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The World Bank, with support of GFDRR, organized a knowledge exchange workshop on seismic resilience and underground metro structures that brought together Japanese experts and representatives from Ecuador and Peru, two countries that are currently building their first underground metro lines.

The West Africa Coastal Areas management program (WACA) can support West African countries to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities to climate and other hazards. 

As Turkey accommodates more students into its schools, it also strives to provide safe and inclusive learning environments.

How do you prepare megacities with population of up to 15 million people for seismic events?

The rapid expansion of school infrastructure over the last two decades has posed financial and institutional challenges for governments.

Resilience was the topic of many conversations I’ve had in the last few weeks. It really comes down to this question: as hurricanes will hit more often and with growing intensity, how can Caribbean countries avoid total destruction becoming the norm?

How can countries around the world help cities and communities increase resilience, safeguard lives, and protect properties? There’s one thing they must do: securing land rights for all.

As the built environment provides the first line of defense against natural hazards, we are living through a rare opportunity to lock in either resilience or risk in many fast-growing parts of the globe.

In 2015, GFDRR along with DFID launched the first Challenge Fund focused on funding disruptive technologies and approaches in the disaster risk identification field. The fund was designed and implemented in-house; the second round is currently on-going. Here’s a few things we’ve learned along the way.

In the face of adversity, various public institutions in charge of urban rail operations are leading the way to repair damaged infrastructure (“fix”), protect assets from future similar disasters (“fortify”), restore services to millions of commuters and rethink the standards for future investments. Their experience provides some valuable lessons for cities around the world.