Megacity Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base

The Megacity Electronic Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base (MDRM-KB) is an initiative of the 3cd Program to facilitate megacities access to information related to Disaster Risk Management arrangements and particularly to illustrate available sound practices that could be adopted or adapted in similar complex urban environments. The data base architecture allows not only warehousing options but incorporates tools for a smart system through search, classification and grouping alternatives, through key attributes such as geographic or cluster location of a city, governance characteristics, size and population, etc.

The data base incorporates a Disaster Risk Management City Profile (DRM-City Profile) for each one of the twenty participating cities. Currently seven DRM-City Profiles are available. The expectation is to complete ten cities by the end of 2005 and the remaining ten by November 2006.

A compendium of sound disaster risk management practices is the highlight of the MDRM-KB. They can be accessed by city but can also be grouped by category, following a pre-established classification system. To complement the aforementioned Knowledge Base options, a DRM library containing essential learning materials prepared for and resulting from the workshops held in 3cd Program cities will be made available as a preliminary step for a distance learning component to be developed as part of the 3cd Program.

To cater to the much broader need for information dissemination and sharing among interested cities in different regions, the Knowledge Base is easily accessible through this interactive web page to allow search and exchange options. The Knowledge Base will be continuously updated with relevant information and experiences gained in the areas of integrated megacity disaster risk management from various 3cd activities.

MDRM-KB Architecture