Town Watching exercises were carried out in each of the project areas. The purpose of the town watching was to identify places in the residents’ communities that are (1) dangerous, (2) safe, (3) useful in times of emergencies, and (4) public/areas of interest such as public infrastructure or heritage sites. These places would be noted down and recorded during a walkabout of the area and marked as ‘positive’ or ‘negative’.
The observations made during the walkabout would then be transferred onto a physical map of the area and color-coded with notes to produce a community map with vital information that could be used for disaster risk reduction (DRR) activity planning.
At the end of the exercise, the output is (1) community map of the residents’ environment and (2) list of suggested community DRR actions.
About the Town Watching & Community Mapping
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9:15am |
"What is CBDRR?" |
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9:25am |
"Maps as a Tool for Understanding Hazards and Risk" |
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9:35am |
"Items to Note Down as Hazard, Safe, Useful and Special Features" |
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9:50am |
"Logistics: Step-by-Step on Carrying Out the Town Watching" |
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10:05am |
Carry out Town Watching Exercise (60 minutes for observation)
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11:40am |
Map making (75 minutes)
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12:55pm |
Group presentations (5-minute presentation by each group) Open Forum Discussion All-group discussion on common issues, problems and suggested action End of training session |
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