The Sri Lanka Urban Multi-hazard Disaster Mitigation Project was launched in September 1997 under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program. The objective of the Sri Lanka national demonstration project is to reduce the vulnerability of the Ratnapura municipality. The project, implemented by the Centre for Housing, Planning and Building in partnership with the National Building Research Organisation and the Urban Development Authority, demonstrated a methodology for identifying hazards and for selecting appropriate strategies to avoid or reduce hazard related losses. The project assisted municipal officials to develop improved tools and skills in development planning and risk management. Activities under the demonstration phase of the project included hazard and vulnerability mapping, risk analysis, strategic planning, policy and procedural changes, training and professional development, and networking.
Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
- Monitoring of humanitarian action
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
