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Safer cities: case studies on mitigating disasters in Asia and the Pacific

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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.

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Access View issue 1: Community based initiatives in Kathmandu Valley, January 2002 English
Access View issue 2: Coping with flood in Cambodian communities, June 2002 English
Access View issue 3: Mitigating flood risk in Cambodian communities, July 2002 English
Access View issue 4: The school earthquake safety program in Kathmandu Valley, January 2003 English
Access View issue 5: Community-based disaster risk reduction in Central Sri Lanka, June 2003 English
Access View issue 6: Promotion of disaster mitigation in Sri Lanka, October 2003 English
Access View issue 7: Can small be beautiful? Community based flood mitigation in Bangladesh, February 2004 English
Access View issue 8: Channels of communications - A challenge, Public awareness in flood preparedness in Bangladesh, March 2004 English
Access View issue 9: Reducing fire treats to home: Piloting community-based fire risk assessment in Ban Hatsady village, July 2004 English
Access View issue 10: Creating earthquake preparedness in schools: a case study of mitigation efforts in Indonesia, August 2004 English
Access View issue 11: Towards technological hazards risk reduction in Ahmedabad: school as effective institutions for disaster awareness and preparedness, December 2004 English
Access View issue 12: Demonstration housing construction for landslide and flood prone areas: a case study from Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, January 2005 English
Access View issue 13: What is the appropriate mitigation mix? Structural and non-structural mitigation in Hat Yai, Thailand, March 2005 English
Access View issue 14: Public awareness and social marketing: experiences from AUDMP, May 2005 English
Access View issue 15: Community-based earthquake risk management in Dhaka City: community empowerment for earthquake preparedness, May 2005 English

Last checked: 18 December 2019

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Hazards Earthquake Flood Wildfire
Themes Community-based DRR Education and school safety Data and information management Urban risk and planning Structural safety
Country and region Bangladesh Cambodia India Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal Sri Lanka Thailand
Number of pages
15 issues from 2002 to 2005
Publication year
2005

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