Urban Risk and Resiliency

Nowhere are the growth and convergence of risk more apparent than in the urban environment.

RSI is committed to urban risk and resilience

Introduction

Why does Urban Risk and Resiliency need risk science?

Cities continue to grow. At present, 585 cities have more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. At the time of this writing, 3.4 billion people worldwide are rural inhabitants, whereas 4.13 billion live in cities, and the curve is growing in favor of cities.

 

 

More people in cities means more systems. More systems means more points of failure. Granted, while urban risk can be seen as an umbrella for many other risk categories — health, safety and security, waste, water, and many more – it is this convergence that requires close monitoring, evaluation, and mitigation.

As cities grow, they are facing space limitations (e.g. Beijing), rising seas (e.g. Mumbai), water shortages (e.g. Las Vegas), and more severe weather (New Orleans). Disparity is also increasing as runaway wealth overpowers debilitating poverty.

Possibly the greatest concern is public health. Recent and future pandemics will test cities’ ability to prevent and care for their citizens. Waterborne and airborne pathogens need particular study and defense.

Not to be forgotten are the continuing risks posed by actions of terror and civil unrest.

Fortunately, there are solutions but more monitoring and evidence are necessary to sway policymakers and citizens – both – to act together to make cities – their cities – sustainable.

John Burroughs

"Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations."

by John Burroughs, Naturalist

RSI and Urban Risk and Resiliency

RSI's Motivation

RSI experts are keenly aware of urban risk. They know this, first because they all live and work in cities, but also because their work has exposed them to urban risks their entire careers. Drs. Krewski and Mattison, Paoli, the rest of the senior and staff experts have all worked on multiple projects that have shown them the fragile nature of the new urban reality.

An additional motivation lies in the nature of RSI’s client base. RSI staff have, over decades, worked with an overwhelming number of organizations in the urban space ranging from Transport Canada at the national level, to UN-Habitat at the international level, and multiple corporations whose living is reliant on all things urban.

In coming years, RSI is committed to further growing its presence in the urban space. In collaboration with multiple national and international actors, RSI is continuously developing new means of understanding, managing and communicating urban risk.

What is our expertise in Urban Risk and Resiliency?

Risk Sciences International has a vast portfolio of urban-related projects for major agencies, corporations and organizations. Notable among them is work for United Nations agencies, the World Urban Campaign, United Cities and Local Governments, the World Wide Fund for Nature and many more. RSI’s experts have vast experience in the urban aspects of public health, infrastructure, systems.

Of note, several RSI experts have considerable urban policy experience. While this is not directly related to the management of risk, per se, it allows RSI to provide solutions that are policy-aware. Assessments and guidance that is ignorant of policy limitations do not serve the interests of local authorities.

Serving You

RSI makes available its full suite of epidemiological, statistical, and process tools. Risk Sciences International is the ideal full service risk provider for cities providing local authorities with both the tools and advice to face complex urban needs.

It has now become obvious, that cities are facing real limits. In no other sector are good data and counsel more urgent.

Urban Risk and Resiliency Case Studies

RSI Staff Case Studies listed here are examples, but by no means the limits, of RSI work in Urban Risk and Resiliency. These are included here to provide prospective clients with a first glance into the type of work that RSI staff are qualified and able to deliver.

Risk communication project at Geneva International Airport

Geneva International Airport

Geneva International Airport was concerned that its signage was become problematic. Not only was it aesthetically overwhelming after decades of revisions and additions, it was becoming a safety risk with incidents resulting from misreading of cryptic graphics and conflicting directional arrows. In addition, the airport was suffering from traffic pattern issues, both for automobiles outside…

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World Urban Campaign

The project began with a series of consultations with UN-Habitat at UNON in Nairobi. In addition to Cemil Alyanak and Nicholas you, the project grew to include many key stakeholders both within UN-Habitat and from other organizations. Among the key organizations included in the early stages were United Cities and Local Governments, Cities Alliance, the World Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Cisco, and UN agencies interested in urban health, notably the World Health Organization.

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RSI has extensive experience modelling the risks and consequences associated with infectious disease spread amongst human and animal populations. We have worked with public health organizations in more than 175 countries to safeguard public health and help respond to potential threats to the population. RSI has been involved in a variety of projects...

