Making cities resilient: From awareness to implementation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) campaign on Making Cities Resilient. Design/methodology/approach – An opinion piece written by the Director a.i. of UNISDR and the Editors of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. Findings – The campaign will continue and the focus will shift to more implementation support, city-to-city learning and cooperation, local action planning and monitoring of progress in cities. Originality/value – Continued advocacy will seek to commit more cities and increase the support by national governments to support city resilience and local capacities.