enable all segments of society to actively contribute to this process was evaluated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1686388944555089921
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Eser Çakti has become a member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Earthquake Science Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor invited academics and experts to the meeting that took place in Istanbul Planning Agency. They came together as Earthquake Science Board in order to contribute to the emergency action plan which will be shared with the public after February 25th. Istanbul HUB City Lead Prof. Eser Çakti has been asked to be a member of this board and contribute to the decisions to be made and actions to be taken going forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/ipaistanbul/status/1625859134049353728?s=20
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu has become a member of AFAD Science Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) established an Earthquake Science Board of which members are from different disciplines. TC Istanbul HUB Social science lead Sibel has been asked to be a member of this board and contribute to the decisions to be made and actions to be taken going forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu interview with Turkish News Channel Habertürk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact TC Istanbul social science lead Prof. Sibel Kalayciogu has been interviewed after 6th February 2023 two devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey, about sociological impact the disaster. She emphasised in this interview that the disaster risk reduction policies could prevent the communities from loss of lives and of economical.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQJeN3UdIY
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu interview with Turkish News Channel Habertürk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact TC Istanbul researcher Prof. Sibel Kalayciogu and one the academic stakeholders of TC Istanbul HUB Prof. Pinar Giritlioglu, have been interviewed after 6th February 2023 two earthquakes that hit Turkey, about where should the new settlements be built so that the cities would be more resilient to disasters. Participants explained hazard-risk-informed and socially inclusive urban planning approaches for the new cities planned to be built.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tRczjUyREI
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu interviewed by NTV National TV Channel 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact What the government and decision makers should consider in the rebuilding process of tomorrow's cities. The identities of cities must be preserved and these people should also be asked what kind of city they want to see in 20 years, and the answers should be integrated into plans and policies through multidisciplinary studies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://youtu.be/c192KQDmVLU
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu interviewed with TRT World 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu shared her opinions on social impact of the earthquakes, how it is likely affect the region in terms of shared disaster. Poverty, migration, culture and social trauma that the whole country might face have been talked.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://youtu.be/cPIYzSALHeM
 
Description Turkey: Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu interviewed with national newspaper Milliyet 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact What the government and decision makers should consider in the rebuilding process of tomorrow's cities. The identities of cities must be preserved and these people should also be asked what kind of city they want to see in 20 years, and the answers should be integrated into plans and policies through multidisciplinary studies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/didem-ozel-tumer/geri-donusun-uc-kosulu-guven-umut-is-6906133
 
Description Turkey: Reducing Earthquake Risk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities lead researcher in Istanbul articipated in a panel discussion on earthquake risk, including structural, urban and social components. In the panel people discussed what should be done in these areas to reduce the risk; answers were sought to questions such as what is the current situation in Turkey and what steps should be taken to improve this situation. The panel was held as part of the Tomorrow's Istanbul disaster resilient cities exhibition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1684828779506446336
 
Description Turkey: Start up Meeting with assigned staff and related departments of the Büyükçekmece Municipality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This meeting aimed at developing an understanding of the project by the participants from different Departments of Büyükçekmece Municipality which will be involved in developing TCDSE in the piloted area in the district.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: Technical visit to Buyukcekmece Municipality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Istanbul Hub undertook several engagement meetings with the Buyukcekmece Municipality, leading to two different project support agreements with them and Bogazici University. Buyukcekmece Municipality contributed by providing scientific background to the meetings, as well as acting as mediators between the local municipality and the Hub, to translate the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment knowledge into practical terms.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Turkey: Tomorrow's Cities ECR Emin Mentese and Hakan Suleyman's appearances for the DRR day for Istanbul 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Istanbul ECRs talk about How Istanbul HUB is working with local communities in their cities to reduce disaster risk for the marginalised in Tomorrow's Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/UrbanRiskHub/status/1316015835350282240
 
