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THE SHANGHAI PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING SAFER CITIES SOCIETIES Through Sustainable Urban Development A New Road Map For The 21st Century By Donald E. Geis Geis Design-Research Associates 11704 Karen Drive, Potomac, MD. 20854 U.S.A. DEGeis@ 301-983-8358 Developed at the 5th International Conference of LACDE--Shanghai REDUCING RISKS VULNERABILITY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT Sponsored by The Local Authorities for Confronting Disasters Emergencies (LACDE) The Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, and The Shanghai Municipal Civil Defense Office Shanghai, China October 15th- 17th 2002 Contents: The Shanghai Conference I) BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION A New Culture of Risk, Safety and Security OUR CHALLENGE IN AN HISTORICAL NEXUS. The LACDE Mission The Shanghai Conference Objectives II) OBSERVATIONS, THEME PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1) RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND APPLICATION 2) WORKING TOGETHER—A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CONNECTION 3) THE INTEGRAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATING SAFER CITIES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE URBAN DESIGN-PLANNING PROCESS The Role of City Design in Creating Safer and More Sustainable Cities Societies 4) RISK, VULNERABILITY ASSESMENT MITIGATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CREATING SAFER DEVELOPMENT 5) INFRASTRUCTURE 6) RESPECTING, UNDERSTANDING UTILIZATING NATURE 7) COMMUNITY/LOCAL FOCUS A Bottom-Up Approach 8) OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO CREATING SAFER CITIES Creating Safer Cities Is Good Business for Local Authorities 9) POLITICS, POLICY, AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 10) OUR NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE—THE FUTURE IS NOW Acknowledgments The Shanghai Conference I) BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION A New Culture of Risk, Safety and Security … Along with our societies throughout the world, we as disaster-emergency management professionals have entered a new renaissance, and while some things will remain the same, much will have to be reinvented. A new local, national and global culture has