The award recognizes the outstanding effectiveness of post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in the city and other cities in the world to provide experience and examples
● Chengdu became China's first win of the city
● Chengdu earthquake recovery and reconstruction, showing amazing toughness, has made noteworthy achievements in
Swiss local time on May 11, at the Third United Nations Conference on the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction, ISDR United Nations Department of the "post-disaster reconstruction and development paradigm City" award granted in Chengdu.
Experience in a global sample of Chengdu
Third United Nations General Assembly Global Platform for Disaster Reduction "Today's investment is more secure for tomorrow - to increase investment in local work" as the theme, a total of 172 countries from 635 cities in more than 3000 delegates attend.
As the General Assembly of the major awards - "post-disaster urban reconstruction and development paradigm", to recognize the outstanding effectiveness of post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in the city and other cities in the world to provide experience and examples. 2010 North Vancouver, Canada, the city became the first winning seven cities. In this conference, Chengdu and Venice, Mumbai and other cities to become the second batch of 8 award-winning city, which is China's first win of the city.
"Chengdu earthquake recovery and reconstruction work is very good" to attend the Awards Assembly of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General 阿莎罗丝米 Ms. Quiroga said: "This conference is a very important theme of hope to promote local government in disaster prevention and mitigation play a more active and important role in the practice of Chengdu, to create the experience, achievements, not only a vivid interpretation of the 'Today's investment is for a more secure tomorrow - to increase investment in local work' of the theme, with the United Nations purpose of a lot of work is very fit. "
Generally accepted practice in Chengdu
In recent years, the Department of the United Nations Strategy for Disaster Reduction was launched in the global field of disaster reduction a "make the city more toughness action" and further defined so that "the city's top ten criteria for more toughness."
Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat of the United Nations officials of the Department of Anglo, the "city of the ten criteria for more toughness" is the "post-disaster reconstruction development paradigm city" review key indicators, Chengdu earthquake recovery and reconstruction, showing amazing toughness, has made noteworthy achievements, but also established a comprehensive prevention and control system, the formation of a unique experience and results.
Deputy Director of the Department of the United Nations Strategy for Disaster Reduction Hailun Na said she was hit last October visit to Chengdu, Chengdu, the reconstruction speed, corresponding to the urban and rural housing reconstruction and disaster left a deep impression on her, Chengdu 3 years to reflect post-disaster reconstruction out of the city of toughness lament, hope can be like a banner in Chengdu, a city in other parts of the world to set an example and paradigm.
Conference focus is Chengdu
Participants and three years of experience in Chengdu, the achievements of hard work to be highly appreciated. Lisa said Susan from the UK three years, she has been concerned about the reconstruction of Chengdu, surprising changes in the disaster area. From Italy, Chile and other countries of the participants have put forward and expand the field of disaster prevention and reduction of Chengdu more in-depth exchanges and cooperation.
To promote the experience of Chengdu, the United Nations Strategy for Disaster Reduction on behalf of the Department will not arrange to Chengdu in the "Mayor and Members Forum" The first describes the experience, still the Geneva International Conference Centre, the most visible position on the first floor hall, set up disaster prevention and mitigation and disaster Chengdu reconstruction publicity exhibition, one participants said with emotion: the focus of today is in Chengdu. Source: Huaxi Dushi Bao
