Citation
(2006), "Pacific Disaster Center and Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative Launch New Disaster Risk Management Communication Tool", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315dab.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Pacific Disaster Center and Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative Launch New Disaster Risk Management Communication Tool
The Pacific Disaster Center (PCD) and the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) have developed and launched Megacities Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base, an internet-accessible risk communication tool.
The purpose of the knowledge base is to share and understand sound practices for disaster risk reduction and management that have been implemented in some of the world's most disaster-prone urban environments. The PDC, EMI, and partners from the Disaster Risk Management Research Center in Kobe, Japan, are working with contributors from 20 major cities and megacities that actively participate in EMI programs.
Disaster risk management profiles are currently available for Istanbul, Turkey; Tehran, Iran; Kathmandu, Nepal; Mumbai, India; Manila, Philippines; Quito, Ecuador; and Bogota, Columbia.
The knowledge base is part of the EMI's Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (3cd) Program, a collaborative effort between researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to assist megacities in reducing their vulnerability to disasters. Under the partnership, 3cd program experts worked closely with the PDC to take the knowledge base from a concept to reality.
The partners encourage local officials, practitioners, researchers, students, and the community in general to visit the knowledge base at: www.pdc.org/emi/ to learn more about disaster risk reduction and to contribute their own megacity disaster management practice. To learn more about the knowledge base and 3cd, visit: www.pdc.org/emi/ or contact Jeannette Fernández of the PCD at:jfernandez@pdc.org