International and Overseas Organizations

 

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4
Klongluang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Tel: (66) 02 516 5900 or (66) 02 516 5910
Fax: 66-2-524-5360 or (66) 02-524 5350
E-mail: adpc@ait.ac.th
http://www.adpc.net/

Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Hitomiraikan 5F. 1-5-2 Wakinohamakaigan-dori Chuo-ku
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, 651-0073, Japan
Tel: +81 78 262 5540
Fax: +81 78 262 5546
E-mail: rep@adrc.or.jp
http://www.adrc.or.jp

Asian Pacific Disaster Management Centre (APDMC)
SEE - Institute for Disaster Risk Management

Canadian Center for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)
860 Harrington Court
Burlington
Ontario, Canada L7N 3N4
Tel: (905) 331-2552
Fax: (647) 439-1608
http://ccep.thrillworks.com/

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
Building #1 Manor Lodge
Lodge Hill
St Michael, Barbados
Tel: (246) 425-0386
Fax: (246) 425-8854
E-mail: cdera@caribsurf.com
http://www.cdera.org

Center for Disaster Management
Boğaziçi University Engineering Building M 2151
Bebek 80815
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: 90-212-359-1540 or 2348
Fax: 90-212-265-1800
E-mail: cendim@boun.edu.tr
http://www.cendim.boun.edu.tr

Centre for Research On Epidemiology of Disasters
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Ecole de Sante Publique
30.94 Clos Chappelle-aux-Champs
1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 764.33.27
Fax: +32 (0) 2 764.34.41
Telex: B 23722 UCLWOL
E-mail: cred@epid.ucl.ac.be
http://www.cred.be/

Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres
Av. Delfin Madrigal
No. 665
Col. Pedregal de Santo Domingo
Delgacion Coyoacan, C.P. 04360, Mexico D.F.
Tel: (52-55) 54-24-61-00 or (52-5 ) 606 88 37
Fax: (52-55) 56-06-16-08
E-mail: aip@cenapred.unam.mx
http://www.cenapred.unam.mx

Disaster Mitigation Institute
411
Sakar-5, Near Natraj Cinema, Ashram Road
Ahmedabad 380 009
India
Tel: 0091-79-26586234/658-3607
Fax: 0091-79-658-2962
E-mail: dmi@icenet.co.in
http://www.southasiadisasters.net

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)
Kyoto University
Uji
Gokasho, Kyoto 611-0011
Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-3348
Fax: +81-774-38-4030
E-mail:ww-adm@www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Note: DPRI is a collection of centers investigating multiple types of natural disasters.
Refer to the index of centers at: http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE)

DRIE Central
Central
PO Box 27271
360 Main St
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4T3
E-mail: info@drie.org
http://www.drie.org

DRIE-Montréal
600 Montée du Moulin
Casier Postal 74012
Laval (Qc) H8A 4A2
Tel: (514) 572-1800
Fax: (514) 572-1801
E-mail: info@drie.org
http://www.drie.org

DRIE Ontario (SW)
Tel: 800-461-3095
E-mail: info@drie.org
http://www.drie.org

DRIE Ottawa
P.O. Box 20518
390 Rideau Street
Ottawa
Ontario, K1N 1A3
E-mail:communications@drieottawa.org
http://www.drieottawa.org

DRIE Toronto
2175 Sheppard Avenue East
Suite 310 Willowdale
Ontario, M2J 1W8
Tel: (416) 491-2420
Fax: (416) 491-1670
E-mail: info@drie.org
http://www.drie.org

DRIE West
P.O. Box 1557
Station 'M'
Calgary
Alberta, AB T2P 3B9
Tel: (780) 493-3431
E-mail: info@drie.org
http://www.drie.org

Duryog Nivaran
Duryog Nivaran Secretariat
ITDG- South Asia
No. 4
Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha
Colombo 5
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94-1-829412, 829413 and 829414
Fax: 94-1-856188
E-mail: DN.NET@itdg.slt.lk
http:www.duryognivaran.org

