Editor's Corner

 Theme

• Drought in Africa
• El Niño-related Droughts in the Philippines: Impacts and Mitigation Efforts
• Prolonged Drought-associated Forest Fires and Sandstorms in Mongolia and China
• Towards a Hazard Warning System for Droughts and Floods Associated with Climate Variability in Southwest Asia
• Drought Early Warning Systems in India
• Climate Surprises of the Current Monsoon Season in Asia

 From the Grassroots

• Community-based Action Review of “Drought Relief 2000” in Gujarat, India: Some Lessons for Asia

 Insight

• Relief is Not the Recipe!
  

 ADPC Programs & Activities

• Philippines Government Awards ADPC "Gawad Kalasag"
• Message from the Executive Director
• The 12th ASEAN Experts Group on Disaster Management Endorses the ASEAN Regional Program on Disaster Management
• Workshop on Reconstruction Needs Analysis, Planning and Implementation
• ADPC Technical Assistance Project for Strengthening Disaster Mitigation and Management at State Level in India

Upcoming Events

• Third RCC to Focus on Droughts
• The Second Inter-regional Training Course on Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP-2)
• Workshop on “Fencing Floods in South Asia: Disaster Preparedness through Risk Communication”

 Training & Education

• Asian Disaster Mitigation Training Network (ADMIT) 
• Incorporation of Urban Disaster Mitigation Concepts into University Syllabuses
• Orientation on CBDM for Thai Red Cross
• Third Regional Training Course on Flood Risk Management (FRM-3)
• Special Course for the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau

 AUDMP Making cities safer

• Lao PDR: Pilot Site for Community Fire Risk Assessment Identified
• Thailand: Thailand Urban Disaster Mitigation Project to Begin Soon
• Vietnam: Workshop on Safer Shelter in Vietnam - Towards Designing an Urban Disaster Mitigation Project

 Bookmarks

• Recent Publications

 Book Review

• Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest Districts. P Sainath, Penguin, New Delhi,1996