Building Resilience Index

About Building Resilience Index:

• Building Resilience Index (BRI) provides the building sector a web-based hazard mapping and resilience assessment framework.
• It is an innovation of International Financial Corporation (IFC) and supported by the World Bank.

Purpose:

• The first of its kind in the world, Building Resilience Index is developed to facilitate design, construction, and retrofit of more buildings with resilience measures, aiming to contribute enhancing the overall climate adaptation of our cities.
• All sector stakeholders - construction developers, banks, insurers, governments, and others- can use Building Resilience Index to assess, improve, and disclose the resilience of their projects or portfolios.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Building Resilience Index is developed by:

(a) World Economic Forum

(b) International Financial Corporation

(c) International Standards Organization

(d) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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