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Vol. 8, No. 1 January-March 2002

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Editor's Corner
Theme
From the Grassroots
Insight
ADPC Programs & Activities
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AUDMP Making cities safer
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WWW Sites

 

WWW SITES

http://www.apu.ac.uk/geography/d&scrn/

The Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network aims at promoting study, research and analysis of natural, technological and social disasters. The network’s electronic newsletter and other publications are also found on the website.


http://www.sristi.org/dmis.html

Disaster Management Information System is replete with disaster-related information. DMIS is organized and created by the India Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI). It is a non-governmental organization set up to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors, innovators and ecopreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly solutions to local problems.


http://www.anglia.ac.uk/geography/gdn/

The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by researchers and scholars interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. The network experts use the internet to share and communicate their work to a larger audience. On the site are useful documents and analysis on gender and disaster studies. The network is open to all interested in contributing to and sharing its goals.


http://www.crowdingtherim.org/docs/ctr/products.html

Crowding the Rim (CTR) is a public-private initiative that addresses the growing consequences of natural hazards in an increasingly interdependent Pacific Rim community. It has developed several tools to illustrate natural hazard risk to increasingly populous and interconnected Pacific Rim countries. These are RimSim, a conflict negotiation simulation package, HazPac, an interactive GIS map about natural hazards in the Pacific Rim region, and Education Module, a tool on natural hazard risk for high school students and adult learners.


http://www.lavochka.com/relief/kna.html

Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan is a network of 14 grassroots NGOs founded to respond to the devastating 1998 cyclone. It has emerged as a network of voluntary organizations in Kutch, India, undertaking planning, lobbying and training activities to strengthen the voluntary movement in the district. It worked extensively in relief operations immediately after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake.


http://www.paho.org/english/PED/publication_eng.htm

The Pan American Health Organization has put its publication catalogue online. The catalogue contains details on all PAHO disaster training materials, which include books, CD-ROMs, slides, videos and other sources of information including a virtual health library for disasters and a regional disaster information center.

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