Last updated:
07 October, 2020

Disaster Risk Management Primer for Asia

• Activities
• Advisory Group
• Volume 1 General
• Volume 2 Flood
• Volume 3 Earthquake
• Other Volumes

Recognizing the long-felt need of a well-resourced comprehensive reference documents, ADPC is taking an initiative to develop a Primer on Disaster Risk Management for Asia. This Primer is designed to be used by professionals and practitioners for understanding disasters in their own geographical, social, economic and cultural context. The overall goal of this endeavor is to assure an appreciation for and common understanding of disaster risk management that is applied across all sectors, and among all levels of current and potential participants in the disaster-risk reduction process.

Following extensive consultations with stakeholders of disaster management in a range of forums, it was agreed that the Primer would consist of different volumes, starting out with Volume I to provide the rationale and theoretical context of a holistic approach to disaster risk management. The other volumes will be hazard-specific or subject-specific, with Volume II to focus on the management of slow onset flood and Volume III on seismic hazards. These two volumes will include “how-to” guides, effective strategies, policy options, proven tools, good practices and lessons learned.

For more details, please read the Concept Paper (pdf file) from the Mini-Workshop on the Primer, 24-27 September 2002, in Bali, Indonesia.