1. Intermediary Cities
Middle East and West Asia (MEWA) Regional Forum September Nevşehir/Turkey
Nuha Eltinay - Arab Urban Development Institute -

2. AUDI is a non governmental organization, the scientific and technical affiliate of the (ATO) Arab Towns organization, with permanent headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With the membership of 500 cities and local municipalities in 22 Arab Countries, AUDI is specialized in training the local municipality representatives, conduct research studies and consultation services
Who is AUDI?

3. CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM
The enhancement of human resources, technical proficiency, productivity, and performance to achieve sustainable development
Strengthening the role of the private sector and civil society associations for urban poverty alleviation in Arab towns and cities
AUDI Programs
CAPACITY BUILDING
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN OBSERVATORIES
URBAN POVERTY
To advocate for and mobilize financial and technical support for establishing and operating Local Municipalities in Arab towns and cities
Improving the livelihoods of vulnerable children and youth through spatial integration, rehabilitation, economic and social empowerment
CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM

4. Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Intermediary Cities

5. Key points The concept of “intermediary cities” in the Arab region
Role of intermediary cities in the Arab region
Key opportunities and chllenges
City Development Strategies (CDS): AUDI Approach (Building Urban Resilience)
Localisation of the 2030 Global urban agendas in the Arab Region : Building coherence between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Way forward: Evaluation, Implementation, Monitoring
Key points
Intermediary Cities

6. The concept of “intermediary cities” in the Arab region
Intermediary cities are not defined by the size of their population, but by their role in the urban system as most of urban growth happens in such cities, and there are now more than 9,000 cities with over 50,000 inhabitants and a little over 60% of the world urban population is in cities of less than 1 million inhabitants.
The concept of “intermediary cities” in the Arab region
Intermediary Cities

7. WORLD URBANIZATION PROSPECTS 2014
Most of the worlds fastest growing urban agglomerations are medium-sized cities located in Asia or Africa

8. New Rural Development Paradigm for Developing Countries for the 21st Century
OECD

9. ROLE:
Ensure basic services not only to urban but also to rural populations
Offer a variety of social services, economic opportunities, and specialized services, such as universities or industries
Allowing differentiated job offers
role
Intermediary Cities

10. Rural industry, education and health services, tourism
New links and lower costs to international trade and access to global supply-chains.
New technologies: Green Revolution, ICT-enabled services, better access to and exchange of information for rural populations (must be leveraged on other policy actions)
Rural industry, education and health services, tourism
KEY Opportunities
Intermediary Cities

11. FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE in small and medium Arab Intermediary cities
1. Lack of technical capacity and experiences
2. Lack of data and information
3. Lack of financial resources
KEY CHALLENGES
Intermediary Cities

12. City Development Strategy (CDS)
Provide technical assistance and knowledge on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Urban Resilience in response to the needs of Member States.
City Development Strategy (CDS)
AUDI Approach

13. Socio-economic dimensions
PREPAREDNESS
Disaster Damage
Tackle HAZARDS
Reduce VULNERABILITY
Asses RISK
Recovery
identifying evacuation routes and preparing emergency supplies
Physical Assists
Socio-economic dimensions
Rehabilitation
Disruption of Basic Services
enable basic services and affected population to resume functioning, repair physical damage to critical infrastructure, and revive economic activities
City Spatial Plan
City Spatial Plan
Functions
Functions
Critical Infrastructure
Reconstruction
Build RESILIENNCE
rebuild the rehabilitated
system to a higher or safer standard than before taking into account future disaster risks and possibilities
i-Rec information and research for reconstruction (
Livelihoods
economic
social
physical
cultural
environmental
Assets, Systems
and Activities + =

14. THE CITY RESILIENCE ACTION PLANNING TOOL
UN HABITAT

15. Urban Systems Model Approach
HABITAT III ISSUE PAPER 15 – URBAN RESILIENCE
Natural
Technological
Economic
Social
Political
Organizational
Spatial
Physical
Functional
HABITAT III ISSUE PAPER 15 – URBAN RESILIENCE
(Urban Systems Model Approach, (2015, p.3)

17. New Scorecard Ten Essentials for
Making Cities Resilient