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Cities and Resilient Development

Providing technical assistance to governments, development and humanitarian agencies and NGOs in urban planning and development, resilient infrastructure and disaster risk management.

Cities and Resilient Development

Supporting and enabling local governments to develop sustainable and resilient urban environments.

IMC has a strong track record in sustainable and inclusive urban development. This ranges from low-income housing, participatory settlement planning, social infrastructure (schools, hospitals, etc.) and municipal services to smart city infrastructure development, low-carbon green growth and sustainable transportation. We aim to promote a virtuous circle of improvements by combining improved land use and efficient urban service delivery with strong involvement of stakeholders.

Services

  • Pre-investment feasibility studies and design of urban infrastructure and municipal services
  • Economic assessment for inclusive and low-carbon growth strategies
  • Strategic planning and policy advice for sustainable urban development
  • Implementation of low-income housing and social infrastructure projects
  • Upgrade of informal settlements, in cooperation with communities and local authorities

Click here to view IMC’s Built Environment and Urban Planning capability statement.

Resilient Infrastructure

Strengthening the resilience of infrastructure and engineered systems to adapt to and withstand the impacts caused by climatic changes.

IMC has extensive experience in advising how infrastructure can be developed to improve its resilience to climatic shocks. We take a systemic approach linking climate science and risk assessment combined with economic assessment and stakeholder engagement.

Services

  • Hazard mapping and risk assessment
  • Institutional, regulatory and strategy development
  • Investment prioritisation and business case development
  • Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies
  • Market analysis, technical and economic baseline assessments and modelling

Click here to view IMC’s Resilient Infrastructure capability statement.

Disaster Risk Management

Mainstreaming risk management into development planning to prepare for emergencies and mitigate impacts of disasters.

With climate increasing the incidence of disasters, there is a growing need for improved preparedness and risk reduction and sustainable recovery strategies that build back better. Since the reconstruction following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, IMC has developed a full range of consultancy services for supporting our clients develop and effectively implement DRM programmes.

Services

  • Rapid needs and vulnerability assessments
  • Reconstruction and strengthening resilience using appropriate construction technology
  • Community-based planning, monitoring and participatory decision-making
  • Project and programme design, planning, management, construction and supervision
  • Institutional development and capacity building for government agencies
  • Support to humanitarian relief agencies for longer-term recovery
  • Mainstreaming DRR into investment decisions
  • Geographic information systems (GIS) and data management

Click here to view IMC’s Disaster Risk Management capability statement.

IMC's AREAS OF EXPERTISE
CONTACT PERSON

Jonathan Parkinson

Associate Director, Cities and Resilient Development

Jonathan.Parkinson@imcworldwide.com
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Projects

Vulnerability Assessment of the Road Networks in ‘Eua and Vava’u

Southeast Asia

Both outer islands have similar topography and terrain, and the road network typically runs through hilly and sloping areas along the coast and is affected by flooding and storm surge hazards.

Antigua Civil Works Design and Construction Supervision

Caribbean

The objectives of the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) are to identify and evaluate the potential effects of climate change on the roads, including adjoining coastal areas and communities, and recommend resilience measures to address the identified risks and vulnerabilities.

Climate Vulnerability Assessment of School Buildings and Sites

Caribbean

We will undertake an assessment to integrate climate vulnerability principles into a total of 16 primary and secondary school sites that are currently under rehabilitation.

Nepal: Evaluating USAID’S OFDA disaster risk reduction programming

South Asia

USAID’s Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) has contracted IMC to provide monitoring, evaluation and learning services to the disaster risk reduction programming which has been implemented in Nepal by the USAID’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

British Virgin Islands: Road, Slopes and Coastal Defences

Caribbean

IMC Worldwide is part of a consortium appointed by the Ministry of Finance of the British Virgin Islands for an assignment, funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, to support the reconstruction of essential road infrastructure.

Saint Lucia: Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs for the Millennium Highway and West Coast Road Upgrading Project

Caribbean

We are pleased to announce that IMC Worldwide, together with other partners, has won the Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs for the Millennium Highway and West Coast Road Upgrading Project in Saint Lucia.

