FRIAR 2012 is the third conference in this successful series. The conference started at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London in 2008 and was reconvened at the Lombardy Region in Milano in 2010. Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous

Background Under this project “Learning from Mega Disasters”, a series of interactive Knowledge-Sharing (KS) sessions will be organized in collaboration via videoconferencing system with GDLN. This is aimed at: • Sharing initial findings and lessons from

In Spanish: Metodología del intercambio • Aprendizaje sobre métodos y estrategias, compromisos de los 10 puntos de ciudades resiliente, entrenar a las autoridades Locales en Instrumentos Políticos, Plataforma Global en la Estrategia Internacional para la

The Society for Social Management Systems is dedicated to promote research, investigation, and information exchange for the development of social management methodologies to meet the increasing challenges of modern societies. To facilitate information

The Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will provide a forum to examine the issues surrounding natural and man-made hazards. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) released a National Strategy for Disaster

Background Destructive, devastating, shattering -– these are only a few of the words that begin to describe the impact of the natural disasters that plagued the country in 2011. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management plans were tested and

This event is part of the Inter-parliamentary Union 126th Assembly and related meetings. With climate change and unsustainable development practices accentuating disaster risk, disaster risk reduction has become critical to breaking the cycle of