The International Workshop on Earthquake and Megacities was held on October 31 - November 2, 2002, in Shanghai, China, with a theme "Reducing Vulnerability - Increasing Sustainability of the World's Megacities". The workshop was done in collaboration with the following organizations: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Circum Pacific Council - Crowding the Rim Initiative (CTR), Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM– NIED), International Lithosphere Program (ILP), ProVention Consortium and World Bank Disaster Management Facility, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United States Geological Survey (USGS), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
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