Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia

PROMISE (2005 to 2008) 

Disaster Mitigation in Asia Monthly E-newsletter, Issues 31 onwards more>>

Primers more>>

• Primer 1 - Disaster Risk Management in Asia, 2005

• Primer 2 - Integrated Flood Risk Management in Asia, 2005

Urban Governance and Community Resilience Guides  more>>

• Book 1 - Our Hazardous Environment (2010)

• Book 2 - Risk Assessment in Cities (2010)

• Book 3 - Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction (2010)

• Book 4 - Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (2010)

Safer Cities Case Studies (in PDF format)  more>>

• Guidelines for Safer Cities: Case Studies on Mitigating Disasters in Asia and the Pacific, Oct 2007

• Safer Cities 16:
  Cooperation between Local Authority and Communities Reduces Flood Disaster Risk in Dagupan City, Philippines, Apr 2007

• Safer Cities 17:
  Good Governance and Post-Tsunami Recovery in Patong, June 2007

• Safer Cities 18:
  The Boy Who Cried, “Wolf!” or Why a Community-based Alert System is a good idea, June 2007

• Safer Cities 19:
  Promoting Safer Housing Construction through CBDRM:
  Community-designed Safe Housing in Post-Xangsane Da Nang City, Nov 2007

• Safer Cities 20:
  Community Based Early Warning System and Evacuation:
  Planning, Development and Testing, Mar 2008

• Safer Cities 23:
  Urban Flood Risk Mitigation in Kalutara City, Sri Lanka, Nov 2008

• Safer Cities 24: 
  Learning to Act Together: Disaster Mitigation in Hyderabad, Pakistan through Collaborative Initiatives, Mar 2009

• Safer Cities 25:
  Reducing Vulnerabilities to Climate Change Impact and Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Risk Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia, Dec 2008

• Safer Cities 26:
  Using Risk Assessments to Reduce Landslide Risk, Sept 2009

• Safer Cities 27:
  Flood preparedness initiatives of high-risk communities of Jakarta, June 2010

RCC Working paper (Consultation version): Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction A Road Towards Sustainable Urban Development and Creating Safer Urban Communities, as of May 2010    New

Country Project Documents 

• Monthly Status Reports (2006 to 2010) more>>

• Quarterly Status Reports (2006 to 2010) more>> 

• Country project final reports (2008 to 2009) more>>

• Philippines Mainstreaming Demonstration Project

  • Consultation on Integrating Disaster Risk Management into the Local Planning System: Focus on the Comprehensive Planning Process, December 2007  more>>

  • Consultation on Integrating Disaster Risk Management into the Local Planning System: Focus on the Comprehensive Planning Process, December 2007Guide to the Comprehensive Development Plan Preparation, 2008 more>>

• Sri Lanka Mainstreaming Demonstration Project: Final report, 2008 more>>
• Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessments more>>

• PROMISE Philippines Barangay DRM Training Report more>>

2008 Working Group Meeting Documents more>>

2006 Working Group Meeting Documents more>>