Session Summary

A panel discussed case studies from Kuwait; Byblos, Lebanon; and Safaqis, Tunisia – cities with notable risk management policies, risk assessment and modeling, and cost-benefit-based ranking of investments. City presentations covered the protection of oil pipelines in Kuwait, the evolution of a five-pillar resilience strategy in Byblos, and the use of technology to engage city officials and the World Bank in Safaqis. The City Resilience Program (CRP) introduced its City Scan tool which employs technology to shift resilience thinking from sectoral to spatial perspectives, and shared its work with investment programs in Zanzibar, Tanzania; and Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.