Description Turkey: Tomorrow's Cities and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Learning Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact This webinar, hosted by Tomorrow's cities in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) aimed to solidify the learnings and continue supporting fellow cities in enhancing their planning strategies. The program placed a spotlight on the paramount importance of data and information in urban settings.
The objective was to encourage cities to share their readiness in data management and its application in comprehensive planning. Each city represetnted was asked to provide a brief update on data readiness for discussion. Tomorrow's Cities researchers shared lessons from workshops held in Dar Es Salaam.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://x.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1737076998801920494?s=20
 
Description Turkey: Tomorrow's Earthquake-Resilient Cities Exhibition Launch Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities Earthquake-Resilient Cities Exhibition was held in Istanbul from 21 June-27 August 2023. During these 9 weeks 24,245 people visited the exhibition.
The exhibition offered an interdisciplinary approach that brings together experts, researchers, social groups, and policymakers to contribute towards future planning of earthquake resilient cities. The exhibition was designed around the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) with partner design agency Pattu leading on exhibition design, whilst Tomorrow's Cities Resaerchers provided the content and materials. The exhibition also included talks, panels and workshops.
The success of the exhibition is marked not only by the 24245 attendees, but by the requests to run the exhibition again. The exhibition will restart in January 2024 and plans are underway to create a long-term exhibition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://saltonline.org/en/2565
 
Description Turkey: Tomorrow's Earthquake-Resilient Cities Exhibition: The Story of an Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact In this panel discussion, the process of how Tomorrow's Earthquake Resilient Cities Exhibition idea emerged was shared in an interview format by those who contributed to the exhibition, covering the period from the idea to its implementation. The event was shaped around questions such as why such an exhibition was needed, what gap it aims to fill, and what the message is to be given.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://x.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1682448798675501056?s=20
 
Description Turkey: Transition from Future Visioning to Scenario Storymap Blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact We would like to tell about the aspiration and future vision stories of the community groups which we had the opportunity coming together in the Future Visioning Workshop. The future visioning activities have been concluded with this workshop and with this event, we have succeeded in translating different stakeholders' visions and aspirations into representations of the future concerning policies and land use. In addition, we were able to understand their priorities regarding impacts, which is invaluable input for WP4 (Risk Agreement) activities. In the workshop, there were 7 different stakeholder groups. In this story we will talk about the work of the youth group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cfc99815444d421198828cac7dc45d22
 
Description Turkey: UNDRR Prevention Web News Article on Tomorrow's Cities Earthquake-Resilient Cities in Istanbul. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The United Nations Distaster Risk Reduction Prevention Web promoted and dissemninated the Tomorrow's Cities Exhibition in Istanbul, raising the profile of this national level event to the internation disaster risk reduction community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
URL https://www.preventionweb.net/event/exhibition-tomorrows-earthquake-resilient-cities
 
Description Turkey: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)-Middle East and West Asia (MEWA) Academy Webinar and Forum Planning 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Tomorrow's Cities researchers from Istanbul have been invited to engage with the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) organisation's middle east and west asia (MEWA) division. During this second meeting with UCLG-MEWA, Tomorrow's Cities researchers shared the Hub's flagship methodology: The Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE), specifically focussing on the aspects of future visioning and visioning scenarios. The team presented the findings from these activities which were recently undertaken with local community groups and the decision makers of the district in Istanbul where case study area located.
The meeting lead to a declaration to commit efforts in key areas such as prioritising investment in solid infrastructure and superstructure, promoting energy efficiency, investing in education and awareness-raising campaigns, and promoting policy-making mechanisms and local government-based initiatives that support resilience and disaster preparedness efforts.
Following the meeting, the Tomorrow's Cities Researchers were invited to participate in the Webinar on Local Governments in Disasters: Precautions, Emergency Action and Recovery that takes place in April 2023 and to UCLG - MEWA Forum on Resilience, Trabzon, Türkiye in June.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1644259573757345797?s=20
 
