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	School-Catchments Network for water-related disaster prevention	2010-04-23 00:43:57
Implementation of School Catchments Network is conducted by constructing various hydrological stations. This network is utilized for scientific research, environmental education and disaster prevention, by local inhabitants, scientists, water resources managers and the Civil Defense organization. Local communities can recognize the hydrological processes of their region and establish adequate manages of water resources and natural disasters.
	University-Community Collaborative Education Model for Developing Resilient Society in the Areas Vulnerable for Geological Disasters, in Indonesia.	2010-04-10 12:11:10
The project addresses a university-community collaborative education model to support the geological disaster risk reduction (DRR) program at the local or village level. The specific objective is to provide a media for capacity development of students and young researchers to enable them to dedicate their knowledge and skill to support the development of society resilient in a particular village, which is vulnerable for any geological disaster.
	Low-cost and adaptive technology to support a community-based landslide early warning system in developing countries	2010-03-15 02:32:20
Simple and low-cost equipments for landslide monitoring and early warning have been developed and installed at five provinces in Indonesia. These monitoring equipments are connected to siren system in order to directly warn the local community for taking necessary actions in dealing with landslide disaster. In addition, the local community in remote areas can easily operate and maintain the equipment based on their own capability.
	Implementation of Folk-Song Program in disaster awareness raising	2009-12-29 19:33:23
In country like Nepal, most of the disaster awareness raising education/training programs has been able to attract only educated and leading people of the community. The implementation of Folk-Songs like programs with disaster awareness theme can be useful in attracting the children, women, minorities and other marginalized groups who generally don’t take part in other such activities.
	Hazards Mapping and Assessment for effective Community-based Disaster Risk Management or “READY” Project	2009-10-15 14:36:18
The project addresses the problem of disaster risk management (DRM) both at the national and local level. At the national level, the project aims to institutionalize and standardize DRM measures and processes by different organizations involved in the Project while management of the timing of project implementation and engagement with local government has been taken cared of. At the community level, it will address the availability of hazards maps, the lack of community based hazard monitoring and warning systems and the need to build up the capability of community leaders to implement activities and measures for disaster reduction. It also empowers the most vulnerable municipalities and cities in the country and enables them to prepare disaster risk management plans. The project develops a systematic approach to community based disaster risk management thru: (1) scientific multi-hazard mapping as the first step to risk assessment; (2) community based disaster preparedness and (3) initiation of mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction into the development planning process of the local government units. The Project targets 27 high risk provinces in the country to natural hazards.
	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)-	2009-10-15 14:29:05
Researchers and developers have developed many software systems for disaster prevention such as database system, GIS, simulation, and so on, individually. However, these systems are not interoperable nor exchangeable, even functions are similar. Most of the systems are based on commercial based with lots of hidden functions which limit innovated system development. Expensive fee are requested for developing countries to use the system even most of the application part are free to use. Common Software Platform which are open among researchers, every local language adaptable, and allow practical use according to the situation of each country.
	Indigenous knowledge for water management and drought mitigation in India	2009-06-15 17:55:18
Water harvesting and equitable distribution of water are two major approaches that have proved successful in the mitigation of droughts in traditional societies in the region. The water harvesting technologies are low cost, use local materials and labour, are time tested and are based on simple and easy to understand people’s science. The concept of equitable distribution of water is a process technology with its roots in local resource governance, under which local people’s councils govern how scarce resources will be distributed within the society.
	Traditional construction method: the Saihiro Itabame Panel Dam	2009-06-09 14:25:44
The Saihiro Itabame Panel Dam is a wood frame weir 61m wide and 2.3m high built on the Yoro River in Chiba Prefecture to supply irrigation water. It combines 4 members?Oyabashira, Kashira, Hikae, Hotate, and scallops linked transversely by Hari. Its upstream surface is waterproofed by Uwaita, Shitaita, Makura and Dohgi. When the water rises, the stiffeners at both ends are removed to instantly overturn the dam, allowing the water stored upstream to discharge safely. This is a traditional technology incorporating our ancestors’ wisdom and ingenuity,.
	Experiences Sharing and School Disaster Education: Implementation of Essay and Drawing Competition as School Disaster Education	2009-06-09 14:24:12
Knowing experineces of past disasters as school disaster education is important for disaster reduction. Essay and drawing competition can be an opportunities to collect experience and share experiences among students. Such experiences are important materials for future generation to understand past disasters.
	Effective disaster reduction education by making simple equipments and experimental apparatus from accessible materials	2009-06-09 14:23:26
Some kinds of experimental equipments (e.g., seismograph, liquefaction experiment bottle) can be made from accessible materials such as PET bottle, fine sand, copper wire, plastic tube, etc. It is possible to learn more effectively about mechanism of hazard and action to natural disaster by such handy-crafting and experiments than by only reading books and lecture.

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