The project aims to build capacity on modern disaster mitigation tools, as part of the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP), targeted at reducing disaster vulnerability of urban regions in Asia. It will do so by providing support to the institutionalization of academic courses on disaster mitigation in existing urban planning curricula at university level, thus provide Asia with young urban planners knowledgeable of modern disaster mitigation tools. The project was carried out in 2003 by three partners: ADPC, ITC (the Netherlands) and ENSG (France). Through this project the partners shared their knowledge on RS & GIS applications for hazard and risk mapping, and distance education with a group of 15 Universities and training institutes from Asian countries. To support knowledge sharing cost-effectively, an Internet-based platform for E-learning has been developed. This website contains the results of the project, such as GIS case studies and course modules dealing with earthquake- , flood - , landslide-, coastal- , volcanic- and technological hazard and risk assessment, and urban vulnerability and risk analysis.

The objective of the project is to build knowledge in Asia on modern urban disaster mitigation tools & methods through the inclusion of relevant and up-to-date disaster management components in the university curricula of urban-planning courses in several Asian universities and training institutes.

Participating Universities

Khulna University

Institut Tecknologi

University of Ruhuna

Chiang Mai University

Kathmandu University

University of Peshawar

University of Moratuwa

Gadjah Mada University

University of Philippines

Urban Research Institute

Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology

Centre for Environmental
Planning and Technology

Asian Institute of Technology

Hanoi Architectural University

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing