INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION
COMMISSION ON HAZARD AND RISK – C08.18
COMMISSION REPORT
January, 2008 – December, 2009
CONFERENCE EVENTS
International symposium for hazard and risk jointed with Japan Geographical Union
conference, 29-31 March 2009, Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan
North River and natural hazard: permanent freeze soil melting and flood, Amur River: flood
buffer zone and land use change effective for flood mitigation? Lena River: Melting the soil and
changing the river features, Hokkaido: changing the land use by human activities and river
management.
2009 Joint International Symposium - IGU-Commission on Hazard and Risk and Japan
Geographical Union, Mitigation of the water related disasters in a tropical river basin October 25, 2009, Ryukyu University, Okinawa JAPAN
Presentation themes
・Requirements for Technology Transfer for Resolving Water Problems
・Recent climate variation and its impact on the water hazard in Tropical Monsoon Asia
・Torrential rainfall in Myanmar and associated atmospheric disturbances
・Flood hazard management in southern Thailand
・Flood Hazard Mapping and Related Problems in South East Asian Countries
・Application of high technologies for disaster prevention
・Prepare Flood Disasters with Local Communities: Lessons from Japanese Experience
Comment
・Comment on problems to decrease disasters in the basins of tropical rivers
PEMSEA: THE EAST ASIAN SEAS CONGRESS 2009 in Manila, Partnerships at Work:
Local Implementation and Good Practices 23 - 27 November 2009, Philippine International
Convention Center, Manila, Philippines.
Presentation themes
・Development of DSS for environment protection in cases of marine incidents
・Experimental Research on the Development of Inorganic Coagulant for the Removal of Wreck
Oil by Oil Spill Accident: Oil Removal Examination at the Philippines Guimaras Island
・Risk assessment of shipping traffic in the Straits of Malacca
・Development of PSSA in the Straits of Malacca
・Partnership Building for Mitigation of Disaster
・Flood and Sediment management in Philippines, in view of Cooperation
・Development of Participatory Risk Communication Method using Disaster Risk Scenario
・Good Governance and Effective Collaboration Towards Flood Mitigation
・Numerical Analyses of Flood Control Basin Capability in the Middle Part of the Amur River
・Tropical Cyclone ‘Nargis’: The Worst Natural Disaster to Strike the Southern Ayeyarwady
River Delta of Myanmar in Early May 2008
FUTURE EVENT
IGU ISRAEL JULY 2010 - COMMISSION ON POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (CPG), The
International Geographical Union (IGU) will be holding its Regional Conference in Tel
Aviv, Israel, on July 12-16 July 2010.
The IGU Commission on Political Geography IGU CPG will be organizing three sessions at the
major conference (and two jointly organized with the MRP - Mediterranean Renaissance
Program), and a pre-conference workshop which will take place at Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, immediately prior to the main event, from 7-11 July, 2010.
Presentation themes
・Partnership For Mitigation Of Disaster For Coastal Area
・Impact Of Bank Erosion Hazard On Human Occupance In The Jia Dhansiri River Basin, India
・Analysis Of Climatic Extremes And Their Change Over North Eurasia During The Last
Decades
・Outburst Lakes: Case Studies From The Tien-Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan
・Flood Risk In Metropolitan Environs Under Dynamic Land Use And Population Change
・Application Of Geo-Spatial Information For Disaster Prevention
・Israel Drought Hazard During 1998-2000, Connections To Historic Drought Patterns, And
Ocean Trends
・The Effect Of Vulnerability On Climate Change Mitigation Policy
・Using Tourist’S Knowledge And Perception To Enhance Volcanic Hazard And Risk
Communication In Southern Iceland
・Online Gridded Population Mapping For Humanitarian Relief And Disaster Planning
・Natural Hazards In The Context Of The Social And Geographical Memory
・Natural Fires: Global Situation
・Maritime Emergency Management System Based On Gis And Decision Making Tools
・Testing The Australian Megatsunami Hypothesis
・Tsunami And Design Of Buildings In Areas Of Risk:
・Using The ‘Coupled Human-Environment Systems Framework’ For Exploring Issues Of
Hazard And Risk
・The Awareness Level Of Israeli Students Regarding Earthquakes And Their Expected
Behaviour In The Event Of An Actual Earthquake During School Hours
・Human-Nature Interaction In The 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake Disaster, Central Japan
・Mapping Earthquake-Triggered Landslides From Remote Sensing
・Triggering Factors Of Landslides And Mudflows On Lake Büyükçekmece Area, Western
Istanbul, Nw Turkey
・The Relevance Study Between Landslides And Land Use Types In Taipei Region, Taiwan
・Land Cover Changes In The Middle Reaches Of Amur River
・Assessment Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Groundwater In The Ayeyarwady River
Delta, Myanmer
・Natural Hazards And Education In Europe
・The Master Of Natural Hazards Program At The Australian National University
・Natural Hazards In High Mountains Ecosystems: La Laguna (Andean Semiarid Chile)
・Human Security And Natural Disasters In Southeast Asia: A Case Study Of The 2009 Flood
Disasters In The Island Of Luzon, The Philippines
PUBLICATIONS
・ Dec. 2009, Special issue for the Amur River – natural disaster and grace-, Journal of
Geography (J)
After international conference North river in JGU (March, 2009)
・ May 2010(In press), Special issue for the tropical river and natural hazard, Journal of
geography (J)
After international conference tropical river in JGU (Oct., 2009)