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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by a unique collection of gray and unpublished literature from ADPC's own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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