Climate crisis planning: a toolkit for building local urban resilience

Author(s)
Archer, D. et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jan 2019
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Environment & climate, Urban
Countries
Thailand
Organisations
IIED

Thailand’s cities are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and are already struggling to deal with these impacts. Making urban areas like Bangkok as safe and resilient as possible must be a policy priority for local and national governments. But to be effective, planning for urban resilience must be inclusive and involve local communities to prepare to deal with potential crises such as flooding, drought or an economic crisis. This briefing describes how a new interactive toolkit has been developed and tested in urban communities in Bangkok to help develop strategies for managing climate crises.