| ACCCRN | Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BNBP | Indonesia’s national agency for disaster management |
| BMZ | Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisation |
| DMA | Indonesian Disaster Management Authority |
| DRM | Disaster Risk Management |
| DRR | Disaster Risk Reduction |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFDRR | Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GIDRM | Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| KSA | Knowledge Sharing Alliance |
| KSW | Knowledge Sharing Workshop |
| LRAP | Local resilience action plan |
| MOSF | Korean Ministry for Strategy and Finance |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PHP | Philippine Peso |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| THB | Thai Baht |
| UCCR | Urban climate change resilience |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNISDR | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| VND | Viet Nam Dong |
| VRA | Vulnerability Risk Assessment |
Building Resilient Cities
An Assessment of Disaster Risk Management Policies in Southeast Asia