Making Guwahati prepared

Southasiadisasters.net, special issue no. 90, December 2012:

This issue addresses urban risk reduction and the related initiatives launched by UNISDR and UNFCC. It gives an inspiring example from Guwahati in Assam, India, of what citizens are doing to prepare their cities. It also presents the five city-wide mock drills conducted by AIDMI across India and questions: the causes of growing urban risk; the reason why these risks are growing so rapidly; its human and economic impacts; and the stability or efficiency of urban risk reduction efforts at the city level and at the global level. In many ways this publication consolidates issues discussed on urban risk at Asian ministerial conference in Yogyakarta.

The issue covers articles on different emergency management exercises (EMEx) in India. The content includes: (i) emergency management exercises (EMEx) - what are they?; (ii) Guwahati emergency management exercise; (iii) successes of The Guwahati emergency management exercise 2012; (iv) mega-mock drill across Guwahati; (v) all India disaster mitigation institute and emergency management exercises; (vi) preparing Guwahati's schools and higher education institutions for emergencies; (vii) GEMEx table-top exercise, some lessons and challenges; (viii) Guwahati emergency management exercise - international perspective; and (ix) Guwahati emergency management exercise, the way forward.