Essential 5: Safeguard Natural Buffers to Enhance the Protective Functions Offered by Natural Ecosystems Essential 5 addresses the identification, monitoring and protection of critical ecosystem services that confer a disaster resilience benefit. Relevant ecosystem services may include, but are not limited to: water retention or water infiltration; afforestation; urban vegetation; floodplains; sand dunes; mangrove and other coastal vegetation; and pollination. Many ecosystem services that are relevant to the city’s resilience may be provided well outside its geographical area. The essential includes: Recognising value and benefits from ecosystem services for disaster risk prevention, protect and /or enhance them as part of risk reduction strategies for cities. Integrating ecosystem services for more resilience into urban land use management, urban design and into relevant investment projects. Considering also natural buffers in the rural hinterland of the city and wider region, and cooperation with municipalities there to establish a regional approach of land use planning to protect the buffers. Anticipating changes from climate trends and urbanization and planning to enable ecosystem services to withstand these. Integration of ecosystem services for more urban resilience into urban land use management, urban design and into relevant investment projects, is covered in Essential 4. Note that ecosystem services that benefit a city may be located many miles away (for example, where upstream forests may manage floodwater to the benefit of cities on downstream floodplains). Ecosystem services may not be recognized or even suspected, and you may require external expertise to identify them. But if there really are no ecosystem services that affect your city’s disaster resilience, omit this section. Ecosystem services that offer a generalized, planetary benefit (for example, polar icecaps) are excluded. Data you will need to complete this section of the scorecard will include: land use and zoning documentation, plus data on the extent and health of relevant ecosystems as measured by applicable indicators. Subject/Issue Item measured Indicative Measurement Indicative Measurement Scale Comments
Essential 5: Safeguard Natural Buffers to Enhance the Protective Functions Offered by Natural Ecosystems Essential 5 addresses the identification, monitoring and protection of critical ecosystem services that confer a disaster resilience benefit. Relevant ecosystem services may include, but are not limited to: water retention or water infiltration; afforestation; urban vegetation; floodplains; sand dunes; mangrove and other coastal vegetation; and pollination. Many ecosystem services that are relevant to the city’s resilience may be provided well outside its geographical area. The essential includes: Recognising value and benefits from ecosystem services for disaster risk prevention, protect and /or enhance them as part of risk reduction strategies for cities. Integrating ecosystem services for more resilience into urban land use management, urban design and into relevant investment projects. Considering also natural buffers in the rural hinterland of the city and wider region, and cooperation with municipalities there to establish a regional approach of land use planning to protect the buffers. Anticipating changes from climate trends and urbanization and planning to enable ecosystem services to withstand these. Integration of ecosystem services for more urban resilience into urban land use management, urban design and into relevant investment projects, is covered in Essential 4. Note that ecosystem services that benefit a city may be located many miles away (for example, where upstream forests may manage floodwater to the benefit of cities on downstream floodplains). Ecosystem services may not be recognized or even suspected, and you may require external expertise to identify them. But if there really are no ecosystem services that affect your city’s disaster resilience, omit this section. Ecosystem services that offer a generalized, planetary benefit (for example, polar icecaps) are excluded. Data you will need to complete this section of the scorecard will include: land use and zoning documentation, plus data on the extent and health of relevant ecosystems as measured by applicable indicators. Subject/Issue Item measured Indicative Measurement Indicative Measurement Scale Comments
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