Urban risk & planning

'We cannot prevent climatic and geological occurrences from happening though we can avoid the hazards it brings through disaster risk reduction management and climate change adaptation' said Juan Ngalob, Regional Director of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)...

This report highlights the most significant climate change impacts that will affect some of Asia’s largest metropolitan areas including Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Shanghai (China), Hong Kong (China), Dhaka

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), UNDP and AusAID launched the project 'Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Local Development Planning and Decision-making Processes' for the Davao Region last week...

Radio Australia interviews Samith Dharmasaroja, former Thai meteorological department director general; Dr Bhijit Rattakul, executive director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre as analysts paint a dire outlook for the city of 10 million...

Proceedings of the Asia Megacities Forum 2006, 3-4 November 2006, Kobe, Japan:

This document presents the proceedings of a workshop responding to the Hyogo Framework of Action's (HFA) call for the reduction of risks to disasters of mega-urban regions

The Daily News of Sri Lanka reports on the National Building Research Organization, now part of the Disaster Management and Human Rights Ministry, catering for new areas of disaster management, DRR and landslide mitigation....

'We do not know when, where and how destructive the tsunami would be but we know the presence of the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) makes it necessary to prepare to reduce the level of losses' said Ardito Kodijat from the Jakarta Tsunami Early Warning Centre...

This document provides an overview of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)'s work, strategies and services in the area of climate change.

It draw on many years of experience in more than 100 countries in sectors that are now the key to effective