Development Planning Unit
Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards:
Putting Research into Practice
An interdisciplinary Conference on 4th - 6th Nov. 09
on Disaster Risk Reduction, Vulnerability, Resilience
and Research Practices.
Development Planning Unit
Description:
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Three Days conference
50+ papers/interventions
Posters presentations
100+ applicants
Development Planning Unit
Outputs:
•  A unique event;
•  A moment for future possible partnership;
•  A space for researchers, practitioners civil authorities and
the humanitarian, development and business sectors.
•  A time for examining the concept and process of disaster
risk reduction;
•  An opportunity for critical thinking on disaster risk reduction
and its future.
•  A Special Issue publication for Natural Hazard
Development Planning Unit
Why is this central to DPU’s work?
•  Its centrality in our Development expertise
•  Its relevance for our new module BU6/ES5 Disaster Risk
Reduction in Cities and Adapting Cities to Climate Change
in the Global South recently started with 40+ students;
•  Its relevance for DPU staff experience and interests.
•  Its relevance for our current research projects
(Bangladesh) and future development interests (Scenario
common session with Eng Dep., Escalator funds, etc)
Development Planning Unit
More Information
•  To find more information:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference/
•  People responsible for this project and how to
contact them:
Catherine Lowe c.lowe@ucl.ac.uk
Carina Fearnley c.fearnley@ucl.ac.uk
Camillo Boano c.boano@ucl.ac.uk