Editor's Corner

  Theme

• Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP), Bangladesh
• Orissa Super Cyclone, 1999: A Case of Inadequate Warning
• Core Shelter Assistance Program, Philippines: An Evaluation

From the Grassroots

• Lending a Helping Hand for Safer Houses, Vietnam

 Obituary

 Insight

• Fundamentals of Tropical Cyclones

 ADPC Programs & Activities

• ADPC Receives the "Gold Medal of National Construction" from the Royal Government of Cambodia
• Recently-signed Memoranda of Understanding
• Enhancing Resilience and Improving Decision-Making: Symposium on Climate and Extreme Events in the Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand-March 19-21,2003
• Visit of the Delegation of Shanghai Civil Bureau
• Seminar on Thailand Disaster Management Strategy, Bangkok

 Training & Education

• ADPC Upcoming Training and Workshop Calendar for 2003

 News from the Region

• Catastrophe Risk Assessment Study: World Bank's Asian Initiative
• Widespread Replication of CBDM Practice Needed in the Philippines

Bookmarks

• Recent Publications

 Book Review

• My Head in the Clouds: The Life and writings of an Australian Weatherman. R L Southern, 2002, Leeming, Australia.

  WWW Sites

• Selected Websites on Cyclones and Disaster Management