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EMI organizes its activities along three core areas:

  1. Methodology and Practice for mainstreaming URR into:
    • Land Use Planning and Urban (re)Development
    • Legal, Institutional, and Organizational Arrangements
    • Risk Analysis/Assessment and Indicators
    • Local-Level Disaster Risk Management
    • Shelter, Livelihood and Disaster Resiliency of Essential Services (e.g., Shelter, Water, Transportation, Sanitation, etc.)
    • Information technology
  2. Development of tools to support local Disaster Risk Management (DRM) practice, such as: DRM indicators, DRM knowledge bases (e.g., cityriskpedia), online map viewer, knowledge sharing platforms (e.g. URforum) and an eLearning platform for DRM training (Mega-Learn). It has also developed specific courses to enhance the knowledge and skills of city planners and disaster management professionals.
  3. Facilitate knowledge sharing among partner cities and institutions, advocating to advance the local practice of DRR , such as by bringing them together through regular regional megacities forums. EMI also organizaes city-to-city sharing, and scale up applications and experience.
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Global Internship Program

Monday, 16 January 2012 14:30
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EMI's Global Internship Program is open to graduating and post-graduate students around the world who are currently enrolled in master's or doctorate programs and who would like to get hands on experience in urban risk reduction. In the past, EMI has received master's students from Kobe University in Japan and the University of Barcelona in Spain, and now has an ongoing partnership with the SciencesPo in France. Selected young professionals are provided the opportunity to get involved in its various programs covering key urban risk reduction practices such as emergency management, risk sensitive land use planning, risk governance and policy, slums shelter and housing resilience, social participation and protection, vulnerability and risk assessment, knowledge management, GIS, and capacity building.

EMI's Global Internship Program enriches the learning experience of graduating students with actual engagements in its different projects. Through this process, interns will get the chance to contribute to development of tools, conduct assessments, provide inputs to reports, write proposals, do field work, and interact with other scientists, experts, practitioners and local officials. EMI is a laboratory for testing assumptions, exchanging knowledge, and developing practical solutions and products that address the risks faced by complex cities and metropolises around the world. It is a unique experience that EMI provides with its dynamic and young Secretariat team as well as its global network of experts.

For more information about EMI's Global Internship and for those interested in applying, please send inquiry to Knowledge Management Department, EMI through This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Disaster Risk Management Master Plan

Monday, 11 October 2010 16:40
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What is the DRMMP?

  • An analytical model developed by EMI to guide local authorities in developing the “master plan”, which consists of strategies, policies, actions and processes for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction at the local level through a participatory planning process. A structured participatory process lays out the rationale and builds the consensus for each of these elements.
  • Follows the approach set out in AS/NZS 4360-2004, a standard in risk management jointly developed by Australia and New Zealand, and recently adopted by the International Standards Organization as ISO31000 for risk management.

What are the principles underpinning DRMMP?

  • Participatory Approach
  • Locally developed and owned
  • Scientifically-based
  • Comprehensive
  • Sustainable

The DRMMP Process

The DRMMP Framework presented in the figure below shows a sequential and iterative process with a feedback loop that allows continuous review, monitoring and evaluation of the plan. The process involves four phases namely:

  • Preparation
  • Diagnosis and Analysis
  • DRMMP Framework Development
  • Action Planning

It also recognizes the need for stakeholders’ participation and capacity development mechanisms.

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Stories of Change from Four Cities

Istanbul, Turkey
In the aftermath of the 1999 Marmara Earthquakes, the DRMMP concept paved the way for the development and adoption of the Istanbul Earthquake Master Plan (IEMP) which has been instrumental in rationalizing reforms in legislation, policy and institutional arrangements, as well as in justifying major capital investments for DRR in the city.

Metro Manila, Philippines
The DRMMP led to the implementation of the Makati Risk-Sensitive Urban Redevelopment Planning Project, which seeks to provide an urban redevelopment plan that will reduce disaster risks to the residents of a high-risk community and provide them with greater opportunities for socio-economic advancement.

Kathmandu, Nepal
The DRMMP resulted in two projects for Kathmandu aimed at updating and incorporating risk reduction parameters in the city's land use plan, and creating and building the competency of a DRM office within the city government to plan, coordinate, and implement programs related to risk reduction and disaster management.

Amman, Jordan
The DRMMP Framework for Amman has provided 47 recommendations for the city, covering legal and institutional management, construction standards and practice, land use planning and environmental management, capacity development, knowledge management, and project management, among others.