Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
Governance, accountability, and institutional effectiveness are core themes in GS2. This concept highlights systemic issues in managing urban challenges, particularly in the context of climate change and rapid urbanisation, and the need for administrative reforms.
Effective urban disaster management, particularly for recurrent events like floods, is frequently undermined by fragmented governance structures, unclear lines of accountability across multiple agencies, and systemic delays in policy implementation and infrastructure upgrades. This leads to a reactive rather than proactive approach to disaster preparedness.