Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into land use planning: Developing the competencies, tools, and a community of practice



Project Code

NP 2014-02

Organization

Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative

Year

2014

Status

Completed

Amount

PHP 999,960.00

Names of Grantees

Fouad M. Bendimerad, PhD

Executive Summary

This project is built upon the results of the“Building a Disaster Resilient Quezon City” project that EMI implemented with the Quezon City Government (QCG) in 2012, the main output of which was the Quezon City (QC) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Plan 2014-2020. Its main goal was to reinforce and build the competencies of the members of the QCG technical working group on DRRM (TWG-DRRM) through a series of workshops and mentoring sessions that promote knowledge sharing and sustain knowledge transfer.