The book contains the proceedings and background materials of the workshop, organized by WBI and Marmara University under the same title. The workshop and the book was developed with the objective of addressing the specific issues and challenges that local governments face when coping with natural disasters. It recognizes two important trends in the changing paradigm of disaster risk management: increased emphasis on the pre-disaster phase of the disaster cycle and the importance of local governments in building a safer environment for their constituencies. Policy makers and practitioners from Turkey were the primary audience of the workshop; consequently most papers focus on the problems that the Turkish disaster management system exhibits. We believe that inclusion in this volume of more general concept papers and disaster management experience from other countries contribute to advancing the common objective of finding appropriate approaches and solutions to issues that policymakers and disaster management practitioners confront.
 "During the workshop, distinguished Turkish and international experts and local government practitioners discussed the role of sub-national authorities in disaster risk management. This publication summarizes their views and represents a milestone in the presentation of contemporary thinking on this subject. I am grateful for the valuable contributions of all those who participated in this program."
--Ali Müfit Gürtuna
Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
  Table of Content (pdf)
   Foreword (pdf)
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For more information or to order copies of this book, please contact Mr. Damon Luciano at Dluciano@worldbank.org
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