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Disaster Risk Reduction In Greater Mumbai

Greater Mumbai Mumbai, the financial capital of India and the third largest city in the world by population, is also one of the world’s megacities facing high risk to natural disasters. Natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, cyclones and droughts put additional pressures on Mumbai’s socio-economic systems and urban environment, which are facing tremendous pressures from surging population growth, rapid urbanization, and high poverty rate. Climate change intensifies the uneven distribution of risk, skewing disaster impacts even further towards poor communities and other vulnerable groups.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has partnered with EMI to develop the city's own Disaster Risk Management Master Plan (DRMMP) and an Emergency and Crisis Management structure. The inevitable occurence of a natural or man-made disaster in Mumbai stresses the need to implement a comprehensive and holistic urban Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program.[Read More]

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities

A Pilot Application in Metro Manila and Kathmandu.

The Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) works with the City Governments of Kathmandu and Metro Manila in laying down foundations for minimizing potential damages from earthquake-related hazards. In support of EMI’s Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (3cd) Program, this project aims to strengthen institutional capacities of the City Governments in mainstreaming sound disaster risk reduction practices within their basic local governance functions such as land-use allocations, urban planning, public works, social welfare, and disaster management. [Read More]

Comprehensive Natural Disaster Risk Management Framework Course

August 2 - September 10, 2010 This course addresses basic questions such as "why are disasters a development issue?" and "what are the components of comprehensive disaster risk management?" The course reviews the institutional arrangements and financing mechanisms of disaster management systems, More...

Reducing Disaster Risks through Land Use Planning

July 26, 2010-August 25, 2010 The Land-Use Planning course is a specialization course developed for professionals involved in design and maintenance of public infrastructure, critical facilities, and lifelines. The main target audience for the course are land use planners, zoning officers, More...