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Category: Web-system
DRH Websyste upgraded to Version 3.3
2010/01/17

Dear all:

On 17 January 2010, the DRH website ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ) was upgraded to Ver.3.3.

In the new version, major extensive enhancements were realized to download contents as PDF file. You can download an individual content of "Technology description" via a PDF file (including pictures) unless you do not login. If you login as Full Profile Member, you can download some contents as one PDF file.

RSS feed subscription is now available. Click "RSS subscription" at the page header and RSS subscription page is shown. On the right of the page, click on the "subscription" link at the left of the content title you want to receive. Click on the content title and you can see same information as RSS feeds on this window.

Any other update/upgrade were applied.
* Click pictures/photos in contents and open the original file in a new window.
* The item of an empty column was prevented being displayed in "Application Examples". File list in "Attached files" is also revised.
* Picture inserting function is revised in "Propose a technology".
* Expand multi-language items in DRH Website.
* "DRH favicon" is shown in each page.
* (Fix various "bugs" in the program.......)

We hope you will enjoy the new version, and we wish to express our gratitude for your cooperating in the improvement of the web system.

With best regards.

DRH Administration ( drhadmin@edm.bosai.go.jp ) and
International Team, EDM-NIED ( kokusai@edm.bosai.go.jp )

URL: http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/

Category: Web-system
DRH Websystem maintenance notice
2010/01/12

Dear all:

Due to system maintenance, DRH Website will not be available during the following period.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your kind understanding.

Downtime : January 17th, 2010 04:00 - 06:00 (UT)

Hiroaki NEGISHI (DRH Websystem administrator)

URL: http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/

Category: New Contents
New content is published.
2009/12/30

Dear DRH members:

Hello. This is a message from DRH Administration.

A new DRH content has been registered in the DRH Database:

Title: Implementation of Folk-Song Program in disaster awareness raising
Proposer: Binaya Kumar Mishra
URL: http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/database/item/296c35e7ea84aaec0907e7f3c7e5e2a451ec6885

Please take note on the following.

*1 The registered DRH Contents are in unlimited access by any readers just
by clicking DRH Database on the DRH top ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ).

*2 Registered Full Profile DRH Members can conduct open discussion on the registered DRH Contents by logging-in, going to DRH Database, and opening the DRH Contents you would like to discuss. You will see "discussion screen" where
you can write your discussion.

We welcome new DRH Contents proposals. Visit "Call for DRH Contents
proposals" to get instructions. We appreciate all your continuing
contributions and cooperation to make DRH lively and useful.

With best regards.

DRH Manager and DRH Administration Office

URL: URL: http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/database/item/296c35e7ea84aaec0907e7f3c7e5e2a451ec6885

Category: DRH Project
IHP-DRH Workshop uploaded
2009/11/26

Dear DRH members and visitors,

The records of the IHP Flood Project - DRH Implementation Workshop (IHP-DRH Workshop), Wuhan, China, 3 November 2009 has been posted on the DRH Project page of the DRH web site.

The Workshop was to promote DRH involvement in the UNESCO's IHP (International Hydrology Program) Flood Project, in which the mission of DRH is to take a role of information dissemination of outputs from the IHP Flood Project for implementation in practice for disaster risk reduction.

The objectives of the Workshop were 1) mutual understanding between IHP and DRH members, 2) establishing a consensus on the significance of IHP and DRH incorporation, 3) clarifying R&D status, and 4) developing action plans towards the DRH Contents compilation from the IHP Flood Project.

All presentations and outcomes from the Workshop are downloadable in pdf files.

Please visit them through the DRH top page (http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ )and DRH Project pages, or directly at http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/Project/post/en/events/24_IHP_DRH_Wuhan/24_IHP_DRH_WS_agenda.htm

With best regards.

Hiroyuki Kameda, DRH Project PI and DRH Manager

25 November 2009

URL: http://

Category: DRH Project
DRH Consortium WS and ASEAN-DRH Session, Kyoto, Oct. 2009 posted
2009/11/18

Dear DRH subscribers and visitors,

The records of the DRH Consortium International Workshop and 1st DRH Consortium General Assembly (DRH Consortium WS), Kyoto, 12 & 15 October 2009, has been posted on the DRH Project page of the DRH web site.

The ASEAN-DRH Session held as IDRiM09 Forum Special Session 6, Kyoto, 13 October 2009, has also been posted on the same page.

All presentations and outcomes from these meetings are downloadable in pdf files.

Please visit them through the DRH top page (http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ), or directly at the Post Project Activities page (http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/Project/post/en/events/psot_e09.htm ).

Photo albums for these meetings are being prepared. They will be uploaded as soon as they are ready.

With best regards.

Hiroyuki Kameda, DRH Project PI and DRH Manager

18 November 2009

URL: http://

Category: New Contents
New DRH Contents in DRH Database
2009/10/18

Dear all:

Two new DRH Contens have been registered in the DRH Database:

(Title 1: "Hazards Mapping and Assessment for effective Community-based Disaster Risk Management of "READY" Project"; Proposer: Renato Solidum)

(Title 2: "Proposal to realize RARMIS (Risk Adaptive Regional Management Information System) concept by spatial-temporal information system DiMSIS-EX and some case studies - Toward collaborative realization of common software (system) platform for disaster prevention (CSPDP) -; Proposer: Shigeru Kakumoto)

Please take note on the following.

*1 The registered DRH Contents are in unlimited access by any readers just
by clicking DRH Database on the DRH top ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ).

*2 DRH Full Profile Members can conduct open discussion on the registered
DRH Contents by logging-in, going to DRH Database, and opening the DRH
Contents you would like to discuss. You will see "discussion screen" where
you can write your discussion.

We welcome new DRH Contents proposals. Visit "Call for DRH Contents
proposals" to get instructions. We appreciate all your continuing
contributions and cooperation to make DRH lively and useful.

DRH Administration Team (drhadmin@edm.bosai.go.jp)

URL: http://

Category: Web-system
A small change in the DRH Template (new version = ver.7.2)
2009/09/07

Dear all:

Along with upgrading the DRH website ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ) to ver.3.2 (4 September 2009), a small change was made in the format of the DRH Template. The change was made to increase flexibility in describing III. Contact Information, specifically Box 8. Proposer (s) (Writer of this template).

In the previous version (ver.7.1), Box 8 was subdivided into
8. Proposer (s) (Writer of this template)
8-1. Name (s),
8-2. Position and affiliation, and
8-3. Contact (at least one of mailing address, e-mail address, tel. & fax.).
But this way was found to cause a confusing problem when you have more than one proposers.

In the new version (ver.7.2), Box 8 became a single box just saying that
8. Proposer(s) information (Writer(s) of this template)
Name(s), position and affiliation, and other information (at least one of mailing address, e-mail address, tel. & fax.) are required.

In this way, we hope that you can identify you, as well as your group, contributing to DRH Contents in a concise and consistent manner.

You can access the new version of DRH Template (ver.7.2) at http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/common/documents/DRH_Template_ver7_2.doc .

With best regards.

DRH Administration ( drhadmin@edm.bosai.go.jp ) and
International Team, EDM-NIED ( kokusai@edm.bosai.go.jp )

http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/

URL: http://

Category: Web-system
DRH Website new version with the multilingual display function
2009/09/04

Dear all:

On 4 September 2009, the DRH website ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ) was upgraded to Ver.3.2. In the new version, extensive enhancements were realized in multilingual display function at various pages; titles, indexes, buttons, and any links can be changed to other languages by selecting "Language" menu on the page-header. Now the following languages are available. Please try to change DRH website to your language!

English, Japanese, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Filipino, Indonesian, Bengali, Hindi, Sinhala, Persian, and Nepali

Another improvement point is to have made three kinds of icons that indicate DRH categories. IOT, PT, and TIK icons are shown in the top page, contents list, and each content. It will help understanding of contents.

Now, we would like to have asking you about the displaying languages. In this revision, updating the functional development is mainly conducted but language translation is not done so well and not having enough quality yet. If you find wrong/mistaken translation on DRH website, please let us know. At the time, please send us the information of the page(URL), the English word, and the correct word/sentence. If it is difficult to send it by e-mail directly due to encoding problem, Word file is also available.

We hope you will enjoy the new version, and we wish to express our gratitude for your cooperating in the improvement of the web system.

With best regards.

DRH Administration ( drhadmin@edm.bosai.go.jp ) and
International Team, EDM-NIED ( kokusai@edm.bosai.go.jp )

http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/

URL: http://

Category: Web-system
DRH Websystem maintenance notice
2009/09/03

Dear all:

Due to system maintenance, DRH Website will not be available during the following period. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your kind understanding.

Downtime : September 4th, 2009 04:00 - 06:00 (UT)

Hiroaki NEGISHI (DRH Websystem administrator)

URL: http://

Category: New Contents
New DRH Contents in DRH Database
2009/06/24

Dear all:

A new DRH Contents has been registered in the DRH Database:

(Title: "Indigenous Knowledge for Water Management and Drought Mitigation in India" ; Proposer:Prof. Vinod K. Sharma)

Please take note on the following.

*1 The registered DRH Contents are in unlimited access by any readers just
by clicking DRH Database on the DRH top ( http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/ ).

*2 Registered DRH Members can conduct open discussion on the registered
DRH Contents by logging-in, going to DRH Database, and opening the DRH
Contents you would like to discuss. You will see "discussion screen" where
you can write your discussion.

We welcome new DRH Contents proposals. Visit "Call for DRH Contents
proposals" to get instructions. We appreciate all your continuing
contributions and cooperation to make DRH lively and useful.

DRH Administration Team (drhadmin@edm.bosai.go.jp)

URL: http://