Meetings and conferences
Oxford
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Urban post-disaster recovery: lessons from Haiti - Oxford Hazards Forum seminar
Organizer(s)
Oxford University
Format
In person
Venue
Room 50:11, Level 04, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road
Date
During this lunchtime seminar guest speaker Prof David Sanderson from CENDEP, Oxford Brookes University will address the Hazards Forum based at the University of Oxford. He will discuss his recent work on urban post-disaster recovery in specific relation to the Haiti disaster.
There will also be short presentations on the following disasters currently in the news:
- The Japan earthquake and tsunami, Dr John Elliot, Dept of Earth Sciences.
- The role of Chinese drought in Egypt's revolution, Dr Troy Sternberg, School of Geography and the environment.
We hope this will short seminar will interest those working in Disaster Risk Reduction.
There is no fee for this event - but please do register your interest.