This handbook provides guidance for the implementation of the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure, which have been developed by the UN Office on Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). The principles support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular SDG9 on resilient infrastructure.

The Principles for Resilient Infrastructure address the gaps in current infrastructure planning, financing, design, development, and operation, which do not fully consider either the interdependent nature of infrastructure and services, or the increasingly complex nature of risks and the cascading impacts that a disaster can have across the whole infrastructure system. The handbook shows a way to think, design, and run infrastructure as a whole system, while implementing net resilience gain.

The handbook develops a set of key actions  to support the implementation of each Principle from different stakeholders and includes a key performance indicator for each action. It provides guidance on what interventions to take, what to measure, and how to monitor improvement in the resilience of national infrastructure. The handbook concludes by introducing a governance framework for developing an implementation plan for infrastructure resilience.