Safer Cities 28: Building a Community-Centered
Disaster-Resilient City
ADPC: Safer Cities 28: Building a Community-Centered <br> Disaster-Resilient City
Published on: 11/30/2010
Language: English
Author(s): Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Department: Resilient Cities and Urban Management
Type: Impact Stories and Case Studies
File size: 0.99 MB
Publication Overview/Description
Jamalpur pouroshava was a site for a project on reducing food insecurity in the poor urban settlements. Later on, its urban poor communities would tackle the challenge of forming resilience to flood disasters. This case study documents the participatory process and the growing contribution of disaster risk reduction to local development planning.