The objective of this conference is to work towards improved earthquake preparedness, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency response capabilities in the Industrial sector by working in close collaboration with concerned Ministries, Authorities and

By Alan Pasche, consultant, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Group, Swiss Humanitarian Aid The deadly combination of an earthquake of magnitude Mw 9.0, an extremely destructive tsunami and a major industrial accident has never been seen before. The

The training is expected to enhance capacity of government officials for resilient recovery and empower them to better coordinate the post disaster long term recovery.

This international forum for sharing films on DRR will screen short films, documentary and fiction movies on disaster management, risk reduction and rehabilitation, especially focusing on: - Nature’s fury, - Climate change adaptation, - Rebuilding lives,

EMPA is the only organisation of emergency response and recovery media and public affairs, crisis communicators and corporate media relations practitioners in the world. Its 2011 conference, on the theme ‘Partnering with the Media’, will feature keynotes

This year’s agenda will feature cutting-edge research and development (R&D) on the topic of 'Catastrophes and Complex Systems,' with a focus on the role of transportation systems in preventing, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from natural or man

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