Risk in Indian Cities

Since the year 2001 All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) has worked at least in 37 cities from 11 states/ union territories of India. The activities include community consultations, participatory risk assessments, school safety audit, capacity building activities through trainings, demonstrations and mock-drills; advocacy through round tables, community researches, gender studies and information dissemination; participatory shelter and school reconstruction activities, restoration of livelihoods, micro-finance to businesses and risk transfer initiatives of slum dwellers. These activities support slum dwellers and the urban poor from marginalised communities. The following is an overview.