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Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
guidance to the public regarding how to avoid potential problems. Departments
COR runs in three areas: risk
and concessionaires provide public
prevention and management, city
services in COR for offering information
operations and large-scale public events.
of events that take place in Rio and
Risk prevention and management
respond to unforeseen events.
is committed to saving lives. This aspect
Communication with the media
includes weather forecasts, rainfall
is a two-way exchange of information,
monitoring and general defensive
which also strengthens the exchange of
measures. The integration of data and
information with municipal authorities,
human resources has made the COR
thereby increasing its effectiveness of
at the core of the city which has been
micro-governance and recommendation
subjected to heavy rains and floods in the
on residents. If there are people reporting
history.
an atypical event, the media itself can also
In daily operations, the operation
be kept informed of the COR.
center gets to know all events affecting
COR facilities include a control
the daily operation of the city through
room, where operators in the control
intelligent monitoring tools and direct
room work on a video wall. Crisis
contact with field operation staff, then
chamber is used to open an emergency
to make necessary response and give
meeting with various departments, which
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