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Displaying 15 of about 27 resultsThis symposium is to conclude the three year project of “The Restoration Program from Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis” that started in April 2005. The primary objective of the project is to propose long-term countermeasures against disasters due to giant earthquakes and tsunamis, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. This symposium will b…
Description
The Safe Cities course provides an overview of disaster risk management sound practice for local government policymakers, urban managers, planners, and disaster management professionals. It discusses the inter-linkages of the social and physical parameters of vulnerability of cities with their local government development, organizatio…
The theme of the Conference is “The Changing Landscape of Comprehensive Disaster Management – Vision Becoming Reality”.
This Annual Conference is being positioned as the Caribbean signature disaster management forum for reflection, dialoguing and measuring progress in the region within the context of the Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM…
Purpose
The purpose of the course is to provide comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of executive managers who have key disaster management responsibilities. It is designed to enable professionals working in disaster management, development and donor agencies to effectively integrate disaster management in…
The Conference brings together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The two week period includes the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial se…
Symposium objectives are:
- to present current status of research focusing on the earthquake phenomena, earthquake risks and its overall effects to the human life and structures in Turkey and the surrounding regions, and to implement engineering applications in the fields of Geology, Geophysics, Geodesy and Geo-information, Civil and Earthquake Engineer…
The conference will provide a forum for debris-flow researchers in the international community to exchange ideas on how to cope with debris-flow hazards using the most advanced, state-of-the-art methodologies in mechanics as well as in hazard prediction and risk assessment. The major themes for the Conference are exchange of knowledge among both researc…
Climate change, bioenergy and food security: Challenges for the new Millennium
Securing world food security in light of the impact of climate change may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century.
The recent thirty-fourth session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Conference called for a series of expert mee…
The five-day workshop in Geneva will focus on the three following themes:
I. The humanitarian impact of climate change
II. Offering concrete solutions
III. The role of local and international media
Each workshop day will be divided into two parts:
1. Mornings: interactive group discussions with key experts (one or two panels)
2. Afternoons: individua…
The increasing magnitude of problems related to disasters and conflicts in developing and developed countries has underlined the need for a more professional approach to disaster management. Recent events in Kosovo, Timor, India and Turkey have demonstrated the acute need in trained personnel both at international and national levels. The links between…
Debris and hyper-concentrated flows are among the most frequent and destructive of all water related processes. They mainly affect mountainous areas in a wide range of morpho-climatic environments and in recent years have attracted more attention from the scientific and professional communities. There is also public concern, due to the increasing freque…
Climate Change, Disaster Risks and Poverty Reduction:
Moving towards a common approach to reducing vulnerability
A conference exploring the inter-linkages between climate change, disaster risk and poverty reduction
Disasters caused by natural hazards continue to impact an ever increasing number of people throughout the world. Recent studies indicate th…
What is the G8 Summit?
The Group of Eight (G8) Summit is an annual meeting attended by the leaders of the eight countries, namely, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the President of the European Commission. "Summit" in the strict sense means a leaders' meeting, but it usually refers…
The special session of ISCRAM 2008 will discuss the latest scientific/technological developments, projects, programs and best practices in the field of monitoring, early warning systems (EWS) of various natural hazards. The advances in the rapidly evolving geo-information technologies, information management, and computational methods have proved to be…
The World Conservation Congress is the world's largest and most diverse conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.The Congress has two parts: the Forum and the Members’ Assembly.