Transfer of disaster risk reduction lessons: disaster risk management master planning in Asian megacities
This paper introduces a successful planning model and methodology for mainstreaming disaster risk management in megacities that has been under development since 2000 by EMI with global and city partners.
Metro Manila, Philippines, with a population of 10 million, is the first city to initiate implementation of the Disaster Risk Management Master Plan model through the collaboration of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology as the Local Investigator, and the cities of Quezon, Makati, and Marikina in partnership with EMI’s international Implementation Team and sponsors. The planning model, implementation methodology, and training tools have been developed for implementation by disaster researchers, city administrators, and local stakeholders in megacities and urban centers at risk in order to sustain disaster risk management implementation in megacities.
Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction 2007, Taiwan, Republic of China, 27-29 Nov. 2007.