Handbook on risk informed urban planning for BIMSTEC Member Countries
This Handbook developed as an outcome document of the workshop conducted for BIMSTEC Member Countries at Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM), from 17thto 20th December 2019, is intended to function as a preliminary support guide for the urban planning professionals in the BIMSTEC Member Countries to understand the fundamentals of disaster risk management and how the principles of disaster risk reduction and resilience can be incorporated into urban planning decisions.
This Handbook has a simple goal to inspire and motivate apex decision-makers in the field of urban planning and development to consider the nuances of disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management in their existing process of planning, governance, financing and development. This Handbook derives its inspiration from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s ‘Implementation Guide for Land Use and Urban Planning’(Words into Action series)and unfolds into the following chapters.
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