Asia Megacities Forum 2006 Proceedings now available! 
The Proceedings Report of the Asia Megacities Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction of Mega-Urban Regions (PR-06-03) is now available. Held on Nov. 3-4 November 2006 in Kobe, Japan, the Forum was jointly organized by EMI and Kobe University's Research Center for Urban Safety and Security (RCUSS), with the support of EMI’s partners, namely, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), the ProVention Consortium, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), and the World Bank Institute (WBI).
The Forum was conceived to provide the venue for a knowledge sharing experience on disaster risk reduction and management among megacities in Asia. It served as a continuation of EMI’s efforts to respond to the Hyogo Framework of Action's call for disaster risk reduction in mega-urban regions and provided the opportunity for strengthening network cooperation and advancing state-of-the-art knowledge. Twelve EMI megacity partners and observers participated in the Forum, with each partner city represented by a city officer and an academic research leader.
