Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Indicator 11.b.2: Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

Has the US established national and local disaster risk reduction strategies?

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Actual indicator available
Actual indicator available - description
Date of national source publication
Method of computation
Periodicity Annual
Scheduled update by national source
U.S. method of computation US Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness, including the National Preparedness Goal and the National Preparedness System
Comments and limitations
Date metadata updated February 2018 (Kali Kong)
Disaggregation geography
Unit of measurement Yes/No
Disaggregation categories
International and national references
Time period
Scheduled update by SDG team

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
Target name By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels.
Global indicator description
UN designated tier 2
UN custodial agency UNISDR
Link to UN metadata Link opens in a new window
Organisation National Security Council/Executive Office of the President
Agency Staff Name Elan Strait
Agency Survey Dataset National Security Council/Executive Office of the President
Notes
Title
Link to data source https://www.dhs.gov/presidential-policy-directive-8-national-preparedness opens in a new window