International workshop on new approaches in natural risk management: abstract book
This publication includes speeches and presentations from a workshop aimed at encouraging public authorities and populations in areas at risk to reinforce their capacity to anticipate and respond to natural hazard-related disasters.
It examines the problems of risk management and the now widely recognized role of local and regional authorities in this field. It gives the opportunity to exchange best European practices on co-operation between the different authorities in such domains as public awareness, emergency planning, early warning procedures and emergency response.
The workshop took place in Istanbul, 27-28 October 2008.