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Technical Disaster
Related, an industrial accident is a disaster type term used to describe technological accidents of an industrial nature involving industrial buildings. It comprises a number of disaster subsets: chemical spill/leak, explosions, collapses, gas leaks, etc. It is also used to describe technological transport accidents involving mechanized modes of transport. source: CRED
Future disasters and future of aid in Asia
2 Feb 2012, Korea Times Co.
'My call is to donors such as Korea and Japan to work with experienced Asian civil society organizations such as Save the Children to properly fund and adequately support disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness activities across Asia'...
- World Economic Forum annual meeting 201225-29 Jan 2012, Switzerland (Davos-Klosters)
- Eurosafe: towards convergence of technical nuclear safety practices in Europe07-08 Nov 2011, France (Paris)
- Envirorisk 201105-06 Oct 2011, France (Aix-en-Provence)
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster and Emergency ManagementRoyal Roads University, Victoria, Canada.
Criteria for use in preparedness and response for a nuclear or radiological emergency2011, IAEA
Women leadership in disaster risk management2011, NIRAPAD; Oxfam Intl
Global risks 2012, seventh edition2012, WEF
EU stress test: Swiss national report - ENSI review of the operator's reports2012, ENSI, Switzerland - gov
- ID Risques, un podcast radio sur les risques majeurs2011, IDEAL Connaissances; MEDDTL, France - gov
- New Swiss nuclear plants on hold as earthquake risks examined2011, WRS
- Simulation de risques naturels: les infographies2008, MEDDTL, France - gov
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