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World landslide forum 3

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:00 +0100

World landslide forum 3 aims to provide an information and academic exchange platform for landslides researchers and practitioners. It creates an opportunity to promote worldwide cooperation and to share new theories, technologies and methods in the fields of landslide survey/investigation, monitoring, early warning, prevention and emergency management.....
Date: 02-06 Jun 2014

9th APRU research symposium on multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:58:14 +0100

The theme of the 9th APRU Research Symposium on multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim is “integrated management and perspective strategy for reducing risk of multi-hazards”. Scholars and experts from around the Pacific Rim and APRU universities will share and exchange inter-disciplinary knowledge on multi-hazard researches. In the....
Date: 28-29 Oct 2013

7th IWA specialist conference on efficient use and management of water

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:23 +0100

During this difficult period where global economies are struggling, population growth is continuing to increase, formerly predictable water resource conditions are changing, and energy costs for supplying and treating drinking water and wastewater are rising, communities are facing tremendous challenges to meet the growing water demand in an affordable....
Date: 22-25 Oct 2013

Hazard and risk management in Asia-Pacific region: Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and landslide in subduction zones

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:39:42 +0100

2nd G-Ever international symposium and the 1st IUGS & SCJ international workshop on natural hazardsBackground:Asia-Pacific Region is an area with high risk of catastrophic natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions. In today's highly globalized economy, when a disaster occurs it can create unpredictable turmoil not....
Date: 19-20 Oct 2013

International conference on earthquake engineering

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01:17 +0100

The program will include technical papers, keynote sessions, oral and poster presentations on the following topics: Lessons from damaging earthquakes Engineering seismology Geotechnical earthquake engineering Dynamic analysis of structures and seismic codes Experimental mechanics, control of structures and structural health monitoring Seismic retrofit....
Date: 29-31 May 2013

International workshop on forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) associated with landslides

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:41:56 +0100

The main objective of the workshop is to share the forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) methodology proposed by the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme with its participants in order to understand the complex and underlying causes of disasters.Participants will be expected to apply the FORIN methodology through case studies....
Date: 24 Jun - 05 Jul 2013

6th international conference on flood management (ICFM6)

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:16:46 +0100

The 6th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM6) marks the continued advancement of flood management practices and policies around the world. The name change from "Defense” as used in the previous four events to "Management" is reflective of the more integrative approaches to flood management that nations....
Date: 16-18 Sep 2014

4th regional training on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into national development process

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:02:31 +0100

Course overviewDisasters have increasingly negative impacts on the ability of countries to achieve development goals. Development activities that do not adequately incorporate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) are intensifying the impacts of these disaster events. Ensuring that DRR and CCA considerations are factored....
Date: 10-14 Jun 2013

Online course: Climate change adaptation, loss and damage

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:57:00 +0100

Course objectivesThis online course aims to facilitate international negotiations, public sector work, and diplomatic engagement in relation to climate change impacts and adaptation measures through an enhanced understanding of its science, the international policy framework, and the key negotiation issues pertinent to the UNFCCC process.At the end....
Date: 03 Jun - 07 Jul 2013

From response to resilience: The role of the engineer in disaster risk reduction

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:44:42 +0100

Jo da Silva explores how engineers and built environment professionals need to shift from responding to natural disasters to building everyday resilience within homes, communities and cities..
Date: 04 Jun 2013