sasakawa international award - 2011 samen project i.r.iran – mashhad municipality application...

Sasakawa International Award - 2011

SAMEN ProjectI.R.IRAN – Mashhad Municipality Application

Introduction

Mashhad metropolis, due to its location and geographic characteristics, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change with over 2.42 million people (at the 2006 population census) facing threats from more intensive tropical cyclones, extreme rainfalls, drought and increasing temperature, needed an innovative plan which the mayor’s office understood and quickly decreed the research for it.



City of Mashhad

Mashhad, Iran's holiest city, is the capital

of "Khorasan Razavi" province, located

850 kilometers North East of Tehran at

36.20º north latitude and 59.35º east

longitude within 204 km2 area at elevation

of 985m in the valley of the Kashaf River

near Turkmenistan, between the two

mountain ranges of Binalood and Hezar-

masjid, close to the borders of Afghanistan

and Turkmenistan.



City of Mashhad

The holiness of Imam Reza (P.B.U.H) (the Shiite’s 8th great respected Imam) and his tomb made the city a sacred place for Muslims and a place to worship. This event brought the city of Mashhad into existence and gave rise to increasing demographic development of the city, making Mashhad the holy Shi'ite pilgrimage and second important city (population and economy) of Iran.



MASHHAD international activities

Mashhad is the sister city of Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Kuala Lumpur and Kuching (Malaysia), Lahore (Pakistan) and Urumqi (China) and have a strong economic cooperation with these cities. Mashhad has joined Metropolis in 2005 and it was selected to be the regional office for the Metropolis Women International Network in 2006; and the second regional branch of Metropolis Training Institute in 2008. Mashhad was one of few cities in the Asia that have actively participated in the United Nation project of the Global Urban Observatory Network (GUONet). 10 countries have Consultant office in Mashhad. Finally, it can be claimed that it is the largest and most important city in the caucuses region (East of Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan).



SAMEN Project

The execution and implementation of the project entitled: “SAMEN Project” which is consisting of 30 detailed projects has been approved, assured and guaranteed by His Excellency, Khorasan Razavi Province Governor general through with the letter reference No. 21/89/145669 and dated 7th February 2011, which is an important fact as a sustainable development context.It’s important to note that His Excellency Mashhad Mayor accepted, approved and agreed to all Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities Resilient through the letter reference No. 21/37357 and dated 17th June 2010.



SAMEN Project

Mashhad metropolis, with its well-equipped international airport and a key focal location as an established base in the international network between the countries with Persian language as their mother tongue (i.e.: Afghanistan and Tajikistan) as a part of the eastern corridor and other neighboring countries such as Turkmenistan and Pakistan in relation with eastern corridor and also with CIS Countries which connects them through transit, can excellently function as a primary node of a network through which the experience and innovative plans and projects (SAMEN) based on disaster management can be introduced to the surrounding countries mentioned above. The name “SAMEN” meaning “The eight” refers to and is generated from the great respected name of His Excellency and Lord, Imam Reza (P.B.U.H) the Shiite’s 8th great respected Imam. It’s important to notice that his Excellency and Lords holy and secret shrine is located in Mashhad metropolis.



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities Resilient

No. TitleTimeline

Progress(percentage)Start End

1 Preparing an atlas for Natural Disasters in metropolitan areas and provinces 2009 To be

continued 25%

2 Establishing HSE (Health-Safety-Environment) Assistant in metropolitan municipalities 2009 To be

continued 50%

3 Preparing Earthquake Scenarios for Metropolitan areas 2008 To be

continued 80%

Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities

11



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientPut in place organization & coordination to clarify

everyone’s roles & responsibilities.11




No. TitleTimeline


1 Establishing Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) 2007 To be

continued 50%

2 Community Based Disaster Risk Management 2009 To be continued 50%

Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction

22



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientAssign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners,

low-income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction22




No. TitleTimeline


1 Managing river plains floodwater by combining hydraulic model and GIS 2007 To be

continued 30%

2 Establishment of a Data Bank for available equipment and facilities 2009 To be

continued 65%

Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share risk assessments

33



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientUpdate data on hazards & vulnerabilities,

prepare & share risk assessments33




No. TitleTimeline


1 Iranian Catastrophe Insurance Pool 2009 To be continued 25%

2 International Relief and Rescue Towns 2009 To be continued 30%

3 Disaster Management Communication Network 2008 To be continued 50%

4 Establishing Disaster Management Commanding Chamber in Northeast of Iran 2009 To be

continued 55%

Invest in & maintain critical infrastructure, such as storm drainage

44



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientInvest in & maintain critical infrastructure,

such as storm drainage44




No. TitleTimeline


1 Changing Technical Outlook to Managerial Outlook in confronting with earthquake 2009 To be

continued 45%

2 Improve General Structure of Constructions in Iran 2009 To be

continued 75%

3 Producing Educational Animations regarding Disaster Management 2010 To be

continued 75%

Assess the safety of all schools & health facilities & upgrade these as necessary

55



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientAssess the safety of all schools & health facilities

& upgrade these as necessary55



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientEnforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning

principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens66

No. TitleTimeline


1 Necessity of reviewing and unity in policies of government departments in city divisions 2009 To be

continued 20%

2 Combining Comprehensive Urbanization Plan and Comprehensive Disaster Management Plan 2009 To be

continued 40%

3

Applying for membership of Disaster Management Organizations of metropolitan

municipalities in Quality Management Organization of Asia and Oceania

2008 To be continued 45%

4 Planning By-laws, Standards and Indices for Disaster Management 2008 To be

continued 75%



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientEnforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning

principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens66




No. TitleTimeline


1Establishment of Disaster Management College and presenting Disaster Management Courses

in Universities and other educational levels2008 To be

continued 25%

2Training pilgrims and passengers (With the

aim of becoming familiar with Disaster Management aspects)


3 Placing Training Disaster Management Headlines in Metropolis Courses 2008 To be

continued 80%

Ensure education programs & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities

77



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientEnsure education programs & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities

77




No. TitleTimeline


1 Snow Management, White Crisis 2007 To be continued 55%

2 Confronting with Drought and Gradual Crisis 2008 To be continued 60%

3 Management of Flood, Surface Waters and water problems in streets 2008 To be

continued 75%

Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards, adapt to climate change

88



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientProtect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate

hazards, adapt to climate change88




No. TitleTimeline


1 Early warning Systems 2009 To be continued 50%

2 Disaster Management Software Tools 2009 To be continued 60%

Install early warning systems & emergency management capacities

99



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientInstall early warning systems &

emergency management capacities99



A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientAfter any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected

population are at the centre of reconstruction1010

No. TitleTimeline


1Establishment of Disaster Management

Counselors Team in Metropolitan Municipalities


2 Resilience Models in Natural Events 2009 To be continued 50%

3 Establishment of a joint Publication and an Internet Data Center for Disaster Management 2009 To be

continued 60%

4Complete Documentation of the Earthquake in

Bam as an educational pattern all over the country




A Ten-point Checklist for Making Cities ResilientAfter any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected

population are at the centre of reconstruction1010

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