FY2004 Annual Report
1. Asian Disaster Reduction Center
1-1. Background for the Establishment of the ADRC
1-3-1. Basic Activities
1-3-2. Past Activities
2. Information Sharing
2-1. International Meeting and Public Forum
2-1-1. The 7th ADRC International Meeting
2-1-2. Public Forum "Recovery from Catastrophic Disasters"
2-2. Publication of Total Disaster Risk Management - Good Practices
2-3. Collection of Information
2-3-1. Methodology
2-3-2. Collection of Information from Member Countries
2-3-3. Latest Disaster Information Database
2-4. Information on Disaster Management Systems
2-4-1. Scope of Information
2-4-2. Levels of Information Sources
2-4-3. Methods of Collecting Information
2-4-4. Future Tasks
2-5. Internet-based Information Sharing
2-5-1. ADRC's Website
2-5-2. Latest Disaster Information Database
2-5-3. Multilanguage Glossary on Disaster Reduction
2-5-4. ADRC Newsletter:ADRC Highlights
2-6. Framework of Natural Disaster Database
2-6-1. Current Situation of Disaster Information Sharing
2-6-2. Data Book on Asian Natural Disaster in the 20th Century
2-6-3. "GLIDE" proposed by the ADRC
2-7. Disaster Management Internet GIS
2-7-1. Objective of Disaster Management Internet GIS
2-7-2. Development and Improvement of "VENTEN"
2-7-3. Toward Wider Use of Disaster Management Internet
3. Human Resource Develpment
3-1. Activities including Cooperative Projects with ADRC Member Countries
3-1-1. Training Course on Flood Hazard Mapping in Vietnam
3-1-2. National Workshop on Disaster Risk Management in Tajikistan
3-1-3. Urban Search-and-Rescue Training in Singapore
3-1-4. JICA Seminar on Disaster Management
3-1-5. Disaster Management Training Course for Central Asia and the Caucasus
3-1-6. JICA Training Seminar in Turkey
3-1-7. Mission for Establishment of a Tsunami Early Warning Mechanism in the Indian Ocean
3-1-8. JICA Regional Seminar on the Tsunami Early Warning System
4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs
4-1. Establishment of Regional Networks in Asia
4-1-1. Establishment of Institutioral Human Networks
4-1-2. Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN)
4-2. Cooperation with the International Organizations
4-2-1. Collaboration with UN/ISDR
4-2-2. Collaboration with UN/OCHA
4-2-3. Collaboration with UNU
4-2-4. Collaboration with UNESCO
4-2-5. Collaboration with UN/ESCAP
4-2-6. Collaboration with WMO
4-2-7. Collaboration with Other Organizations
5. The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)
5-2-1. Post-Disaster Recovery: Lessons Learnt, Challenges and Future Options
5-2-2. Risk Communication Session
5-2-3. Data for Evidence-based Policy Making
5-2-4. Risk Reduction through Effective Use of Earth Observations
5-2-5. Promotion of Tsunami Disaster Mitigation in the Indian Ocean
5-3-1. Regional Meeting: Asia
5-3-2. Regional Session: Geographical proximity-common threats
5-4-1. Public Forum: Sharing of Experience for Safer Asia (7th ADRC internatinal Meeting)
5-4-2. ADRRN Workshop
5-5-1. Community Based Hazard Mapping
5-5-2. GLIDE (Global unique disaster IDEntifier ) number
5-5-3. The Activities of ADRRN (Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network)
5-7. International Symposium: "Living with Risk - disaster reduction for future generations -"
6. Dec. 26, 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in Indian Ocean
6-1. Overview of the Earthquake and Tsunami
6-2-1. Sri Lanka
6-2-2. Thailand
6-2-3. Indonesia
6-2-4. Maldives
6-2-5. India
6-2-6. Field Survey on Awareness of Tsunami Risk
7. Public Relations Activities
7-1. Promotion through the Mass Media
7-2. Participation in International Conferences
7-3. Participation in Various Disaster Management Exhibitions