Last updated: 31 October, 2008    

Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 5 
30 June 2003

A. From the Region
B. Calls for Submission 
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

USEFUL RESOURCES

Information on the May 2003 Flood and Landslide in Sri Lanka <http://www.socialwelfare.gov.lk/floods>

This informative website used for emergency operations and rehabilitation of the recently flooded area provides up-to-date situation summary by district and divisional secretariat. In addition, it give figures on the number of relocated families, the number of people in welfare camps, the health and education situation, the assistance received by the Government of Sri Lanka, daily updates from UN agencies, NGOs and donors, contact information, maps, photos and the disaster history.

A Collection of Resources on El Nino and La Nina
<http://showcase.netins.net/web/trhalvorson/g-stuff/gs_elnino.shtml>

This comprehensive web site includes a large variety of links to other web sites and information about El Nino and La Nina.

(Extract from Disaster Research 389, Natural Hazard Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, 30 May 2003)

Gender and Disaster Network
<http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/geography_research/gdn/index.html>

Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. It provides an international forum for discussion and has links to topical bibliographies and reports on applied projects or research in progress, book reviews, current information about relevant conferences and other events, and contact information of network members.

For more information e-mail <maureen.fordham@northumbria.ac.uk>

Final Report on the First International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism, 9 - 11 April 2003, Djerba, Tunisia now online
<http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/climate/brochure.htm>

The final report available in HTML and PDF presents the main conclusions and agenda for action derived from the presentations and debates of the Conference. The Conference contained five working sessions namely: (i) tourism and climate change; (ii) tourism and water resources; (iii) tourism in small islands and coastal zones; (iv) tourism in mountainous regions; and (v) policy issues and mitigation of the effects of climate change. One of the major outputs of the conference is the Djerba Declaration on Tourism and Climate Change.

For more information e-mail <env@world-tourism.org>

Communicating Development Research - id21
<http://www.id21.org>

id21 aims to bring recent UK-based development research findings and policy lessons to policymakers and development practitioners worldwide. id21 online collection contains hundreds of policy-relevant research digests on critical global development issues, drawn from leading UK-based economics and social studies departments and think-tanks, and from a wide range of NGO research departments and consultants. id21 also maintains an electronic newsletter that provides regular updates of the latest additions to the online collection. A search for documents related to "disasters" gives 36 hits.

For more information e-mail <id21@ids.ac.uk>

Urban issues and City Management – Urbanicity
<http://www.urbanicity.org>

Urbanicity information targets city managers, local level policymakers, urban planners and directors of urban service and infrastructure provision. The objectives are to advance their knowledge and understanding of urban issues and to present the tools they need to plan, manage and govern their cities.

The website provides useful resources, databases and links, and updated information on conferences and courses on a number of sectors including disasters. Other sectors include e-government, gender, housing, planning, and water.

Urbanicity is a partnership initiative with UN Habitat Best Practices and Local Leadership, and works in cooperation with Development Gateway, a World Bank initiative.