Editor's Corner

 Theme

• Disaster Reduction in Mountainous Areas in Sri Lanka: Failures and Successes
• Albay Province, Philippines: Coexisting with Mayon Volcano and Countermeasures for Disaster Preparedness
• Regional Cooperation in Flood Forecasting and Information Exchange in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region

 From the Grassroots

• Community-based Action Plan for Disaster Reduction: The Experience of Chamonix

 Insight

• Battling Floods: Can Forests Contribute?

 ADPC Programs & Activities

• 3rd Meeting of the ADPC Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management
• The Second Inter-regional Training Course on Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP-2)

Upcoming Events

• Applied Research Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction

 Training & Education

• Pedagogy for Safer Cities 
• Twenty-ninth Disaster Management Course

 AUDMP Making cities safer

• Regional Workshop on Best Practices in Disaster Mitigation Broadens Horizons in Disaster Risk Management
• Training Course on Disaster Risk Communication (DRC) Conceptualized

 Special News

• United Nations Sasakawa Awards for Disaster Reduction
• Extracts Related to “Natural Disasters” in the Political Declaration of the World Summit for Sustainable Development 2002, Johannesburg
• CHPB Launches an On-line Database on Hilly Areas of Sri Lanka

Bookmarks

• Recent Publications
• ISDR's Booklet on Disaster Reduction for Sustainable Mountain Development

 Book Review

• Disaster Management in the Hills. Dr Satendra, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2002

  WWW Sites

• Selected Websites Related to Development and Disasters in Mountainous Areas