City profile

Miami is a coastal city on the eastern seaboard of the United States and is a major hub for finance, commerce, culture, arts and trade. The city has the greatest urban economy for the state of Florida with a GDP of over US$340 bn and houses a population of over 5.5 million residents.

Miami performs consistently well across all categories and in recent years has improved its Liveability and Loveability through an improvement of safety.

Miami performs consistently across all categories and in recent years has done well to improve its Liveability and Loveability through an improvement of safety. The city performs less well against its other North American peers in a few key assets such as data centre capacity, share of renewable energy and cargo capacity. Investing in these areas will bolster the city's competitiveness going forward.

Miami has taken many steps in the last few years to improve climate resilience, notably by appointing a Chief Resilience Officer and Chief Heat Officer to dedicate resources to challenge areas for the city. The city's dedication to climate action has propelled its position to a leader in Urban Management and Governance.

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As the world’s population grows larger and more urbanised, resilient urban water management is critical to ensuring safe, healthy and prosperous cities. The City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA) responds to a demand for innovative approaches and tools that help stakeholders and communities involved in the water cycle collaboratively build water resilience at an urban scale. It was developed to help cities provide safer and more secure water resources for their citizens and protect communities and property from water-related shocks and stresses. It provides a globally applicable, transparent, objective and evidence-based approach to develop a shared understanding of water resilience of a city and collaboratively develop and implement a resilient action plan.
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