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Risk Sciences International has comprehensive experience working with organizations to enhance public safety and security. Areas of expertise include non-biological hazards often associated with occupational health and safety issues, as well as emergency preparedness activities focusing on natural disaster, disease epidemic, or malicious acts. RSI has...

RSI is committed to urban risk and resilience

Urban Risk and Resiliency

The planning, design, and operation of the urban space requires multidisciplinary research and decision support to understand and mitigate the impact of hazards, natural or man-made, malicious or accidental. Risk Sciences International applies its expertise in extreme weather and climate change, infrastructure vulnerability...

RSI is committed to urban risk and resilience

Urban Risk and Resiliency

Risk Sciences International has a vast portfolio of urban-related projects for major agencies, corporations and organizations.
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RSI works with regulators to determine appropriate, risk-based monitoring activities for risk controls for daily risks. For large scale risks, RSI have developed methods and tools that support emergency response planning and preparedness.
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RSI is internationally recognised for our risk assessment work in the food sector. This includes extensive experience developing microbiological risk assessments, and chemical safety assessments, and developing models to explore the impacts of terrorist threats to the food supply from intentional adulteration
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Risk Sciences International has long worked with governments to understand safe levels of chemicals in our environment. Unfortunately, many of the products and chemicals in common use in our society have not been adequately evaluated.
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RSI’s expertise in the Agricultural sector ranges from modelling the risks to livestock from transboundary diseases, supporting a safe food supply through risk assessment of pathogens in production, exploring the changing risks from pathogens in crops as the climate changes, development of risk-based decision-support applications for the management of agricultural emergencies at the national level, and supporting development of risk assessment frameworks for consideration of novel organisms.
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RSI Clients and Stakeholders

300+

Gov & IGO

Federal, regional and local government authorities and international/multilateral organizations including the United Nations and UN Agencies: 

  1. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
  2. Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
  3. Agriculture - Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
  4. Alberta Health and Wellness Services
  5. Arctic Aquatic Research Division
  6. Australian Food Safety Centre (FSC)
  7. Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste
  8. BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
  9. BC Ministry of Environment (BCMoE)
  10. BC Ministry of Transport (BCMoT)
  11. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
  12. Canadian Heritage (PCH)
  13. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) of FDA
  14. Central Research Institute of Japan
  15. China Institute for Radiation Protection
  16. Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention
  17. City of Barrie
  18. City of Calgary
  19. City of Kingston
  20. City of Mississauga
  21. City of Ottawa
  22. City of Toronto
  23. Community of Federal Regulators (CFR)
  24. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  25. Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA)
  26. Crown Indigenous and Northern Affairs (CIRNA)
  27. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
  28. Dene First Nation
  29. Department of Finance Canada (FIN)
  30. Department of Health, UK
  31. Department of Justice Canada (JUS)
  32. Department of National Defence (DND)
  33. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
  34. Environmental Commission of Ontario (ECO)
  35. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
  36. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  37. European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)
  38. European Union (EU)
  39. Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO)
  40. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  41. Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI)
  42. GIZ
  43. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
  44. Global Observatory for eHealth (WHO)
  45. Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (WHO)
  46. Government of New Brunswick (GNB)
  47. Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT)
  48. Greater Vancouver Regional District
  49. Green Cross International (GCI)
  50. Health Canada (HC)
  51. Homeland Security Centers of Excellence (HS-Centers) of U.S. Dept of Homeland Security.
  52. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
  53. Industry Canada (IC)
  54. International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO)
  55. International AIDS Society (IAS)
  56. International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  57. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  58. International Labour Organization (ILO)
  59. International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  60. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  61. International Social Security Association (ISSA)
  62. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  63. Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  64. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
  65. Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
  66. Measurement Canada (MC)
  67. MetroLinx
  68. National Centre for Food Protection & Defense (NCFPD) Homeland Security Center of Excellence)
  69. National Research Council Canada (NRC)
  70. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
  71. New Brunswick Government (GNB), Dept. of Environment and Local Government
  72. Northern Ontario Public Services
  73. Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)
  74. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPCC)
  75. Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA)
  76. Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR)
  77. Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
  78. Ontario Ministry of the Environment & Climate Change (OMECC)
  79. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
  80. Public Health England (PHE)
  81. Public Safety Canada (PSC)
  82. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
  83. Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
  84. Regional Municipality of Durham
  85. Regional Municipality of Waterloo
  86. RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
  87. Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership (WHO)
  88. Spectrum Management and Telecommunications - Industry Canada
  89. Statistics Canada (StatCan)
  90. Stop TB Partnership
  91. Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA)
  92. Tobacco Free Initiative TFI (WHO)
  93. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
  94. Toronto Public Health (TPH)
  95. Transport Canada (TC)
  96. Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (TBS)
  97. UN Watch
  98. UN-Habitat
  99. UNITAID
  100. United Nations (UN)
  101. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  102. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  103. United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR)
  104. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  105. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
  106. United Nations Volunteers
  107. Universal Postal Union (UPU)
  108. UNplus
  109. US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center - Combat Feeding Directorate (DFAS)
  110. US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  111. US Dept of Homeland Security (DHS)
  112. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  113. US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  114. USAID Office of Transitional Initiatives
  115. USDA Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Regional Research Center (ARS-ERRC)
  116. USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
  117. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)
  118. World AIDS Day (WAD)
  119. World Alliance for Patient Safety (WHO)
  120. World Health Day (WHO)
  121. World Health Organization (WHO)
  122. World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA)
  123. World Trade Organization (WTO)
  124. World Urban Campaign (WUC)
  125. World Water Day (WHO)

