Science, knowledge sharing and planning for megacities disaster risk reduction

This proceedings report contains an executive summary and session reports on four thematic areas: turning science into practice, disaster management master planning, promoting disaster risk reduction in cities - examples of programs, projects and sound practices, building networks and sharing knowledge

It also includes a short description of the Forum's Share Fair, a peer-to-peer sharing and learning activity whereby participating cities get to interact closely with other cities to discuss DRR sound practices and experience.

This report documents the presentation highlights, discussions and policy lessons from the Asia Megacities Forum held on 24-26 October 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.