Disaster risk reduction of mega-urban regions
Proceedings of the Asia Megacities Forum 2006, 3-4 November 2006, Kobe, Japan:
This document presents the proceedings of a workshop responding to the Hyogo Framework of Action's (HFA) call for the reduction of risks to disasters of mega-urban regions, within a knowledge sharing experience of megacities.
It is divided in two parts: the proceedings and the presentation abstracts. The first part of the proceedings focuses on the implementation of a competent disaster risk management (DRM) programme in the context of megacities. The second is devoted to advancing and improving knowledge and experience-sharing among megacity partners.
The workshop gathered 12 Asian mega-agglomerations and 11 international and regional organizations.