NGO & PPP

Non-governmental organizations, other civil society organizations, as well as private-public partnerships that RSI has either served or partnered with:
 

  1. 4TRANSIT Joint Venture
  2. Air and Waste Management Association (AWSA)
  3. Aluminium REACH Consortium (ARC)
  4. America Frozen Food Institute (AFFI)
  5. America Water Works Association (AWWA)
  6. Americal Chemistry Council (ACC)
  7. American Blood Centers
  8. American Cancer Society
  9. American Childhood Cancer Organization
  10. BioVision - World Life Sciences Forum
  11. Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI)
  12. Bureau de Normalization du Quebec
  13. Canadian Blood Services (CBS)
  14. Canadian Cattlemen's Association
  15. Canadian Climate Forum (CCF)
  16. Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
  17. Canadian Gas Association (CGA)
  18. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC)
  19. Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  20. Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)
  21. Center for Product Safety (CPS)
  22. Centre for Public Management
  23. Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
  24. Children's National Medical Center
  25. Clarity Healthcare
  26. Clean Air Partnership
  27. Climate Risk Institute (CRI)
  28. Clinton Foundation
  29. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
  30. Conceptis Inc (WebMD)
  31. Council of Canadian Academies
  32. Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA)
  33. Ecumenical Loan Funds For Human Development (ECLOF)
  34. Europa Donna, The European Breast Cancer Coalition
  35. European Aluminum Association (EAA)
  36. Fonterra Co-Operative Group
  37. Franciscans International (FI)
  38. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  39. Global Forum for Health Research (GFHR)
  40. Global Movement for Children (GMC)
  41. GRACE GmbH - SASforREACH Consortium
  42. ICF International Inc. (ICF)
  43. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté
  44. Institute for Safe Medical Practices (ISMP)
  45. Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences
  46. Institute of Food Research (IFR)
  47. International Aluminium Institute (IAI)
  48. International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
  49. International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
  50. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
  51. International Copper Association (ICA)
  52. International Council on Mining and Metals Limited (ICMM)
  53. International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
  54. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  55. International Federation of University Women (IFUW)
  56. International Hospital Federation
  57. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  58. International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
  59. International Manganese Institute (IMnI)
  60. International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
  61. International Prevention Research Institute (IPRI)
  62. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
  63. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  64. ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health
  65. Joint Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) Tof FAO/WHO
  66. Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) UMD-FDA
  67. Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences
  68. Livestock Innovation Research Corporation (LRIC)
  69. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
  70. Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)
  71. Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation, and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO)
  72. Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
  73. National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  74. National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  75. National Pork Board
  76. Netherlands Cancer Institute
  77. Northern Climate Exchange (NCE)
  78. Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)
  79. Oak foundation
  80. Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
  81. Ontario Regional Climate Change Consortium (ORCCC)
  82. Organization of African First Ladies Against AIDS (OAFLA)
  83. PregMedic
  84. Public Services International (PSI)
  85. Radiation Effects Research Foundation
  86. Ramsar convention on wetlands
  87. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  88. RTI International
  89. Science and Technology Center in Ukraine
  90. Small Arms Survey
  91. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
  92. South Carolina College of Pharmacy
  93. Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
  94. Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
  95. The Aluminum Association (AA)
  96. Toronto Community Housing (TCH)
  97. Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
  98. Trade Union Advisory Committee
  99. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
  100. Union Network International (UNI)
  101. WaterSMART Solutions Ltd
  102. World AIDS Campaign (WAC)
  103. World Council of Churches (WCC)
  104. World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
  105. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF International)
  106. World YWCA Young Women's Christian Association

