🧩 Multi-Scale Urban Resilience Plans
Cities are putting together plans and strategies developed at the metropolitan or regional scale that align multiple jurisdictions, coordinate investments and strengthen system-wide resilience.
How cities are applying it
• In the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, a multi-scale resilience strategy brings together several local authorities to address shared risks such as flooding, mobility disruptions and watershed degradation. The strategy forms a common platform for joint assessments, planning and investment.
• In Santa Fe, the city has partnered with provincial and basin-level institutions to integrate resilience goals across tiers of government and align investments in water management, housing and social resilience. This collaboration supports coherent action across the full region.
These examples show how cities are designing resilience strategies that reflect how risks, people, services and natural systems flow across municipal boundaries.
Why it matters
System-wide risks such as climate-related flooding, drought or infrastructure failure rarely fall within a single jurisdiction. Multi-scale resilience plans help cities develop shared priorities, coordinate governance structures and sequence investments so actions at municipal, metropolitan and regional levels reinforce each other. This creates clearer accountability, reduces duplication and strengthens delivery across interconnected communities.