Toyama first Japanese city with a resilience strategy

Toyama shows how a bottom-up and integrative resilience strategy can be created. Image source: Shutterstock (#567033814).

The City of Toyama, in cooperation with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC), is starting Resilient Toyama, a comprehensive strategic roadmap to promote city resilience for the coastal city. The goal is to build resilience across urban, suburban and rural areas, while balancing the needs and health of individuals, society, and the environment.

At the launch of the 30-year strategy, Toyama’s Chief Resilience Officer highlighted that it is first and foremost about nurturing the resilient spirit of the city’s citizens. Toyama engaged stakeholder through consultation meetings with citizens, members of the business community, city officials, community groups, research institutions, international corporations and NGOs and IGOs, and this way developed a consensus vision and specific initiatives for resilience building.

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