• Community-based disaster risk management : field practitioners' handbook 

      Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC); UN.ESCAP; European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (United Nations, 2004)

      The concept of Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) has emerged during the past two decades in South East Asian countries. The promoters included NGOs, citizen’s organizations, humanitarian agencies ...
    • Community-based disaster risk management and the media 

      Puzon-Diopenes, Vicky; Murshed, Zubair (ADPC, 2006)

      The Media Kit was developed through the Partnerships for Disaster Reduction - Southeast Asia Phase 3 (PDRSEA 3) jointly implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and the UNESCAP with funding support ...

    • ICT for disaster risk management 

      Labelle, Richard (APCICT, 2011-02-01)

      This module provides government officials and policymaker with an overview of disaster risk management (DRM), presents an approach for identifying information needs in DRM, and then matching the needs with ICT. The ...

    • ICT for disaster risk management : a learning resource on ICT for development for institutions of higher education 

      UN.ESCAP; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT); Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) (APCICT, 2016)

      Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is a set of processes to lessen the impacts of disasters on society. This process involves the development of policies, strategies and capacities, among other activities, to assess, prepare ...

    • ICT, climate change and green growth 

      Labelle, Richard (UN.ESCAP, 2011-02-01)

      This module aims to provide an audience of decision makers with an understanding of the role that ICTs play in observing and monitoring the environment, sharing information about the environment, mobilizing action, ...

    • ICT, climate change, and green growth : a learning resource on ICT for development for institutions of higher education 

      UN.ESCAP; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT); Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) (APCICT, 2013-02-01)
      This Primer addresses the role that information and communication technology (ICT) can play in enhancing the ability and capacity of humans to deal with the impact of climate change and contribute to sustainable development. ...