3cd Program
Overview
F.A.Q.s
What's New?
A Sound Practice is any proven idea, program, technique, mechanism, method, practice or procedure for assessing, managing and reducing risk in complex urban areas. These may be in areas related to legislation, land use practice, education, building practices, enforcement, response management, risk reduction, hazard assessment, any combination of these or similar actions.
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Other Partners
  • Earthquake Disaster Mitigation
    and Research Center,
    EdM-Team4

  • Kobe University - Research
    Center for Urban Safety
    and Security, RCUSS


  • Sponsors
  • United Nations Development
    Program, UNDP (BCPR/DRU)

  • ProVention Consortium
  • World Bank - Hazard
    Management Unit, HMU

  • U.N. International Strategy
    for Disaster Reduction, ISDR


  • - Report Broken Link -

    Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
    Sound Practice Profiles

     
    * Table currently sorted by denoted column
    City* Primary Category Other Applicable
    Category(s)
    Sound Practice Name
    (Click link to read PDF profile)
    Bogota  Organization-Managerial  Planning, Emergency Response  Response Capacity to a Major Earthquake 
    Bogota  Land-Use Management  Community Awareness, Planning  Resettlement of Families Living in High Risk Areas 
    Bogota  Community Awareness  Organization-Managerial  Emergency Prevention and Attention Plan for Bogota 
    Bogota  Emergency Response  Community Awareness, Organization-Managerial  Urban Search and Rescue 
    Bogota  Organization-Managerial    Integrated System for Disaster Management and Emergency (SIRE) 
    Bogota  Technical  Organization-Managerial, Political  A Disaster Management Indicator System for Bogotá City 
    Bogota  Instructional    Post Earthquake Structural Evaluation 
    Bogota  Instructional  Risk Communication, Community Awareness, Emergency Response, Planning  Bogota feet on the land 
    Bogota  Instructional  Community Awareness  School Curricula 
    Bogota  Instructional  Technical, Community Awareness  "Constructing Well is a Serious Matter" 
    Dhaka  Instructional  Community Awareness  Dhaka Period Briefings on Earthquake DRM 
    Dhaka  Technical    Dhaka Earthquake Building Design 
    Dhaka  Instructional  Community Awareness  Dhaka Risk Management Posgraduate Course 
    Greater Mumbai  Technical  Planning  Increasing Storm Water Drainage Capacity of the Mithi River 
    Istanbul  Organization-Managerial  Planning, Political, Regulatory, Technical  An Earthquake Master Plan for Istanbul 
    Kathmandu  Technical  Political, Regulatory  Creation of the Nepal Forum for Earthquake Safety 
    Kathmandu  Community Awareness  Technical, Instructional  The School Earthquake Safety Program (SESP) 
    Kathmandu  Community Awareness  Planning, Political, Regulatory, Technical  Development of the Disaster Information System In Nepal 
    Kathmandu  Political    Incorporation of DM policy in Tenth 5-year Development Plan 
    Kathmandu  Regulatory    Mandatory Implementation of a National Building Code 
    Kathmandu  Emergency Response    Program for the Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) 
    Kobe  Planning  Organization-Managerial, Technical, Land-Use  Kobe City Restoration Plan 
    Metropolitan Manila  Planning  Instructional, Organization-Managerial  Sustainable Development in Makati: Environmental Management Plan 
    Metropolitan Manila  Community Awareness  Organization-Managerial, Planning  Creation of Barangay Disaster Brigade 
    Metropolitan Manila  Emergency Response    Makati Emergency Management Services System 
    Metropolitan Manila  Community Awareness  Organization-Managerial, Regulatory. Technical  Saving the Streams in Quezon City 
    Metropolitan Manila  Land-Use Management  Planning, Regulatory  Marikina City Squatter-Free Program 
    Metropolitan Manila  Community Awareness  Instructional, Regulatory  Achieving Fire Safety in the City of Makati 
    Metropolitan Manila  Instructional    Reducing Incidence of Injuries in Construction Industry 
    Metropolitan Manila  Emergency Response  Organization-Managerial, Community Awareness  5-Minute quick response time 
    Metropolitan Manila  Land-Use Management    Save the Marikina River 
    Metropolitan Manila  Land-Use Management  Technical, Organization-Managerial  Payatas Dumpsite Transformation 
    Metropolitan Manila  Emergency Response  Organization-Managerial  Health Networking 
    Metropolitan Manila  Technical    Marikina City Flood Mitigation Countermeasure Program 
    Metropolitan Manila  Community Awareness  Instructional, Organization-Managerial  Barangay Flood Warning System 
    Metropolitan Manila  Emergency Response    Makati Rescue 
    Mexico City  Organization-Managerial  Organizational-Managerial  Mexico National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC) 
    Mexico City  Political    Mexico City Reconstruction Process after the 1985 Earthquake 
    Mexico City  Regulatory  Technical  Mexico, Federal District Building Regulations 
    Mexico City  Community Awareness    Program of Corresponsibility for the Construction Sector 
    Mexico City  Instructional  Community Awareness  Mexico Security and School Emergency Program 
    Mexico City  Organization-Managerial  Planning, Political  Federal District Permant Plan for Contingencies 
    Quito  Technical  Community Awareness, Regulatory, Land-Use Management  Flooding and Landslide Risk Reduction 
    Quito  Planning  Technical, Land-Use Management, Political, Regulatory  Risk Information System: A Decision Making Tool 
    Quito  Community Awareness  Instructional  Cotopaxi Plan 
    Quito  Organization-Managerial    Rain and Fire Plans 
    Quito  Community Awareness    Healthy Schools 
    Tehran  Land-Use Management    Land Use Planning Based on Seismic Hazard Evaluation 

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