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Overview
The Center acts as an information-clearing
house for specialized information pertaining to
disaster management policies and practices in
Asia. ADPC maintains a specialized library on
disaster management. The library database has
over 7,000 entries, supplemented by a unique collection
of gray and unpublished literature from ADPC's
own programs and projects and from several years
of regional and international networking. It also
has over 500 videos besides other audio-visual
materials. The Center also receives a number of
special newsletters and periodicals from research
centers all around the world.
The Center publishes a quarterly newsletter, Asian
Disaster Management News. This newsletter, designed
to serve as a communication channel for the disaster
risk management practitioners and development
workers in the Asian and Pacific regions, is disseminated
in print to more than 2,000 people worldwide.
It can also be accessed through the Center's website.
The Center sends out monthly updates to over 1500
subscribers and provides news on projects, workshops
and training activities of ADPC.
ADPC through its different projects and programs
produces a number of publications, in order to
document and share knowledge and experiences gained
over the years. Links to these publications, public
awareness materials and other audio-visual knowledge
kits are available on our website.
It is our endeavor to keep these pages informative
and updated. We hope you find them useful. Should
you encounter any broken links; wish to send us
your comments or add a link to our site, please
feel free to write to our Webmaster
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