Review of best practices in measuring, monitoring, evaluating and reporting (MER) of climate resilience as relevant to the City of Toronto

Urban areas will be some of the most complex and important sites of resilience planning in the 21st century.
Despite notable efforts, best practices for how local and municipal governments set goals and track progress toward resilience have yet to be established or widely agreed upon. The City of Toronto seeks input into the development of an approach for measuring, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) of climate resilience. This project will draw on a literature review and input from City staff to address several interrelated questions. What are the needs for a MER framework related to climate resilience for the City of Toronto? What are the decisions that feed into the design of such a framework? What guidance or best practices are available from similar efforts underway in other cities and relevant academic literatures? The deliverables of the project will be a short report and a presentation to City staff.

Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Soden

Student:

Partner:

City of Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Utilities

University:

University of Toronto

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