Business

Companies both large and small: 

  1. A-Maps Environmental Inc.
  2. AECOM Canada Limited
  3. Ajilon Consulting
  4. Arcelor
  5. Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd. (ASENG)
  6. BGC Engineering Inc.
  7. BMW Gmbh
  8. Bull Hausser and Tupper LLC
  9. Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
  10. Canadian National (CN)
  11. Coca Cola Company
  12. Copp Clark Ltd.
  13. Crawford and Company Canada Inc
  14. CRDF Global
  15. Dillon Consulting Limited
  16. Dow Chemical Company
  17. Emdata Co. Ltd.
  18. Emmons & Olivier Resources Canada Inc. (EOR)
  19. Engineers Canada
  20. ESSA Technologies Ltd.
  21. Federated Press
  22. FNC Technology Co., Ltd.
  23. Geneva International Airport
  24. Hatch Limited
  25. Helmholtz Zentrum München
  26. Hydro Ottawa
  27. ICF International
  28. Intersol Group Ltd.
  29. Intertek Health Sciences Inc.
  30. IRIS Legal
  31. Japan Nus Company Ltd.
  32. King & Spalding
  33. Lakind Associates LLC
  34. Lansdowne Technologies
  35. Lapointe Engineering Ltd
  36. Lockheed Martin
  37. Lumina Decision Systems
  38. Manulife Financial Real Estate
  39. MARS Foods (China) Co. Ltd.
  40. Matrix Solutions Inc
  41. McCague Borlack LLP
  42. McCarthy Tetrault LLP
  43. Meat and Livestock Australia
  44. MITACS
  45. Mondelēz International
  46. Morrison Hershfield
  47. Moto Internationale
  48. Motosport Plus
  49. Nodelcorp Consulting Inc
  50. NORR
  51. Novel Futures Corporation
  52. NTNU Regnskapsseksjonen
  53. Phillips & Paolicelli LLP (P2Law)
  54. Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)
  55. Querencia Partners Ltd.
  56. R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd
  57. Restaino Law Firm
  58. Rio Tinto
  59. RWDI Air Inc
  60. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
  61. Social and Scientific Systems, Inc
  62. Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  63. Summit Toxicology LLP
  64. TetraTech Inc.
  65. Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited
  66. Torys LLP
  67. TriEdge & Associates
  68. Unilever
  69. Versar, Inc.
  70. WSP
  71. WSPA-Maps Environmental Inc.

Academia

Universities and research institutes that RSI has served or partnered with:
 

  1. Carleton University
  2. Dankook University
  3. Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal  
  4. George Washington University 
  5. Harvard University  
  6. International Prevention Research Institute (IPRI)
  7. International University of Health and Welfare, Tochigi, Japan
  8. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  9. Keio University 
  10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  11. McGill University
  12. McLaughlin Centre for Population Health
  13. Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
  14. Nagasaki University
  15. Oak Ridge Associated Universities 
  16. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 
  17. Rutgers University
  18. Trent University 
  19. Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
  20. Université de Montréal 
  21. University of Alberta
  22. University of Bergen
  23. University of Calgary
  24. University of California, Berkeley
  25. University of California, San Francisco
  26. University of Guelph
  27. University of Korea 
  28. University of Manchester
  29. University of Maryland
  30. University of Melbourne
  31. University of Minnesota
  32. University of Ottawa 
  33. University of Pennsylvania
  34. University of Prince Edward Island
  35. University of Southern California
  36. University of Tasmania 
  37. University of Toronto
  38. University of Washington
  39. University of Windsor
  40. Vanderbilt University
  41. Yukon College

The list of organizations, companies, and governments above in no way denotes or implies support or endorsement by these entities. The list is intended as an indication of the breadth of work led and undertaken by Risk Sciences International staff.

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