Disaster
Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards:
Putting Research into Practice
Many
thanks to all those who attended the conference. It was great to
see so many people there and a special thanks to all the presenters
for providing topics for discussion over the three days. We plan
to hold some workshops at UCL early 2010 in order to follow up on
some of the key themes highlighted at the conference, so please
keep an eye on the website for updates over the coming weeks and
months.
A
summary of the conference is now available here
The
breadth of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is such that it involves
researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, all working
on different aspects of reducing disaster risk. Consequently DRR
means different things to different people.
The
meeting will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia,
civil authorities and the humanitarian, development and business
sectors. The aim of the meeting is to examine the concept and process
of disaster risk reduction, with particular emphasis on multi-hazard
environments and multi-disciplinary approaches within natural hazards
research. A key objective of the conference is to define ways in
which disaster risk reduction may become more effective in the future.
For
a copy of the conference programme please click here
The
meeting is sponsored by the Bridging the Gaps, UCL DRR Hub, SPIDER
Network, CAFOD, Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre and UCL
Grand Challenges, with support from EPICentre and the UCL Development
Planning Unit.
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