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Displaying 15 of about 121 resultsThe Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) has created a full day workshop designed to provide an approach and tools intended to increase rebuilding resiliency after sandy.
The character of the proposed forum programme provides attendees with a unique chance to examine mangrove restoration and management initiatives in the region.
Aim
The GMRP aims to respond to climate change and to mitigate its effects through the protection, rehabilitation and wise use of Guyana's mangrove ecosystems.
Objective
The objective of this f…
Objective:
To present the latest in beach preservation technology and real-world practice.
To provide a technological transfer from the scientific and engineering community to government officials who make the decisions on coastal projects and policies.
Conference Highlights:
Two sessions devoted to the issue of hardbottom and mitigati…
The Purpose of the Workshop is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information relating to the improvement of current building design and construction practices in the United States and Japan. The special focus of this Workshop will be on issues relating to the performance of buildings and other structures in severe earthquakes, including t…
The 5th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2014) will take place at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, from 30th October - 1st November 2014.
The theme of the conference is "Building Disaster Resilient Communities".
The focus of the conference builds on opportunities through science and tec…
The Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference draws practitioners from private industry, NGOs, government, military, and academia, focusing on topics such as planning, preparing and responding to disasters, recovery and mitigation, and addressing major societal problems relating to health and humanitarian response. This year's panel topics will inclu…
Not long ago, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the Northeast, causing $36.9 billion in damages in New Jersey alone. It is projected that climate change will bring an increased number of these superstorms to the Northeast, which, coupled with sea level rise, have the potential to damage critical infrastructure that is not equipped to handle such storms.…
This is a one-day performance level training course that develops the participant's ability to apply coastal risk reduction and opportunity enhancement measures to coastal floodplain management. The course format is as follows:
• Modules 1 and 2 will introduce the course scenario, with Module 2 concluding with an activity requiring teams of learners…
Background
Destructive, devastating, shattering -– these are only a few of the words that begin to describe the impact of the natural disasters that plagued the country in 2011. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management plans were tested and successfully implemented. What continues to resonate is that “the Joint Commission standards DO make a diff…
This is a one-day performance level training course that develops the participant's ability to apply coastal risk reduction and opportunity enhancement measures to coastal floodplain management. The course format is as follows:
Modules 1 and 2 will introduce the course scenario, with Module 2 concluding with an activity requiring teams of learners to…
The Context
On November 8, 2011, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, noted that China “experienced more major reported disasters” in 2010 than any other country. They included successions of severe droughts and dust storms in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi,…
Study tour destinations: New York City, USA; Tokyo, Japan; Sendai, Japan; and Chengdu, China
The 2013 Disaster Management and Resiliency Journalism Fellowships program will introduce participating journalists to a broad range of disaster management and recovery activities in the United States, Japan and China as well as post-disaster challenges to poli…
The primary goal of the National Hurricane Conference is to improve hurricane preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. In addition, the conference serves as a national forum for federal, state and local officials to exchange ideas and r…
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
The FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is hosting the 11th Annual by-invitation Emergency Management Conference for representatives of colleges and universities which (1) have an existing hazard, disaster, emergency management program in place, or (2) are attempting to develop and implement a hazard, disaster, emergency management program on…