Earthquake Hazard Centre
Victoria University of Wellington
School of Architecture
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel: +64-4-463-6200
Fax: +64-4-463-6204
E-mail: ech@vuw.ac.nz
http://www.ehc.arch.vuw.ac.nz

Emergencies Research Center
7 Varvogli Street
Athens, Greece 11361
Tel: +30210-8256 266
Fax: +30210-8256 268
E-mail: rc@otenet.gr

Environment Change Institute
University of Oxford
1a Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281180
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 281202 or 281181
E-mail: enquiries@eci.ox.ac.uk
http://www.eciox.ac.uk

European Centre for Disaster Medicine
General Secretariat CEMEC: Hospital of State
Via The Tuscany – Cailungo
47031 – Marino republic Saint
Tel: + 378 944535
Fax: + 378 903706
E-mail:cemec@omniway.sm
http://www.omniway.sm/cemec/

Global Earthquake Safety Initiative
GeoHazards International
200 Town and Country Village
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Tel: (650) 614-9050
Fax: (650) 614-9051
E-mail: info@geohaz.org
http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/CD_EIRD_Informa/ing/No3_2001/pagina22.htm

Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
Fire Ecology Research Group
c/o Freiburg University
P.O.Box D-79085 Freiburg
Germany
Tel: +49-761-808011
Fax: +49-761-808012
E-mail: info@gfmc.org
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe

Global Volcanism Program
Department of Mineral Sciences
National Museum of Natural History - Room E-421
MRC 0119
PO Box 37012
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC 20013-7012
Tel: (202) 633-1800
Fax: (202) 633-1802
E-mail: gvi@si.edu
http://www.volcano.si.edu

Humanitarian Practice Network
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

111 Westminster Bridge Road
London Se1 7JD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7922 0300
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7922 0399
E-mail: hpn@odi.org.uk
http://www.odihpn.org

Institute for Catastropic Loss Reduction (ICLR)
Toronto office: 20 Richmond Street East
Suite 210
Toronto
Canada M5C 2R9
Tel: (416) 364-8677
Fax: (416) 364-5889
E-mail: fo@iclr.org
http://www.iclr.org

London office:
1389 Western Road
London
Canada N6A 5B9
Tel: (519) 661-3234
Fax: (519) 661-4273

International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)
IASPEI
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Universita di Trieste
Via E. Weiss 1
I-34127, Trieste
Italy
Tel: +39 40 5582122
Fax: +39 40 5582111
http://www.iaspei.org

International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
IAVCEI Membership Secretariat
P.O. Box 185
Campbell ACT 2612
Australia
Tel: +61 2 62487407
Fax: +61 2 62487407
E-mail: members@iavcei.org

International Association of Wildland Fire
4025 Fair Ridge Drive
Suite 300
Fairfax, VA 220033-2868
Tel: (785) 423-1818
Fax: (785) 542-351
E-mail:greenlee@cet.com
http://www.iawfonline.org

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
19 avenue de la Paix
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 730 60 01
Fax: (41-22) 733 20 57
E-mail:webmaster.gva@icrc.org
http://www.icrc.org

International Disaster and Risk Conference
Flüelastrasse 11
CH - 7260 Davos Dorf
Switzerland
Tel: (41-81) 417 03 72
Fax: (41-81) 417 01 10
Skype: IDRCskype
E-mail:info@idrc.info
http://www.idrc.info/

International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies
P.O. Box 372
CH 1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 730 42 22
Fax: (41-22) 733 03 95
E-mail:secretariat@ifrc.org
http://www.ifrc.org

International Sociology Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Disasters
Dr. Carla Prater
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3137
Tel: (979) 845-7813
Fax: (979) 845-5121
E-mail: Carla@archmail.tamu.edu
http://www.isa-sociology.org/rc39.htm

International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC)
737 Bishop Street
Suite 2200
Honolulu, HI 96813-3213
Tel: (808) 532-6422
Fax: (808) 532-5576
E-mail:itic.tsunami@noaa.gov
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/

Katastrophenforschungsstelle (Disaster Research Unit)
Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Kiel
Olshausenstrasse 40
D-24098 Kiel
Germany
Tel: 0049 431 880-3465
Fax: 0049 431 880-3467
E-mail: kfs@kfs.uni-kiel.de
http://www.kfs.uni-kiel.de/

