2010 - Typhoon Committee

2010
Cooperation
Organization
(APSCO);
Bangladesh;
Philippines; Macao, China; Space & Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission (SUPARCO) and Pacific Islands
Telecommunications Association (PITA). APSCO was
selected for hosting the Secretariat of the Mechanism.
• Visit to Pilot Cities of the UFRM Project (Hat Yai,
Manila, Hanoi), 12-19 December 2010
Pilot City: Manila, Philippines
Mr. Jinping LIU, as representative of TC Task Force (TF) of
the cross cutting Project on Urban Flood Risk Management
(UFRM), participated in the TF Mission from December 12
to 19, 2010 with the project consultant Prof. Xiaotao CHENG
contracted by UN ESCAP. The TF Mission had discussions
with representatives from departments of meteorology,
hydrology and disaster risk reduction (DRR) at various
levels and conducted field surveys in 3 pilot cities: Hat Yai,
Thailand; Manila, Philippines and Hanoi, Vietnam.
Pilot city: Hanoi, VietNam
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Pilot city: Hat Yai, Thailand