City resilience index (CRI)
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City resilience index (CRI)
City Resilience Index (CRI) : a pilot initiative towards Resilient Shimla Supported by : Piloting the CRI City Profile: Shimla Area of the City No. of Wards Total Population Male Female F/M Ratio (per 1,000) Household Size Number of Households Population Density Decadal Growth Rate Slum Population Employment Rates Nature of Occupation 19.99 sq. km. 25 169,578 93,152 76,426 818 5 37,756 4,197 persons/sq. km. 34.63% 11,874 41.33% The economy is mainly dependent on government service and tourism. Government jobs account for almost 47% of the employment of the city Approach: Structure of assessment Approach: Pilot overview Pilot Duration : 9 weeks Fieldwork Duration : 3 weeks No. of fieldwork staff :3 No. of government participants : 55 No. of departments engaged in pilot: 35 (from city and state government, academia and NGOs) Resilience Workshop • A stakeholder Workshop : greater variety of perspectives on resilience • attended by 42 stakeholders from government, NGOs and development organisations • Through interactive discussions, participants collectively completed high level qualitative resilience assessments of the city Output: Qualitative Resilience Profile Output: Workshop Assessment Output: Quantitative Resilience Profile Learning for Shimla • Regarding the process – Handholding support needed by MCS to complete the CRI assessment. Training of city assessors may be helpful to improve their capacity to undertake these asessemnts. – The CRI pilot was a significant capacity building experience for city assessors and introduced them to concepts of resilience and systems thinking. • Regarding the outcomes – Shimla with little history of major shocks, has limited risk reduction activities. The CRI advocates proactive, comprehensive risk-reduction through strategic resilience building. – The CRI pilot highlighted the need to improve data sharing between different levels of government to better inform development activities – Integrated planning and policy development and safeguards to human health and life shows distinct differences in qualitative and quantitative assessment highlighting need for interdepartmental coordination. – Quantitative and Qualitative Profiles align in most areas, providing a starting point for resilience building activities. Learning for ICLEI • Obtaining senior city leadership buy-in was a critical factor in getting the pilot off • • • • • the ground, particularly in stressing the importance of the process and mobilising stakeholders. Support from a partner with knowledge of local politics and good relationship with city officials helped to identify relevant stakeholders and get data. A simplified structure and language could be helpful for uptake by cities. Support was needed to translate between English and Hindi. Handholding support is essential in translating the development sector jargon into a language that city and state officials understood. The number of questions in qualitative analysis can be reduced or clubbed with related questions. The understanding of the concept of resilience varied between senior government officials and lower level technical staff; better data/info could be obtained with clearer understanding. The stakeholder workshop was very valuable in order to encourage proactive thought and debate around city challenges and gain stakeholder buy-in for future resilience building activities. Future possibilities: Linking CRI with the Smart Cities Mission of Govt. of India Strengths & Weaknesses City Resilience Index Projects You can find out more about us: THANK YOU • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability at: www.iclei.org • ICLEI – South Asia at: southasia.iclei.org • E-mail: [email protected]