Transcript What is Resilience? - Glasgow City Council

Glasgow: city of transformations
The challenges of the past…
Industrial
Revolution
Rapid
population
increase Life
expectancy 25
years
WWI
Population
reaches
1.1million
WWII
200,000 citizens
serve in WWI
18,000 lives lost
Post War and the 20th
Century
Major supplier
of people and
materials in
WWII
Deindustrialisation
Decolonisation
Population loss
Climate change
21st Century
Recession
Clutha Tragedy
Queen Street
Population of Glasgow 1801-2013
Action taken….
Drawing on
cultural assets
Regeneration
programmes
Embracing
transformation
Business sector
diversification
As a result…
• Viewed on television by a third of the world’s
population in 2014
• Population has been rising since 2007
• Glasgow has a young population, including
130,000 students from 135 countries
• Most diverse city in Scotland, with 1 in 7 residents
from a minority ethnic origin
As a result…
• World’s top ten sporting cities
• Top conference and convention destination
• The most important UK financial centre outside of
London
• Number one UK retail centre outside of London
• Major centre for life sciences and low carbon
development
What is
Resilience?
The capacity of individuals,
communities, institutions,
businesses, and systems within a
city to survive, adapt, and grow no
matter what kinds of chronic
stresses and acute shocks they
experience
A city’s ability to maintain essential functions is
threatened by both acute shocks and chronic stresses
Acute shocks
Flooding
Heat wave
Extreme Cold
Hazardous materials accident
Severe storms and extreme rainfall
Terrorism
Disease outbreak
Riot/civil unrest
Infrastructure or building failure
Glasgo
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Chronic stresses
Rising sea level and coastal erosion
Fuel poverty
Homelessness & lack of affordable housing
Changing demographics and lack of social cohesion
Water and air pollution
High unemployment
Poverty/inequity
Aging Infrastructure
Shifting macroeconomic trends
Crime & violence
Who is
100RC?
Why
100RC?
Case Study: Sakarya Province, Turkey
• Toyota facility in Turkey after 1999 7.6 magnitude Izmit Earthquake
• Engineered to withstand strong earthquakes and seismic shocks
• Immediate surrounding infrastructure hardened such as roads
• Modern systems and plant designed to improve economic opportunity
Case Study: Sakarya Province, Turkey
• Elsewhere in region 17,118 people killed, nearly 50,000 injured
• Estimated 3 - 6.5 billion U.S. dollars in damage, 500,000 people left homeless
• Water, electric, transportation and communications systems were disrupted
• Severe economic impact across region
Case Study: NYC a Tale of Two Blackouts
Case Study: NYC a Tale of Two Blackouts
Case Study: NYC a Tale of Two Blackouts
Case Study: NYC, a Tale of Two Blackouts
Resilience enables cities to evaluate their
exposure to specific shocks and stresses, to
develop a proactive and integrated plan to
address those challenges, and to respond to
them more effectively.
Resilience is about making cities better, for
both the short and long-term, for everyone.
Glasgow receives four types of support
Funding to hire a Chief
Resilience Officer
Support to develop a resilience
strategy
A platform of services to support
strategy implementation
Membership in the 100 Resilient
Cities network
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Funding of a Chief Resilience Officer
Support from Arup to develop a Resilience
Strategy
Platform services available from private
partners
Well connected global network to learn and
share experience and knowledge
21st Century Glasgow: Challenges
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Climate Change
Ageing Infrastructure
Flooding and drainage
Disease outbreak
Communication failure
Poverty
Unemployment
Social Deprivation
The vision for Glasgow
Glaswegians are a resilient people and we want Glasgow to be an
even more resilient city. Our aim is for the city and its people to
flourish over the years ahead as we face the challenges of the
future with confidence.
We’re going to achieve this by building on our human and physical
assets so that resilience grows from stronger communities as well
as a more durable infrastructure.
Focus Areas
Resilient Communities
Resilient Places
Resilient Businesses
Next Steps
Community Engagement
Consultation
Public Launch
Questions?
Get involved…
Frankie Barrett, Sustainable Glasgow Team
Land and Environmental Services
Phone: 0141 287 4452
Email: [email protected]