Last-First Networks
P.O. Box 5519,
West End, Q. 4101,
Tel (within Australia): 07 3846 5264
Tel (outside Australia): +61 7 3846 5264
Fax (within Australia): 07 3844 7189
Fax (outside Australia): +61 7 3844 7189
www.lastfirst.net

Mapfre Re
Compania de Reaseguros

Paseo de Recoletos 25
28004 Madrid
Spain
Tel: 34-91-581-1600
Fax: 34-91-581-6400
E-mail: mapfrere@mapfre.com
http://www.mapfrere.com

Middlesex University
Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC)

Queensway, Enfield
Middlesex EN3 4SF
UK
Tel: +44-208-411-5359
Fax: +44-208-411-5403
E-mail: fhrc1@mdx.ac.uk
http://www.fhrc.mdx.ac.uk/

Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management
Wellington Regional Council
142 - 146 Wakefield Street
P.O. Box 11646
Wellington 6034
New Zealand
Tel: +64-4-473-7363
Fax: +64-4-473-7369
E-mail: info@gw.govt.nz
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
Independent Administrative Institution
3-1 Tennodai
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006
Japan
Tel: (81-298) 51-1611
Fax: (81-298) 51-1622 or (81-298) 51-3246
E-mail: plansec@bosai.go.jp

Natural Hazards Research Centre
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Tel: 643-364-2766
Fax: 643-364-2769
E-mail:jim.cole@canterbury.ac.nz
http://www.nhrc.canterbury.ac.nz/

New Economics Foundation
3 Jonathan Street
London, SE11 5NH, UK
Tel: 020 7820 6300
Fax: 020 7820 6301 
www.neweconomics.org

Organization of American States (OAS)
Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment
Natural Hazards Project
1889 F Street N.W.
Washington DC 20006
Tel: (202) 458-6295
Fax: (202) 458-3560 or (202) 458-3168
E-mail: natural-hazards-project@oas.org
http://www.oas.org/nhp

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Humanitarian Policy Group

Costain House
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7922 0300
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7922 0399
E-mail: dmin@odi.org.uk
http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/index.html

Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)
590 Lipoa Parkway
Suite 259
Kihei
Maui, HI 96753
Tel:(808) 891-0525
http://www.pdc.org

Pan America Health Organization (PAHO)
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program

525 23rd Street N.W.
Washington DC 20037
Tel: (202) 974-3520
Fax: (202) 775-4578
E-mail: disaster@paho.org
http://www.paho.org/Selection.asp?SEL=TP&LNG=ENG

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
(formerly Canadian Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness)

340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa
Canada K1A 0P8
Tel: 613-991-3301
Fax: 613-998-9589
Email: communications@psepc.gc.ca
http://circ.jmellon.com/docs/view.asp?ex=30

REDR (Nongovernmental Organization of Engineers and other Professionals Involved in Disaster Relief)
RedR London
1 Great George Street
London SW1P 3AA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7233 3116
Fax: +44 20 7222 0564
E-mail: info@redr.demon.co.uk
http://www.redr.org

Research Center for Disaster Management
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
18 Avenida 11-95 Zona 15
Vista Hermosa III
Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
Tel: (502) 364-0336 Ext. 40
Fax: (502) 364-0212
E-mail: info@uvg.edu.gt
http://www.uvg.edu.gt

Tsunami Society
P.O. Box 37970
Honolulu, HI 96817
http://www.tsunami.org

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Tel: 44 (0)1603 593900
www.tyndall.ac.uk

United Nations
Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Nagono 1-47-1
Nakamura-ku
Nagoya 450-0001
Japan
Tel: (+81-52) 561-9377
Fax: (+81-52) 561-9375
E-mail: rep@uncrd.or.jp
http://www.uncrd.or.jp/

Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Casilla de Correo 179-D
Santiago de Chile
Tel: (56-2) 471-2000, 210-2000 or 208-5051
Fax:(56-2) 2080252

