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Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 1 
28 February 2003

A. About this e-newsletter
B. From the Region
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

USEFUL RESOURCES

Proceedings of Bali Workshop NOW AVAILABLE!

The Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Best Practices in Disaster Mitigation held from 24-26 September 2002 in Bali, Indonesia is compiled of knowledge, experiences and lessons learned from ADPC's Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) and other disaster mitigation initiatives undertaken by a range of organizations in the region. It includes informative papers from resource persons, AUDMP country partners and participants from different organizations on a range of cross-cutting themes fundamental to disaster mitigation. The Proceedings can also be viewed online at <http://www.adpc.net/audmp/rllw/default.html>

For more information, please e-mail AUDMP <audmp@adpc.net>

Case Study on School Earthquake Safety Program in Nepal

A case study on the school earthquake safety program (SESP) in Nepal, the fourth in the series of of "Safer Cities" case studies, is now available.

The case study draws from the experiences of the Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project implemented by the National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), Nepal. The SESP evolved from a simple school retrofit activity to a comprehensive program of earthquake safety involving the whole community. This case study explains the rationale for focusing on schools and the comprehensive process of developing and implementing the SESP in Kathmandu Valley.

This and other case studies are available online at:
<http://www.adpc.net/audmp/library.html>

For more information please e-mail AUDMP <audmp@adpc.net>
For more information about NSET, please visit <http://www.nset.org.np>

Asian Disaster Management News

The Asian Disaster Management News, a newsletter of the disaster management community in Asia and the Pacific, is published quarterly by ADPC to serve as a channel of communication and source of information for disaster managers. The latest newsletter on disaster reduction in mountainous regions is available in hard copy as well as online at:
<http://www.adpc.net/infores/newsletter/newsletter.html>

Feature articles include:

• Disaster reduction in mountainous areas in Sri Lanka: failures and Successes Battling floods: can forests contribute?

• Albay Province, Philippines: co-existing with Mayon Volcano and countermeasures for disaster preparedness.

• Community-based action plan for disaster reduction: the experience of Chamonix, France.

…and many more. 

To subscribe to this newsletter, please e-mail Ms. Ambika Varma <ambika@adpc.net>

Private Sector Involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction

A research team managed by the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre has just completed a study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in this area. It found little business engagement and many factors inhibiting business commitment, but concludes that further development is possible if a pragmatic, experience-based, and long-term approach is taken.

The project's outputs are online, at: <http://www.bghrc.com/DMU/DMUSetup/Projects/corp.htm>. The output spans seven research reports (a global overview, and six studies from five disaster-prone South Asian countries), and includes a set of conclusions and recommendations for future action.

If you have specific questions about this project, or are interested in building upon this work through further research or practical initiatives, contact John Twigg, Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; e-mail: <j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk>.

(Extracted from Disaster Research 382 of Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder)