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VI-LAB Urban infrastructure resiliency solutions for the city of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

VI-LAB Urban infrastructure resiliency solutions for the city of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 

Objective:
Which ones are the best cases of urban resiliency for water management?

The objective of this Vi-Lab was to identify the main lessons and best practices from regional and global case studies in developing urban resiliency infrastructures and financing solutions for water management and flooding infrastructure to support the city’s current initiatives to obtain a certification as a Resilient City. These was collected with the analysis and discussion of three main topics: risk assessment, program design, execution and financing strategies.

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Promoting resilience practices in Port of Spain - learnings from Latin American cities

The city of Port of Spain is one of the many Caribbean cities facing dangerous natural disasters. As the capital of Trinidad and Tobago sits on the southern Caribbean region, its biggest risk remains the exposure to tropical storms and heavy rainfall resulting in flooding...

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