Buenos Aires - 100 Resilient Cities

Buenos Aires’ Resilience Story

Buenos Aires is the political, economic and institutional heart of Argentina. However, the city faces growing challenges from social and economic inequality; informal settlements now house over 250,000 residents, while the gap between rich and poor in employment and life expectancy continues to widen.

Significant changes in weather patterns in the last 50 years have resulted in increased heavy rainfall and flooding that cause physical and economic loss. Flooding puts more pressure on the city’s urban infrastructure, which can cause power, water, and telephone outages that hamper recovery. The city has acted by developing a new Hydraulic Planning Master Plan with significant investments in the urban drainage system, while a Hydro-metrological Monitoring Network aims to increase preparedness and reduce emergency response times.

SHOCKS AND STRESSES

Aging Infrastructure
Crime / Violence
Cyber Attack
Economic Inequality
Environmental Degradation
Extreme Heat
Infrastructure Failure
Rainfall Flooding

Meet The Chief Resilience Officer

David Groisman is the Director of Resilience and General Director of Strategic Management at the Government of Buenos Aires since 2015, where he leads the development, promotion and coordination of transversal cross initiatives ensuring the effective completion of the strategic priorities of government administration.

Prior to this position, he was a consultant for international organizations and local NGOs in performance management, governance and strategic planning including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, among others from 2013 to 2015. Groisman was Coordinator of Politics and Government Management Program at the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) from 2008 to 2011 carrying out several projects on dashboard implementation. Before, he worked at the National Board of Social Politics Coordination with the SINTyS (Tax and Social National Identification System) in charge of managing and monitoring the Provincial Coordinating Units, and also as a coordinator for the computerization and digitalization of the program of the Provinces’ registry offices.

He is an Economist and is a Master’s Candidate of International Economic Relations from the University of Buenos Aires.