INTERPRAEVENT international symposium 2014
In the whole Pacific Rim, sediment-related disasters are occurring frequently caused by heavy rains and typhoons influenced by the climate change, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc. In recent years, they are becoming more catastrophic in terms of magnitude, intensity and frequency. We now have to accelerate study for disaster risk reduction for the future and, more importantly, the results should be shared widely around the world by engineers, researchers, administrators, educators and many others who are engaged in sediment-related disaster reduction.
In these circumstances, INTERPRAEVENT 2014 will be held in November 2014 in Nara Prefecture, Japan which was seriously affected by large-scale sediment-related disasters caused by Typhoon Talas in September 2011.
The main topic of the symposium "Natural disaster mitigation to establish society with the resilience" is divided into six categories:
I. Field observation, analysis and modeling of natural disasters
- Geological, geomorphological or hydrological settings
- Characteristics of processes and behaviors
- Remote sensing, GPS and GIS techniques for mapping and modeling etc.
II. Catastrophic disaster
- Triggering mechanisms
- Preparation and urgent measures to catastrophic disasters etc.
III. Risk/crisis management and non-structural measures
- Advanced monitoring technologies and warning systems
- Methods and procedures for risk management
- Hazard zoning and mapping
- Education and local action aiming at disaster mitigation etc.
IV. Structural measures and effects
- Efficient design method and implementation plan
- Method of construction in consideration of influence on environment and ecosystem
- Maintenance of facilities
- Secondary use of facilities etc.
V. Recovery activities
- Continuous monitoring of damages
- Recovery of infrastructures
- Socio-economic aspects etc.
VI. Sustainable land use management
- Actual state of land use in hillslope areas
- Advanced planning methods for sustainable land use
- Management methods for sustainable land use
- Law aiming at disaster mitigation etc.