During the implementation of the Asian Urban
Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP), ADPC
recognized the importance of interventions in
urban areas and accordingly identified Urban
Disaster Risk Management as one of its five core
thematic areas of work, experiences from which
have also guided the selection of the target
secondary cities. ADPC has developed ‘Strategy
2020 for Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation in Asia’
which aims to reach 200 cities by the year
2020.
The need to minimize the destructive impacts of
these hydro-meteorological events on the
vulnerable communities, particularly the urban
communities and the economic infrastructure
through enhanced preparedness and mitigation is
therefore the main thrust of the present
intervention in implementation of the Program
for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in
Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE).
ADPC considers PROMISE program as an opportunity to
associate with many communities living in Asian
cities vulnerable to hydro-meteorological
hazards with the aim of reducing the impacts of
such events and demonstrate innovative
applications for community preparedness and
mitigation.