Description Turkey: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)-Middle East and West Asia Meeting on TCDSE Institutionalisation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Tomorrow's Cities lead researcher and project manager for Istanbul met with the Secretary General of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)-Middle East and West Asia (MEWA) to discuss partnership and collaboration to support the legacy of Tomorrow's Cities and expansion of the Tomorrow's Cities methodologies to additional territories. It was agreed at the meeting that Tomorrow's Cities would provide a formal letter outlining the proposed roles and responsibilities of Tomorrow's Cities and UCLG-MEWA in the collaboration.
Additional engagements were also discussed with the aim of furthering and deepending the partnership. These include the possible attendance of Tomorrow's Cities at the UCLG retreat to take place later this year, and contributions from Tomorrow's cities to the practices section of the UCLG quarterly magazine.
Attendees at the meeting:
UCLG-MEWA Secretary General
UCLG-MEWA Executive Assistant
UCLG International Relations Deputy Coordinator
UCLG Policy Officer on Social Science
UCLG Communication
UCLG Project Specialist
Tomorrow's Cities Team (Emin Y. Mentese, Emine Öner, Ekin Ekici).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://x.com/UCLGMEWAorg/status/1750229054655959202?s=20
 
Description Turkey: United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia (UCLG-MEWA) Meeting, TCDSE Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia (UCLG-MEWA, found in 2004) is one of the nine sections of UCLG World Organization which is the global network of cities, local, metropolitan and regional governments that promotes fair and sustainable societies characterised by solidarity and based on local democracy, self-government and decentralisation. In line with those aims,
- They carry out capacity building activities for municipalities through trainings, workshops, panels and webinars and deliver global agendas to local governments.
- They encourage cities to come together, learn and exchange good practices through projects, programs and meetings.
Istanbul researchers made a presentation to the general coordinator and two department coordinators of the union in order to get a chance TCDSE to be implemented amongst the international local government members of the union when it is completed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1594626508013830144?s=20&t=vv9W09wzN0gIQRhEcVV6zg
 
Description Turkey: United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia (UCLG-MEWA) Presidency Board, TCDSE Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia (UCLG-MEWA) Administrative Meetings series took place on 22-25 November. The program included thematic panel sessions on Sustainable Architecture: Smart Living Spaces and the Role of Smart Cities in Combating Climate Change, as well as the UCLG-MEWA Environment Committee Presidency Meeting.
Tomorrow's Istanbul Co-Leads Eser and Emin were invited to the UCLG-MEWA Presidential Council Opening Meeting held on November 22. TCDSE was introduced to the mayors and new steps were taken for collaboration ahead.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/IstanbulRiskHub/status/1602227725435117569
 
Description Turkey: United Cities and Local Governments-Middle East and West Asia Training Program on Disaster Risk Reduction and Urban Resilience for Turkish Cities 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Senior Tomorrow's Cities researcher, Emin Mentese, was invited to lead a training session as part of the UCLG-MEWA Training Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction and Urban Planning. The training was delivered to officials and practitioners from Turkish cities to support all relevant local and regional stakeholders engaged in DRR and resilience building in Turkish cities, such as political leaders, technical staff of various municipal departments, and representatives of local government associations. Particularly, it aimed to engage technical level staff from local Disaster Reduction and Management offices and other relevant departments such as urban planning, environmental, or social inclusion.

In light of the February 2023 earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria, the training program aimed to illuminate the experiences of Turkish cities by highlighting cities and local governments recent experiences and initiatives while also developing and applying the concepts and actions outlined in the module lectures.

Specific Objectives of the trainign programme:

· Increase the awareness level of local governments on DRM, DRR and resilience building;

· Help cities integrate DRR and resilience building into their policy cycles, strategies, and development plans;

· Offer cities context- and region-specific knowledge and tools on DRR and urban resilience through presentation of case studies;

· Encourage cities to sign up for Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) campaign and engage with existing tools to develop resilience strategies in their cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/UCLGMEWAorg/status/1671509453026238464?s=20
 
Description Turkey: Web article; The Role and Importance of Disaster Risk Communication in Disaster Risk Reduction 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) is an independent think-tank which works for democratisation, raising awareness on principles of good governance, developing inclusive policies for eradicating social inequalities, and supporting sustainable development. The institution invited Istanbul Co-Lead Emin Y. Mentese for writing an article on DRR Communication.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.tesev.org.tr/en/research/the-role-and-importance-of-disaster-risk-communication-in-disas...
 
