WORLD CITIES SUMMIT, SINGAPORE - 02 Jun 2014: In light of the growing threat of disasters from natural hazards such as floods, storms, fires and earthquakes, one growing city is taking the lead in piloting a new tool to assess how prepared cities of all sizes will be when disaster strikes.
Coimbatore, India, is the first city to apply a new United Nations’ Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) scorecard which was developed jointly by IBM (NYSE: IBM) and AECOM, the companies announced today at the World Cities Summit in Singapore.
IBM News room - 2014-06-02 IBM and AECOM Announce First Cities to Pilot UN Disaster Resilience Scorecard - United States
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