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Home / News / World News / Rapid urbanization increases risks from natural, human-made disasters: Antonio Guterres
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    Rapid urbanization increases risks from natural, human-made disasters: Antonio Guterres

    Written by
    Aakanksha Raghuvanshi
    Edited by
    Pallabi Chatterjee
    Last updated on Oct 31, 2018, 10:38 pm
    Rapid urbanization increases risks from natural, human-made disasters: Antonio Guterres
  • On the occasion of 'World Cities Day', celebrated annually on October 31, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that about 1.4mn people move to cities every week around the world and warned such rapid urbanization can contribute to increased risks from natural and human-made disasters.

    Guterres said the situation can be prevented by building "resilience to storms, floods, earthquakes, fires, pandemics, and economic crises."

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    Bangkok, Quito and Johannesburg forging ways to increase resilience, sustainability Investing in resilience is a wise investment: UN Habitat Chief This year's focus was on preservation of human life
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    Bangkok, Quito and Johannesburg forging ways to increase resilience, sustainability

    Bangkok, Quito and Johannesburg forging ways to increase resilience, sustainability
  • Stressing that "hazards do not need to become disasters," Guterres noted cities around the world are already working towards preventing the situation like Bangkok has built vast underground water storage facilities to cope with increased flood risk.

    Similarly, Quito (Ecuador) protected over 200,000 hectares of land to boost flood protection and Johannesburg (South Africa) is involving its residents in efforts to improve public spaces.

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    Investing in resilience is a wise investment: UN Habitat Chief

    Investing in resilience is a wise investment: UN Habitat Chief
  • Guterres got support from Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat), who too flagged the importance of investing in resilience or face growing "economic, social, political and human" risks.

    Elaborating that human-made and environmental threats ranged from drought, floods, and fires to economic shocks, disease outbreaks, war, and migration, Sharif emphasized, "Investing in resilience is a wise investment."

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    This year's focus was on preservation of human life

    This year's focus was on preservation of human life
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  • The theme of this year's commemoration 'Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities' focused on the need to preserve human life and limit damage.

    Guterres observed a range of UN-backed international agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the New Urban Agenda provide "a roadmap for a more sustainable and resilient world."

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