Bangladesh: Improving highways resilience to landslides

South Asia

The programme aims to identify and prioritise future climate and seismic resilient investments in transportation assets affected by landslides in Sylhet and Chittagong hill tracts districts in Bangladesh.

Myanmar: Development of safe and child-friendly school construction guidelines

Southeast Asia

IMC produced national safe and child-friendly school construction guidelines, assessed training courses, action plans and pilot of the guidelines to aid resilience in school infrastructure.

Nepal: Earthquake recovery and disaster risk reduction in Eastern Nepal

South Asia

A 13-month programme aimed to support the recovery and retrofitting of selected community infrastructure, capacity for construction and development of earthquake resilient buildings and raise awareness following the 2011 earthquake in Nepal.

Tanzania: Incorporating climate resilience into the Improving Rural Access in Tanzania programme

IMC Worldwide has been contracted by the Department for International Development (DFID) to assist in the development of rural roads in Tanzania by building climate resilience into the Improving Rural Access in Tanzania (IRAT) Programme.

Ethiopia: Strengthening resilience to natural hazards and disasters

Africa

IMC assisted the Ethiopian National Meteorological Agency and Hydrology and Water Quality Directorate to deliver weather, climate and hydrological services to help reduce the impact of natural disasters and hazards and improve social and economic development.

Bangladesh: Providing safe and affordable housing to low-income communities

South Asia

IMC is supporting the National Housing Authority to provide secure and affordable housing to low-income communities in Bangladesh.

Supporting Swaziland’s National Physical Development Plan

Africa

Within a European Union-funded project, IMC is working with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of Swaziland to support the National Physical Development Plan (NPDP) from 2017 to 2027.

Worldwide: developing a local disaster recovery framework guide

Global Programmes

IMC Worldwide is developing a process-based guide for the World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to develop local level recovery frameworks to assist countries recover from various types of disasters.

Integrating climate resilience in the road transport sector

Caribbean

IMC Worldwide was contracted by the Caribbean Development Bank to help its Borrowing Member Countries to increase the resilience of the transport sector to the impacts of climate change and natural hazards.

Serbia: Mainstreaming climate resilience in road transport management

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

IMC has been contracted by the World Bank to provide technical assistance to the government of Serbia to integrate climate resilience in the road transport sector.

Evidence and Learning Facility for South Sudan (ELFSS)

Africa

ELFSS supports DFID’s Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme in South Sudan (HARISS) through better use of high quality evidence.

Bangladesh: Building disaster resilient schools

South Asia

IMC is managing the delivery of the program up to completion through consultancy services activities (i.e. site survey, shelter design, procurement through tendering, evaluation, award and construction supervision).

Bangladesh: Linking the country through bridge infrastructure

South Asia

The most challenging construction project in the history of Bangladesh, this bridge will be approximately 6.15km long and will connect Mawa to Janjira, linking the south-western region to the rest of the country.

Worldwide: Managing a Technology, Infrastructure and Urban Planning Resource Centre for DFID (TI-UP)

The Ti-UP Resource Centre was established by DFID in 2006 to provide knowledge, advice and technical services in the combined fields of transport and communications, infrastructure and urban planning to DFID advisers and partners.

East Asia: Operational Guide for mainstreaming disaster resilience into urban investment projects

Southeast Asia

IMC was commissioned to produce an operational guide to mainstream disaster resilience into urban investment projects.

Nepal: Urban transport planning and management

South Asia

IMC had assisted Biratnagar Submetropolitan City in developing a comprehensive urban transport and land use strategy, and enhancing institutional capacity for urban transport planning and management.

Montserrat: Preparation of the country’s Physical Development Plan

Caribbean

IMC was commissioned to prepare a national Physical Development Plan (PDP) for 2012-2022, providing the government of Montserrat with a framework for land use development and infrastructure investment.

Indonesia: Post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh

Southeast Asia

We are particularly proud of the part we played in the reconstruction of the Indonesian region of Aceh following the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake.

Rwanda: Helping government develop green secondary cities

Africa

The Greener Secondary Cities programme aims to provide Rwanda with a clear vision of how its secondary cities will develop, driving investments across all infrastructure and service sectors.