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Livable Pacific Cities and Towns:Urbanization Strategies for © 2026 International Bank for Reconstructionand Development / The World Bank1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank and the Global Facilityfor Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) with external contributions.The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the authors. Thefindings, analysis and conclusions expressed in this document do not Although the World Bank and GFDRR make reasonable efforts to ensureall the information presented in this document is correct, its accuracy andintegrity cannot be guaranteed. Use of any data or information from thisdocument is at the user’s own risk and under no circumstances shall theWorld Bank, GFDRR or any of its partners be liable for any loss, damage, Rights and Permissions—The material in this work is subject to copyright.Because The World Bank encourages dissemination of its knowledge,this work may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for non-commercial Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: World Bank. 2026. LivablePacific Cities and Towns. Spotlight: Tides of Change - Urban ResilienceAcross Pacific Landscapes. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Any queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, shouldbe addressed to World Bank Publications, The World Bank Group, 1818 HStreet NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; email: pubrights@worldbank.org Table of Contents Acronyms and AbbreviationsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgements Part 1:Detailed Multi-hazard Risk Assessments andInvestment Options Mapping Risk and Shaping Resilience:Deep-dive diagnostics of Pacific Island cities8Honiara, Solomon Islands9Sālelologa, Samoa15Embedding Resilience in Urban Growth21 Part 2: Critical Hazard Assessment in Pacific Atoll Cities Unique Urbanization in the three Pacific Atoll capitalsFunafuti, TuvaluMajuro, Marshall IslandsSouth Tarawa, Kiribati Part 3: Rapid City Scans Pacific Rapid City Scans: Urban Risk and OpportunityFrom Scan to Strategy: Translating Spatial Insights into Action Arriving at Solutions for Pacific Cities and Towns List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments This report was prepared by a World Bank teamled jointly by Jian Vun and Jessica Schmidt andcoauthored by Jeremy Webster and Andres DavidMaglione with inputs from Georgina McArthur,Lachlan McDonald, Doug Ramsay, Yarissa Sommer,and Armando Guzman. The work was conductedunder the guidance of Stephen N. Ndegwa as wereconducted by the World Bank’s GlobalFacilityfor Disaster Reduction and Recovery DevanKreisberg was the editor and NurizaSaputrawas responsible for the design and The team extends its sincere appreciation to thegovernments of Kiribati, the Marshall Islands,Samoa,the Solomon Islands,and Tuvalu forproviding feedback during technical discussions Theteam was fortunate to receive excellentadvice and guidance from the following peerreviewers during the report preparation process: Thisreportandstakeholderconsultationactivities with the governments of Samoa andthe Solomon Islands were made possible withfinancialsupport from the Africa CaribbeanPacific–EuropeanUnionDisasterRiskManagementProgram,managed by GFDRR. Thecase studies on Honiara and Sālelologagreatlybenefitted from background researchand analytics by ONE Architecture and UrbanismConsortium:One Architecture(Travis Bunt,NupurRoyChaudhury,andGregLeMaire),Deltares(Nishchal Sardjoe and Tjitte Nauta),KotaKita(Ahmad Rifai and Rizqa Hidayani),LevelInfrastructure(ByronStigge),John Spotlight: Tides Of Change – Urban Resilience Across Pacific LandscapesSpotlight: Tides of Change – Urban Resilience Across Pacific Landscapes Introduction Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are experiencingarapid urban transition in the context ofintensifying climate and disaster risks.Between1994 and 2024, the urban population across 10PICs grew by 175 percent, from 600,000 to over 1million, and is projected to reach 1.6 million by2050 – meaning nearly half of all Pacific Islanderswill live in urban areas.1This growth is unfoldingin highly hazard-prone geographies, where urban forresilient urbanization,built around fourmutually reinforcing building blocks: 1.StrengtheningRisk-InformedUrbanManagement Systems:reform urban policies,planning, land administration, and financing to 2.Investing in Resilient Infrastructure andHousing:scale up infrastructure and inclusivehousing that meet updated resilience standards 3.Enhancing City Preparedness for Shocks:enhance city-level robust emergency systems,earlywarning mechanisms,and recovery 4.Prioritizing Social Inclusion and Communities: ensureequitable access to services andopportunitiesand engage communities– Responding to these challenges requires morethan incremental action.TheLivable Pacific Citiesand Townsreport sets out a strategic framework This Spotlight report builds on the foundationof theLivable Pacific Cities and Towns reportbypresenting three different urban