Sustainable Cities: Urban Safety and Security: Taking Responsibility

Disasters and crime represent an enormous risk factor for investment and wealth creation in cities and a major hindrance to economically vibrant, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable urban development. The Dialogue will seek to highlight why prevention is better than cure: its cost effectiveness and results, either for reducing the incidence and the impact of disasters, or to limit the occurrence of crime. The key message of the forum is that unless action is taken to assess and prevent causes of crime and disaster, and reduce vulnerability, sustainable urban development is in jeopardy.

Facilitator:

• Anna Maria Tremonti, Host, The Current, CBC, Canada

Commentators to include:

• Juan Manuel Ospina Restrepo, Secretario de Gobierno de Bogotá, Colombia
• Carole Kidu, Minister of Community Development, Papua New Guinea
• Michel Marcus, Executive Director, European Forum for Urban Safety, France
• Ghulam Sakhi Noorzad, Mayor of Kabul, Afghanistan
• Ian Davies, Visiting Professor, Cranfi eld University, United Kingdom