Safer Cities is a series of case studies illustrating how people, communities, cities, governments and businesses have been able to make cities safer before disasters strike. The series is designed to provide decision-makers, planners, city and community leaders and trainers with an array of proven ideas, tools, policy options and strategies for urban disaster mitigation derived from analyses of real-life experiences, good practices and lessons learned in Asia and the Pacific.
This collection is developed under the direction of the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) of ADPC.
- View issue 1: Community based initiatives in Kathmandu Valley, January 2002 [PDF 5.70 MB]
- View issue 2: Coping with flood in Cambodian communities, June 2002 [PDF 1.46 MB]
- View issue 3: Mitigating flood risk in Cambodian communities, July 2002 [PDF 6.96 MB]
- View issue 4: The school earthquake safety program in Kathmandu Valley, January 2003 [PDF 881.38 KB]
- View issue 5: Community-based disaster risk reduction in Central Sri Lanka, June 2003 [PDF 401.27 KB]
- View issue 6: Promotion of disaster mitigation in Sri Lanka, October 2003 [PDF 504.90 KB]
- View issue 7: Can small be beautiful? Community based flood mitigation in Bangladesh, February 2004 [PDF 859.63 KB]
- View issue 8: Channels of communications - A challenge, Public awareness in flood preparedness in Bangladesh, March 2004 [PDF 678.38 KB]
- View issue 9: Reducing fire treats to home: Piloting community-based fire risk assessment in Ban Hatsady village, July 2004 [PDF 493.09 KB]
- View issue 10: Creating earthquake preparedness in schools: a case study of mitigation efforts in Indonesia, August 2004 [PDF 670.53 KB]
- View issue 11: Towards technological hazards risk reduction in Ahmedabad: school as effective institutions for disaster awareness and preparedness, December 2004 [PDF 503.46 KB]
- View issue 12: Demonstration housing construction for landslide and flood prone areas: a case study from Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, January 2005 [PDF 621.53 KB]
- View issue 13: What is the appropriate mitigation mix? Structural and non-structural mitigation in Hat Yai, Thailand, March 2005 [PDF 504.02 KB]
- View issue 14: Public awareness and social marketing: experiences from AUDMP, May 2005 [PDF 776.78 KB]
- View issue 15: Community-based earthquake risk management in Dhaka City: community empowerment for earthquake preparedness, May 2005 [PDF 2.01 MB]
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Keywords
- Themes:Community-based DRR, Education & School Safety, Information Management, Structural Safety, Urban Risk & Planning
- Hazards:Earthquake, Flood, Wild Fire
- Countries/Regions:Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Short URL:http://preventionweb.net/go/11099
