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Displaying 75 of about 356 resultsExperts from academia, government, and the private sector at Earthquake Symposium 2010 will address seismic risk and discuss potential solutions for saving lives and minimizing property damage. Among the subjects to be discussed are:
- Haiti, Chile, and Los Angeles: Experiences in Contrast
- Assessing the Risks of Seismic Activity in Los Angeles
- Risk…
The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-12) will be held on 26 - 28 January 2011 in Hong Kong.
The conference will be hosted by the Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. EASEC was founded by Professor Fumio Nishino, and the first conference was held in Ban…
The distinguished panel will discuss the importance of building resilient urban communities from several perspectives:
- What should the international community learn from the earthquake in Haiti in order to reduce the exposure of vulnerable communities to such high levels of risk in future emergencies?
- How can we address issues such as land tenure,…
The third in a series of professional development earthquake engineering seminars presented by Haiti's Quisqueya University (UniQ) and the University at Buffalo's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) offers six programs that provide in-depth instruction on seismic design practices for Haiti.
Developed with UniQ faculty a…
The consultations in Tonga were conducted as a complementary activity to the HFA Monitor Country Progress Review. Issues discussed included i) achievements, challenges, and opportunities, ii) disaster and development, iii) accountability and governance, iv) linking DRM and climate change.
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Speakers
H.E. Mr. KAWAKAMI Fumihiro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Fiji
Ms. Esline Garaebiti
Director General Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation,
Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
Mr. Arona N…
Adaptation to climate change will be at the forefront of discussions at this year’s Pacific Climate Change Roundtable (PCCR). The Roundtable, coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), is the main means for enabling a coordinated approach to carrying out the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Chang…
GOAL is organizing a 5-day workshop on measuring resilience based on the "Analysis of the Resilience of Communities to Disasters" (ARC-D) methodology in the context of an OFDA-funded project.
This training will mainly focus on how to use the ARC-D toolkit. The tool was developed by GOAL in 2013, rolled out and tested in 11 countries between 2014 a…
The fourth Biennial SASDiR Conference will explore practices to 'avoid disaster risk creation' as a compliment to a DRR approach. The aim of the conference is to harness its broad, interdisciplinary expertise on this topic by gathering academics, practitioners and any other stakeholder in disaster risk and disaster-related fields. SASDiR mainly foc…
Drawing on earlier related work by the secretariat and following the UNFCCC COP 24, the meeting provides a forum for considered informal discussion among technical experts, key industry stakeholders and some international organizations on advancing the important issue of climate change adaptation and resilience building for international transportation…
Hurricane Maria reminded the world of the fragility of Puerto Rico’s housing and the critical infrastructure that supports housing and residents. This training series is built upon The Keep Safe Guide to Building Resilience in Island Communities developed by Enterprise Community Partners in partnership with the Puerto Rico Builders Association…
This webinar session provides an opportunity to better understand the achievements, challenges and opportunities of tsunami warning and mitigation system for Pacific Island Countries (PIC) and identify areas of collaboration and engagement for an effective and efficient tsunami warning and mitigation system. The panel will discuss lessons learnt from…
La Universidad José Martí de la provincia de Sancti Spíritus acogerá el Primer Taller Científico Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos en el marco del proyecto FORSAT, apoyado por DIPECHO y PNUD. Este evento se realiza como parte de las actividades por el Día Mundial del Medioambiente, del 90 cumpleaños del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz y el proyecto de…
The Regional Workshop on Lessons Learnt from Community Exercise of Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Exercise (IOWave16) and additional workgroup meetings will take place in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia from December 5 - 8, 2016. The Regional Workshop is organized by UNESCO/IOTIC (Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Center), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)…
The workshop will be held in collaboration with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and enable around 100 experts representing developed and developing countries, along with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to share their practices and lessons-learned in the integration at international, region…