Description Turkey: Working Modality with Büyükçekmece Municipality 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This meeting was for the Tomorrow's Cities team to further discussed the working modality with the Buyukcekmece Municipality. The Focus group compositions were elaborated with the Head of Social Support Services who assured the team that she would be the focal person to support forming focus groups and make relevant connections going forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Turkey: World City Day Interview with TC ECR Esra Demircol-Colosio for Istanbul, Turkey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Istanbul ECR talks about How Istanbul HUB is working with local communities in their cities to reduce disaster risk for the marginalised in Tomorrow's Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://tomorrowscities.org/world-cities-day-co%20producing-research-reduce-disaster-risk%20tomorrow...
 
Description Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, AFAD, General Directory Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact, reaching out to decision/policy makers and create impact in political environment through research findings and discussion. Provincial Level Disaster Risk Reduction Plan (IRAP) which reveals the disaster nature of a province and the possible effects of disasters, and defines the responsible people, demonstrating the works to be done without disasters in the form of actions to minimize these effects was discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Turkish Parliamentary Research Commission, DRR Consultancy Prof. Sibel Kalaycioglu 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Istanbul HUB Social Science Lead Sibel Kalaycioglu made consultancy brief for Turkish Parliament Research Commission on how to implement social policies in DRR. Stakeholder Engagement for project impact in implementing Tomorrow's Cities project findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description UK-Kenya Research Symposium - Healthy Cities: Affordable Housing and Sustainable Infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Co-hosted by the Kenyan and UK governments, drawing upon and including the Nairobi team of Tomorrow's Cities, the Symposium aimed to showcase how strong partnerships between the UK and African stakeholders are delivering innovations that will benefit all - from understanding the challenges that restrict housing from meeting socio-economic needs of the poorest urban residents, to innovations in materials and sustainable building technologies that use locally available resources. This has led to the empowerment and engagement of academics researchers, civil society and private sector organisations to broker dialogue and create a platform towards the adoption of housing policies that promote sustainable development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.ukcdr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Technical-Report-UK-Kenya-Research-Symposium-on-...
 
Description UNDP Turkey - Tomorrow's Istanbul Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder Engagement for project impact. To discuss common sustainability goals of Tomorrow's Cities and UNDP Turkey around eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, accelerating structural transformations and building resilience to disasters not only at household level but also different kind of sectors such as industry, insurance, infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Coproduction of learning tools
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Tomorrow Cities Peer Learning Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was a three-day event (28-30 September 2023) prepared and delivered in partnership with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) General Secretariat and UCLG-Africa. It mixed UCLG's usual peer learning activities - where different urban authorities exchange thoughts on their challenges and innovations - with a rapid run-through (with 2 hours of exercises per day) Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE). The event concluded that the Tomorrow's Cities approach has revealed the enabling environment necessary to prevent ongoing urban growth from exacerbating existing risk and avoid additional exposure to growing climatic and other hazards across eight participating cities with seven key recommendations for cities in sub-Saharan Africa outlined.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/UCLGLearning/status/1707453467206304027
 
Description Ways to minimise flood risk in Kathmandu 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Blog describing ways forward to address flood risk in Kathmandu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/ways-minimise-flood-risk-kathmandu
 
Description Web page for Cabot Institute for the Environment 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This article was intended to increase the viability of the Hub across the Cabot Institute's network of stakeholders and its advisory board that includes the Government Office for Science.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/what-we-do/tomorrows-cities/
 
Description Workshop of the existing and the potential LUP based on community visio 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact haring workshop of the existing and the potential LUP based on community vision to be presented by IoE and the community themselves
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description World Cities Day: Co-producing research to reduce disaster risk in Tomorrow's Cities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Online engagement to showcase Tomorrow's Cities and the relevance of our work to co-producing research to reduce disaster risk.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tomorrowscities.org/world-cities-day-co-producing-research-reduce-disaster-risk-tomorrow...