Make development risk-informed.




Every new bridge, school or housing project carries a choice: address disaster risks or ignore them. Too often, risks are ignored. Homes and infrastructure are still built in hazard-prone areas, causing repeated destruction and wasted resources. It is much cheaper and easier to protect development by avoiding risks from day one.

In Tunisia, climate and hazard risk analysis is guiding both national strategies and local planning. Municipalities are now using flood and drought risk maps to guide land use decisions. This means construction projects are no longer being approved in floodplains, and new roads are built away from unstable terrain.

Risk-proofing development ensures progress is not undone by the next disaster.

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