ECLAC Headquarters
Santiago de Chile
Programme Planning and Operations Division
Castilla 179D. Tel: (56-2) 210-2547 or 210-2548
Fax: (56-2) 228-5184
http://www.eclac.cl

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Public Information Service
Tel: (41-22) 739 81 11
Fax: (41-22) 739 73 14
http://www.unhcr.ch

Human Settlements Programme
UN-Habitat

P.O. Box 30030
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 62-31-20
Fax: (254 2) 62-42-65
E-mail: infohabitat@unhabitat.org
http://www.unhabitat.org

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)Secretariat
UN/ISDR

Palais des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 9172529/762/759
Fax: +41 22 9170563
E-mail: isdr@un.org
http://www.unisdr.org

ISDR Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
P.O. Box 3745-1000
San Jose
Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 224 1186
Fax: (506) 224 8692 or (506) 224-7758
E-mail: elina.palm@eird.org

Joint United Nations Environment Program/Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Environment Unit
Emergency Services Branch
U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 917 1142
Fax: (41-22) 917 0257
Telex: 414242 DHA CH
E-mail: ochaunep@un.org
ttp://www.reliefweb.int/ochaunep/

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Street Address: 5 Warsai Avenue
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5366
Tel: 291 151666/151888
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 963-1234
Fax: (212) 963-1312
For both offices: E-mail: ocha-eritrea@un.org
http://ochaonline.un.org

World Food Programme
International Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS)

68 Via Cesare Giulio Viola I-00148
Rome
Italy
Tel: 00 3906 6513
Fax: +39-06-6513 2840
E-mail: wfpinfo@wfp.org
http://www.wfp.org

World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Action in Crisis

http://www.who.int/hac/en/

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Acting Head Information and Public Affairs Office
Office of the Secretary-general
World Meteorological Organisation
7 bis Av. de la Paix
P.O. Box 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Information and Public Affairs Division:
Tel: (41-22)730 81 11
Fax: (41-22)730 81 81
E-mail: wmo@wmo.int
http://www.wmo.int.

University of Cape Town
Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DIMP)

Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa
Tel: 27 0)21 650-2987, 650-4115 or 650-4116
Fax: 27 (0)21 689-1217
E-mail: nomdo@enviro.uct.ac.za
http://www.egs.uct.ac.za

University College London
Benfield Hazard Research Centre

Department of Earth Sciences
University College London
136 Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 207 679-3449/3637
Fax: +44 (0) 207 679-2390
E-mail: info@benfieldhrc.org
www.benfieldhrc.org

University of East Anglia
Climatic Research Unit

Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1603-592722
Fax: +44-1603-507784
E-mail: cru@uea.ac.uk or j.palutikof@uea.ac.uk
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk

University of Geneva
Section of Geosciences and Environment
13 Rue des Maraichers
CH 1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 702-6602
Fax: (41-22) 320-5732
E-mail: cerg@.unige.ch
http://www.unige.ch/hazards

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute

1 a Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3SZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1865 281180
Fax: +44 1865 281181
Mobile: +44 07968 065 957
E-mail: ecimscsec@eci..ox.ac.uk or enquiries@eci.ox.ac.uk
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk

University of Surrey
Centre for Environmental Strategy (D3)

University of Surrey
School of Engineering
Guildford GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1483 686670
Fax: +44 1483 876671
E-mail: cesinfo@surrey.ac.uk
www.surrey.ac.uk/CES/

University of Western Ontario (UWO)
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5B9
Tel: (519) 850-2946
Fax: (519) 661-3779
E-mail: eyanful@eng.uwo.ca
http://www.iclr.org/

World Bank
Disaster Management Facility

MSN - F4K-409
1818 H Street N.W.
Washington DC 20433
Tel: (202) 473- 1000
Fax: (202) 522-3227
E-mail: hazardmanagement@worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/disasterriskmanagement

ProVention Consortium
ProVention Consortium Secretariat

P.O. Box 372
17 chemin des Crêts
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
E-mail: provention@ifrc.org
http://www.proventionconsortium.org/

World Institute for Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
DRM
206 North Washington Street
Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 518-8080
Fax: (703) 518-8085
E-mail: info@widrm.net
http://www.drmonline.net/.